Potatoes and onion sets begin shipping in late
March.
From early May through October 31, items shipping from
our garden seeds warehouse ship twice a week, usually
Tuesday and Thursday. For quickest turnaround
time order online by noon Monday or Wednesday.
We will not be fulfilling seed orders from May
20 - May 22 while we do physical inventory count. Orders
placed by Monday, May 19 at 10am will be shipped before
the break. We will resume normal order fulfillment on
Friday, May 23.
Items shipping from our growing supplies warehouse take 7-10 business days to process.
Clethra alnifolia4-5' × same. Sport of ‘Pink Spires.’ Broken Arrow Nursery, Hamden, Conn., 1992.
Heavily scented deep-pink flowers appear on racemes for six weeks in midsummer. Bees and butterflies can’t resist the nectar-rich flowers. Whorls of attractive finely serrated distinctly veined dark green foliage turn deep gold in fall. Dangling dried “black peppercorns” persist into the next growing season.
Erect oval habit, often suckering to form dense colonies. Slow growing. Prefers moist well-drained acid soils. A good shrub to border streams and ponds. Will tolerate salty coastal conditions. Full sun to shade. Easy to grow. Species native to eastern U.S. Z3. (plugs)
ships in spring
7523
‘Ruby Spice’ Summersweet
Shipping Information
Items from our perennial plants warehouse ordered
on or before March 7 will ship around March 31
through late April, starting with warmer areas and finishing in
colder areas. Orders placed after March 7 will
ship around late April through early-to-mid May, in the order in
which they were received.
Additional Information
Small Trees and Shrubs
As Green’s Nursery catalog from 1904 explains, “There are many trees that by pruning can be made to resemble shrubs, and many shrubs that by different pruning may be made to produce medium-sized trees.”
