August 4, 2010

Midwest Native Plant Sale

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Be sure to stop by & purchase beautiful plants at the Midwest Native Plant Sale!
Saturday, August 7 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Midwest Native Plant Conference at the Bergamo Center
4400 Shakertown Road, Dayton, Ohio 45430-1075

Read this article by our own Wes Duren about nonnative plants attacking our flora and why it is important to plant native species. Click here to read “Alien Invasion: Attack of the Nonnatives.”

June 21, 2010

Happy Hour Sale!

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Join us this Thursday, June 24 from 5:00-8:00 p.m. and enjoy 65% off ALL veggies, annuals, herbs & hanging baskets!

June 17, 2010

Plant of the Month: Fruit Trees, 20% off!

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We have the BEST selection of fruit trees in the tristate!

Apple Fuji – Great for eating and baking, keeps well. Pollinator required.

Apple Braeburn – Sweet with a tinge of tartness. Best for eating fresh and winter keeping. Pollinator required.

Apple Gala – Considered one of the best for eating fresh. Pollinator required.

Apple Crispin – Wonderful sweet and spicy flavor. Best for eating and baking.  Pollinator required.

Apple Double Red Delicious – Produces heavy crops of extra-fancy type fruit.  Best for eating, desserts and salads. Pollinator required.

Cherry Bing SemiDwarf – Large, red-black, delicious cherries.  est for fresh eating. Pollinator required.

Cherry Black Gold Produces heavy crops of heart-shaped fruit with excellent flavor and crack resistant skin. Best for fresh eating. Self-pollinating.

Cherry Napoleon SemiDwarf – A sweet, golden cherry with a fine flavor that’s excellent for cooking and canning. Pollinator required.
Cherry White Gold – Medium/large sized fruits are yellow with red blush. Cold hardy and resists cracking. Self-pollinating.

Plum Damson Dwarf – Small, tart, juicy fruit is considered the best for making preserves. Self-pollinating.

Plum Santa Rosa Dwarf – Large plum with deep red-purple skin and amber flesh. Best for eating, desserts, snacks and canning. Self-pollinating.

Plum Superior Dwarf – Japanese variety fruit is fire red with yellow flesh, ripening the first days of August. Requires another Japanese Plum for pollination.

Plum Stanley Dwarf – Stanley Plum trees are sweet enough to dry without being pitted. Purple-black in color, very sweet and aromatic. Self-pollinating.

Nectarine Sunglo Dwarf - Heavy producer with beautiful color and exceptional flavor.  Freestone.  Self-pollinating.

Peach Reliance Dwarf – One of the hardiest peaches available. Best for eating, pies, cooking and canning. Freestone. Self-pollinating.

Pear Hosui Asian Dwarf – Globular shape. Higher acid content adds a sprite zip to the mellow flavor. Best for fresh eating. Keep well. Moderately self-fruiting, for maximum harvests pollinate with 20th Century. Will pollinate with other Asian pears.

Pear Moonglow Dwarf – Resistance to fire-blight.  Medium pears are sweet and juicy. Best for fresh eating, canning and cooking. Must be pollinated by another European pear.

Pear Red Bartlett Dwarf – Similar to the green Bartlett. Best for fresh eating, cooking, canning, and freezing. Must be pollinated by another European pear, except Seckel.

Pear Seckel Dwarf – Very firm, small, red-green pear prized for it’s high sugar content. Must be pollinated by another European pear, except Bartlett.

Pear Shinseiki Asian Dwarf – Early producers flesh is sweet, crisp and juicy. Must be pollinated by another Asian pear.  Leslie’s favorite! A very knowledgeable Asian lady, who has an orchard, advises everyone to eat an Asian pear a day!

Pear 20th Century Asian – Flesh is sweet, slightly tart, firm, and juicy. Very uniform. Must be pollinated by another Asian pear.

Persimmon Meader – Produces delicious, sweet, orange fruit that is astringent until softened off the tree. Self-pollinating.

Persimmon Saijo – Asian persimmon.  Consistently produces medium-sized elongated fruit. Allow to soften before eating. Self-pollinating.

Medlar Breda Giant – Bears crops of 1-1/2”-1-3/4” diameter fruit.  Sweet and fine textured, the fruit is great for snacks and preserves. Self-pollinating.

Pluot Dapple Dandy Dwarf – Taste test winner. Creamy white and red-fleshed pluot has a wonderful plum-apricot flavor. Can be pollinated by Flavor Supreme Pluot, Santa Rosa or Burgundy Plum.

Guava Pineapple – Fruits range from ¾” to 3-1/2” long. The thick, watery flesh and the translucent central pulp enclosing the seeds are sweet, suggesting a combination of pineapple and guava or pineapple and strawberry. Self-pollinating.

Nut Champion English Walnut – Rich, flavorful nuts in thin, easy-to-crack shells. Require pollination by another black walnut.

June 16, 2010

Father’s Day Sale!

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In celebration of all of the great gardening dads out there, we will be hosting a sale this Saturday & Sunday, June 19th & 20th only!

Spend $50-100, receive 20% off your entire purchase.
$100-150, 25% off.
$150-200, 30% off.
$200-400, 35% off.
$400+, 40% off!

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