| South Creek Nursery of Palmyra (New York) is a wholesale perennial nursery. Founded in 1978, we are located in Palmyra, New York -- just east of Rochester, New York, near lake Ontario. Our goal is to selectively introduce, grow, and sell herbacious perennials throughout the great northeast. Our actural production experience permits us to authenticate this trend list of common, yet new and exciting perennials as they come to market. It is our desire to provide essential, easy access to information for the garden enthusiast, and to promote the increased desire to garden with perennials, both old and new varieties. We
try to maintain a large variety of plant materials in order to meet the landscaping needs
of our clients, both large and small. By seeking out new and unusual perennials, and
promoting them, it is our goal to further promote their use in our industry, and
ultimately for the enjoyment of our client's customers. |
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Theme gardening 101, is anything you want it to be within the
criteria of the theme. Folly gardening is a common one designed to make you giggle as you
pass. We have all seen them, the old pair of boots set out on the front porch filled with
potting soil and then brimming with hens & chixs! Or the neighbor down the road who
renovating his bathroom, and hadn't removed the old bath tub, or sink from the front
yard...and his wife filled it with dirt and bleeding hearts... reminding herself what an
old bleeding case her procrasting husband was, when it came to cleaning up the yard. And
we all chuckled at the sight of the carnation filled toliet! And that is Folly Gardening!
Perennial Cultural Almanac of Besides the full descriptions
including hardiness, zone, height, spacing, color reference, flower and foliage
specifications, flowering time and duration, soil recommendations, plant type, lighting
requirements, and specifics on 60 theme gardens. I also provided
pronunciation, a glossary of perennial plant terms, garden terms, reference listing, and
suggested landscape designs. A complimentary four color theme garden
bookmark is included. With so many gardening references, coffee table style books available, I became frustrated like so many others looking from here to there for information about certain perennials. One resource may have a generic paragraph, another a shortened account, or no real mention on the perennial I needed. Aquilegias come in so many seedling varieties, all unique, with no real literature available except what might be found in seed catalogs. And they change from one year to the next. So I compiled the Almanac from all of my best resources, and my expreience at raising these hot items into an Ideal Handy Quick Reference Guide that lumps all the pertinent information into one, easy portable dictionary. The Almanac is 6" x 9", paperback with short, consise blocks of data about each perennial. Not long, extensive paragraphs, but quick access to the information desired. A comprehensive reference guide, perfect for the home gardener, commercial grower, landscape architect, professional landscaper, horticultural educator or student, or garden center retailer who needs immediate cultural information, quickly and accurately, at the point of plant selection, point of purchase, or installation. The book is designed to compliment the limited information found on most perennial picture tags! No previous horticultural
background is necessary to source out or find the desired information on a favorite or
exciting perennial and the recommended theme gardens. Quick Answers to Common Questions The book features an easy, alphabetical listing by common name and botanical name. It is designed to clarify common perennial questions, such as will it grow around my deck or patio. The Almanac covers most trendy, common, and uncommon perennials available in garden centers and plant and seed catalogs in the USA & Canada. If it isn't mentioned exactly, it's cousin is, and you are sent into a closer orbit of similar information. The book makes an ideal trend list, grower's guide, back pocket landscaper's tool. Perfect perennial promotor for point of purchase in Garden Centers. It bridges the gap between what entices the perennial garden enthusiast and their pursuit within the garden market for the new, the different, or the unusual. Reviewed as "Two Green Thumbs Up", by Doc & Katie Abraham of the Green Thumb Show, The American Nurseryman Association Magazine, Canada Horticulturist, Hobby Greenhouse Magazine, NM Pro Magazine, Horticulture Science Magazine, and the NYS Nureryman's Fall Issue, it has been featured at the 1997 Mid-Atlantic Show, The New England Spring Garden Show, Rochester 1997 Gardenescape, 1997 Ohio Short Course, as well as on Garden.com and the GrowZone Web pages. The Perennial Almanac is a unique reference guide written from one experienced gardener to another hobbist/professional. Availability
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