Tina Dwarf Crabapple Tree

Just arrived!  Blooming Tina crabapple trees.  This dwarf crabapple has one of the prettiest blossoms of all crabapple trees.  The blossoms had pink to red buds that open to white flowers followed by tiny red crabapples.  It is also disease resistant.   This cultivar is grafted on a 48″ standard.   The height will be around 6-8 ft tall and 8-10 ft wide.  Would like full sun.  Zone hardy 4-7.

Tina Sargeant Crabapple
Photo courtesy of Monrovia

 

Tina crabapple tree (photo courtesy Bailey Nurseries)

 

Tina Crabapple Tree  (photo courtesy Bailey Nurseries)

Lenten Rose (Hellebore)

Quiz?  What is one of the easiest plants to grow with gorgeous flowers that bloom from early spring to mid-June?
Answer: A Lenten rose or a Christmas rose named so because it normally blooms during Lent.   The Latin name is Hellebore.   Once the plant is mature, it can produce 50 or more flowers each season.  The blooms are 2-3 inch in size.  It is a shade plant and blooms in a variety of rich colors from an almost black to ivory. They make a luscious border for ferns and hostas.   They are deer and rabbit resistant.  Our nursery is carrying 7 varieties of the Hellebore.  Pictured below are five varieties.

First Kiss Pennys Pink Lenten Rose
Photo courtesy of Monrovia Nursery

Cascade Picotte Lenten Rose
Photo courtesy of Monrovia Nursery

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Kiss Moondance Lenten Rose
Photo courtesy of Monrovia Nursery

 

Ivory Prince Lenten rose
Photo courtesy of Monrovia

 

Winter Jewels Black Diamond Lenten Rose
Photo courtesy of Monrovia Nursery

Look at What Has Arrived!

Wow, we got some beautiful plants in this week.  The PJM rhododendrons are amazing, and so are the purple gem and pink treasure rhododendrons.  To top that off, the ivory prince lenten roses we just got in have lots of buds and blooms.  Never before has this plant arrived so  beautiful as this year.  Then there are magnolia shrubs, blue ribbons bush clematis that have buds, coral bells and others.  Following are images of some of the plants.

 

 

White Star Magnolia

 

Various rhododendrons

 

Purple Gem Rhododendron

 

Bud of Pink Treasure Rhododendron

 

Ivory Prince Lenten Rose

 

Some of our many plants

 

 

 

 

 

Forsythia

Nothing says spring is here like pussy willows and forsythias.  The Northern Gold Forsythia was introduced way back in 1979 in Canada.  This shrub grows 6-8 ft high and has a spread of around 5-7 ft.  It is very hardy, Zone 3-8.  This shrub has outstanding flower color and bud hardiness.    If you are looking for a smaller forsythia, we have Gold Tide Forsythia, which only gets about 2-3 ft. tall and 3-4 ft. wide.  This shrub is hardy in zone 4-8.  Forsythias look amazing if you plant them as a large, sprawling screen.  If size is a concern, then you should prune the larger ones back to about 2 feet right after flowering.  Plant these shrubs as they will put a smile on your face in spring when they bloom.

 

Photo Courtesy of Baileys Nursery – Northern Gold Forsythia

 

Photo Courtesy of Baileys Nursery – Gold Tide

New – Lo Scape® Mound Chokeberry

Landscape shrub of the year by Proven Winners.  This shrub is for you if you are looking for a small shrub with low-maintenance, has brilliant fall color, and provides fruit for the birds.  In spring there are loads of white flowers, glossy green foliage in summer followed by black fruit,  and then an intense red foliage in autumn.  Lo-Scape is a tough, tolerant tidy little mound of glossy green foliage.  It grows to about 12-24 inches tall and 18-26 inches wide.  Grows in part sun to sun and hardy in  Zones 3-9, in wet soils or dry soils. If you wish to prune this shrub, do so immediately after blooming.  Native

Photo by Proven Winners

Photo by Baileys Nursery

New Tree – Snowdance Japanese Tree Lilac

Although the species tend to flower biannually, Snowdance™ flowers well annually and begins flowering at an earlier age than the species. It has exceptionally heavy bloom with large, fragrant, creamy white flower clusters in June. Lustrous dark green foliage is slightly larger and darker than the species. Snowdance grows as wide as it is tall with attractive, shelved branching. A pest- and disease-free lilac tree, it is ideal for residential and park use and is equally attractive as a specimen as it is in group plantings. Selected by Rod Bailey for its remarkably heavy bloom.

Height:
18′

Spread:
20′

Exposure:
Full Sun

Zone:
3-7

Information and Photo from Bailey Nurseries®

New Plant – First Editions® Snow White™ Mockorange

First Editions® Snow White™ Mockorange

For those of us who remember the sweet wonderful fragrance of our mother’s or grandmother’s mockorange, here is a new plant to try.  This mockorange  is 5-6′ tall and 4-5′ wide.  It boasts 2″ double flowers borne in clusters that bloom abundantly in spring and then again in summer.  Its flowers are pure white and deliciously fragrant.  If you close your eyes and think about this mockorange, you will probably be able to smell it.