2007-2008 Natureworks Catalog

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February 4, 2007 Dear friends, You hold in your hands the new generation of Natureworks catalogs. It may not look very different to you, but behind the scenes, the work involved to produce this book was quite amazing. Late in December, I vented my frustration to my husband (an ace computer programmer) about the long and tedious process I had to go through to format this catalog. After examining our antiquated and inefficient process, he decided to write us a program to make it simpler. And he did! Meanwhile, back in the Natureworks office, chaos reigned. It turns out that we had to correct every nomenclature error in our database to make this most excellent program work. And we did...after a lot of blood, sweat and tears. The result is what you hold in your hand. Tony’s program is going to enable us to put this catalog up on our website. It will also enable us to print what he calls “mini-catalogs” whenever the spirit moves us, which will probably be on a fairly regular basis. It has also inspired me to produce this main catalog on an every other year basis, with a winter “mini-catalog”, listing all of the new plants, written during the off year. What does this mean for you? Simply that you hold onto this main catalog for two years. It will save a LOT of paper and a lot of time. Hopefully, that we free me up to continue working on my next book (which has over 100 pages written so far) and will free up my staff to do cool things like import color pictures to the online version of the catalog on our website (naturework.com). I have been all over the world in the last six weeks. Not literally; I have traveled in cyberspace! In the process of writing this catalog, I refer to my ever expanding library of reference books, but I also Google and Google Image just about everything to learn more about it. This is such a neat thing to do, as the scientific name of a plant will bring you to nurseries in every corner of the globe. You can see pictures of the plant in gardens, read opinions and comments from real gardeners, and follow the threads that lead you to where this plant was found or developed. This is a very geeky pursuit, but for someone like me, it is an all consuming passion. My hope is that the honest descriptions of the plants in this catalog will help you to design and embellish your gardens with the best that the world has to offer. We want you to buy your plants from Natureworks. Our plants are carefully chosen, and once they arrive in our nursery, lovingly tended using organic methods. We offer all sorts of ways to save money, from our Perennial Buying Club to Quantity Discounts to our Catalog Order Programs. My staff is a bunch of fanatical, passionate gardeners who live and breathe plants and are as excited about what we are selling as I am. We are now in our 24th year! To our customers old and new, THANK YOU for supporting our work. We look forward to another exciting year in the garden together. See you soon... Nancy DuBrule-Clemente
How to use this catalog: Because we cannot afford the luxury of a color catalog with enticing pictures of each plant, I suggest you do the following: take all the fancy, colorful plant catalogs that you have received and spread them out on a large table. Open the Natureworks catalog and read all about the hundreds of plants we will be carrying. Look up any plant you are interested in in one of the mail order catalogs or a good perennial book to see what it looks like in bloom, or visit one of the websites we recommend for some fabulous color images. Read our descriptions of those plants to better understand how they will honestly perform for you here in southern Connecticut. DON’T ORDER PLANTS OVER THE INTERNET...! Instead, fill out the Natureworks order form, figure your discount, and mail or fax it in to us! We all know that plants purchased at a local specialty nursery have a tremendous advantage over mail-order plants, as they do not have any shipping shock. You are able to see the plants you are purchasing and work with a knowledgeable staff member who can help you with your garden planning. MOREOVER, YOU ARE SUPPORTING A LOCAL BUSINESS, one that has an interest in you AND your garden! WHY AREN’T ALL THE PLANTS IN THIS CATALOG ON THE ORDER FORM? Natureworks now publishes one catalog every other year that comes out in the winter. We have Catalog Order Programs for Early Spring, Late Spring, and sometimes during the summer and fall. We try very hard to list only the plants on each order form that we are fairly certain will be in stock or have been confirmed by our growers. If a plant is described in the catalog but is NOT on the current order form, it means we do not have it available at this time. Feel free to inquire and to place a Special Order for any plants not on the order form and we will do our best to get them for you. The Perennial Buying Club Join & Save! Membership benefits: 10% off all perennials, all gardening classes, all gardening books, all gardening gloves, all metal plant labels Plus, special private PBC sales, with additional discounts, in the summer. 1 year membership: $25 Grow Organic Program Join & Save! Membership benefits: 10% off all organic fertilizers, composts, and natural pest control products. (mulch excluded) 1 year membership: $10 How our Catalog Order Program Works: We strongly encourage advance orders of plants from this catalog. Because of the wide diversity of plants that we carry, many in limited quantities, it is important for us to know in advance which plants we need to reorder and which plants are sold out. Our Catalog Order Program enables you to plan your garden AND save money at the same time. It also assures you that the plants that you want will be held for you. Where did the prices go? This catalog is a valuable reference. We list the plants that we normally carry, or expect to carry. This does not mean that they are all available, nor should you expect to find all of them at our nursery during a single visit. Some will arrive at the beginning of April; others won’t arrive until much later. Some are temporarily unavailable– we just keep searching for them, or grow our own stock plants that we can eventually propagate. For this reason, we have devised a new order system: we have broken our season into several delivery periods (Early Spring, Late Spring, etc.), and have created an order form for each that lists the plants and their prices that will arrive during that period. This allows us to offer you savings throughout the growing season (your quantity discount is cumulative for the entire year). When you place an order, the plants will be tagged for you as soon as they arrive. Plants will NOT be put out on our retail benches until all orders are tagged. We will call you when a significant portion of your order is ready for pickup. We appreciate it if you pick up your order promptly, as we are cramped for space on our overflowing one acre of property! After two weeks, your order will be placed back into retail stock unless we hear from you. Do not assume that the plants in this catalog are the full extent of all that we sell! We also carry additional nursery stock, herbs, and unusual annuals. We offer a choice selection of top-size bulbs in the fall, and orchids and other exceptional houseplants throughout the year.
Page 1: Come into my garden, my flowers wou
Page 5 and 6: OUR EDUCATIONAL FOCUS “An educate
Page 7 and 8: If you are reading this catalog and
Page 9 and 10: August Bloomers Abelia grandiflora
Page 11 and 12: DRY SHADE PLANTS What do you grow u
Page 13 and 14: PERENNIALS Acaena NEW ZEALAND BUR a
Page 15 and 16: ‘Caitlins Giant’ This plant riv
Page 17 and 18: period going until some of the hybr
Page 19 and 20: ‘Nora Barlow’ This plant has be
Page 21 and 22: foliage. A native prairie plant tha
Page 23 and 24: Aurinia BASKET OF GOLD (also known
Page 25 and 26: ‘Grandiflora White’ (alba) Same
Page 27 and 28: ‘China Purple’ A shrub form of
Page 29 and 30: Cymbalaria KENILWORTH IVY, PENNYWOR
Page 31 and 32: ‘Mountain Mist’ Very soft, shag
Page 33 and 34: Dracocephalum DRAGONHEAD Have you t
Page 35 and 36: Erigeron FLEABANE Most people don
Page 37 and 38: licorice-like seeds soar 6’ tall
Page 39 and 40: flowers grow 10" tall and bloom in
Page 41 and 42: like potatoes or grate them and eat
Page 43 and 44: ‘Eenie Weenie’ We’ve propagat
Page 45 and 46: ‘Moses Fire’ Wow, ruffles like
Page 47 and 48: tinged with pink. Summer-flowering
Page 49 and 50: SLUG-RESISTANT HOSTAS Check it out!
Page 51 and 52: Iris cristata Crested Iris 4-6" SHA
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Kirengeshoma Yellow Waxbells If you
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magenta flower spikes 5' tall are s
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‘Gallery Blue’ The Gallery hybr
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mussini (a.k.a. faassenii) Silver f
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‘Red Charm’ Very rare true, dee
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carolina ‘Miss Lingard’ Early-b
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‘Variegata’ Green/white variega
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Pulsatilla PASQUE FLOWER The old na
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pratensis ‘Pink Delight’ Excell
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flowers from late July-early Septem
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that will work well in the front of
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leaves marked with burgundy, white
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plant. Foliage is disease resistant
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Acanthopanax sieboldiana ‘Variega
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constant observation over the years
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very early age. Fall foliage is gol
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Hibiscus syriacus We carry lots of
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Another Hardy Hydrangea! Hydrangea
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Mahonia bealei This is an amazing a
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‘Black Lace’ This is the new, e
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grows in sun or partial shade. Frui
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Deparia SILVER GLADE FERN pycnosora
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Chasmanthium QUAKING OATS latifoliu
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Molina caerulea ‘Skyracer’ Dram
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‘The Fairy’ A Polyantha rose wi
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moist areas, and also grow well in
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‘Rouge Cardinal’ A classic Fren
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HOW TO HAVE COLOR EVERY MONTH IN YO
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