NEWSLETTER No. 60, AUGUST 2012 Notes from www.hornbakergardens.com email: [email protected]22937 1140 N. Ave., Princeton, Illinois 61356 (815) 659-3282 RETAIL HOURS We will be closed on Labor Day, Monday, September 3. Otherwise, we will be open Monday through Saturday, 8:00 to 5:00, through October 10. We are closed on Sundays during this part of the season. FACEBOOK Visit us on Facebook and LIKE our page to keep up to date on what’s happening here at the gardens. BLOG Bookmark the blog on our website and check in often for gardening tips, news about hot new plants, hosta recommendations from Rich, and much more! Pottery Blowout! Plants For Fall Color We are very excited about a new source that we have found for pottery. By buy- ing in larger quantities, we will be able to offer our pottery at much better prices. But before we can commit to such quanti- ties, we need to move out some inventory. Here’s your chance to grab those pots you have been wanting! From now until we close, all of our ceramic pottery is on sale for half price. This does not include pebble pots or any “pots” made of granite or concrete. Now that we are past the brutal heat that we had this summer, it’s time to add some color to your gardens, porches and patios. Starting in early September, we will have a supply of great plants for fall color, including asters, mums, flowering kale, ornamental peppers, Plectranthus, Swiss chard and pansies. Speaking of pansies, keep in mind that not only are they great for fall color, but they generally over-winter and provide great early spring color next year. Pansies love the cool weather of fall and early spring. Fall is the time that people are noticing grasses because that is when most of the varieties start pluming out, especially the showy Miscanthus varieties. While we don’t generally think of color when we think of perennial grasses (most of the wildly colorful grasses are annuals), there are a couple of great Panicum varieties that provide good color. ‘Cheyenne Sky’ starts coloring up very early in the season with streaks of wine red among the blue-green color. It grows around 3’ tall, so it fits into smaller gardens and spaces better than some of the larger grasses. ‘Dust Devil’ stands around 48”-54” tall and the tips of its bluish foliage turn wine red in late summer. Both of these varieties have purplish plumes, which make great fillers in flower or grass bouquets.
22937 1140 N. Ave., Princeton, Illinois 61356(815) 659-3282
Retail HouRsWe will be closed on labor Day, Monday, september 3. otherwise, we will be open Monday through
saturday, 8:00 to 5:00, through october 10. We are closed on sundays during this part of the season.FaCeBooK
Visit us on Facebook and liKe our page to keep up to date on what’s happening here at the gardens.BloG
Bookmark the blog on our website and check in often for gardening tips,news about hot new plants, hosta recommendations from Rich, and much more!
PotteryBlowout!
Plants For Fall Color
We are very excited about a new source that we have found for pottery. By buy-ing in larger quantities, we will be able to offer our pottery at much better prices. But before we can commit to such quanti-ties, we need to move out some inventory. Here’s your chance to grab those pots you have been wanting! From now until we close, all of our ceramic pottery is on sale for half price. This does not include pebble pots or any “pots” made of granite or concrete.
Now that we are past the brutal heat that we had this summer, it’s time to add some color to your gardens, porches and patios. Starting in early September, we will have a supply of great plants for fall color, including asters, mums, flowering kale, ornamental peppers, Plectranthus, Swiss chard and pansies.
Speaking of pansies, keep in mind that not only are they great for fall color, but they generally over-winter and provide great early spring color next year. Pansies love the cool weather of fall and early spring.
Fall is the time that people are noticing grasses because that is when most of the varieties start pluming
out, especially the showy Miscanthus varieties. While we don’t generally think of color when we think of perennial grasses (most of the wildly colorful grasses are annuals), there are a couple of great Panicum varieties that provide good color. ‘Cheyenne Sky’ starts coloring up very early in the season with streaks of wine red among the blue-green color. It grows around 3’ tall, so it fits into smaller gardens and spaces better than some of the larger grasses. ‘Dust Devil’ stands around 48”-54” tall and the tips of its bluish foliage turn wine red in late summer. Both of these varieties have purplish plumes, which make great fillers in flower or grass bouquets.
2012 Fall Specials
SPECIAL PRICING AVAILABLE ONLY AT THE NURSERY
Perennials (including aquatic plants; not including hostas and grasses; also not including Mums and Asters): Reg. 7.99 ..................................................................................... $ 5.99 --buy 10 or more ........................................................................ $ 4.99 --buy 20 or more ........................................................................ $ 3.99
Reg. 9.99 and up ......................................................................... 40% off
Lilium ........................................................................................... 50% off
Perennial Hibiscus (reg. $24.99) ................................................ 40% off
Potted Daylilies (those on daylily bench in retail area) ............... 40% off (excluding new arrivals and rebloomers)
All Hosta Clumps: buy 3-4, 15% off; buy 5-9, 20% off; buy 10 or more, 25% off
Trees and Shrubs: Many varieties on sale at 25% or 40% off.
Pottery (excluding pebble pots, granite & concrete) ................... 50% off
Select Garden Stakes .................................................................. 50% off
Gazing Balls ................................................................................ 40% off
Isabel Bloom ................................................................................ 15% off
Shepherd’s Hooks ....................................................................... 25% off
Composters & Rain Barrels ....................................................... 50% off
Chimes (all types) ........................................................................ 15% off
Indoor / Outdoor Canvas Art (reg. 189.00) .............................. 50% off
Mad Mats Eco-Friendly Outdoor Rugs .................................... 40% off
Indoor & Outdoor Floor Mats Holders—25% Off Inserts—Buy 1, Get 2nd Half Price
Check the Shop for other sale items!
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Another Bubbler IdeaMore ideas for bubblers keep bubbling
up. We have used Pebble Pots, pottery of all sorts, drilled boulders, and stacked and tiered stone fountains. The other day, the staff rigged up this antique millstone as a bubbler.
Perhaps you have an item that you think might make an interesting bubbler or fountain. Bring it out, and we will be glad to give our advice and lend a helping hand.
This summer drought has been brutal on all living things, and sometimes it is easy to not realize that your trees and shrubs are under a tremendous stress. We need to get water down into the ground where the roots can soak it up. Rather than standing there with a hose in your hand, watering the top two or three inches of the ground, it helps to lay the hose on the ground and let it trickle deeply into the ground. Move the hose around from plant to plant at intervals. The length of interval will depend on how fast the water is running. The idea is to get all of the water to go down into the ground without having it run away from the plant.
You can get more water to more plants more quickly by using five-gallon buckets with a couple of small holes drilled into the bottom of each. Place a bucket by each tree, fill up the buckets and let the water trickle out through the holes. Come back later and fill the buckets again, perhaps moving each bucket to the other side of the tree. In between fill-ups, leave the hose trickling on another tree.
If we don’t get some really good rains this fall, make sure that your trees and shrubs go into winter with some moisture in the ground. This is especially true for evergreens.
Water thosetrees and shrubs!
Hostas: these varieties $4.99!American IconAomori Gold StarAristocratBaby KimBill Dress’s BlueBlazing SaddlesColossalCraig’s TemptationDark StarEmbroideryFantabulousGloriosaGloryGranary GoldGreen SheenHarpoonHeavenly TiaraHoosier HarmonyHush PuppieInniswoodInvincibleIron Gate DelightKikutii KifukuinKing TutKiwi Red HeronKnockoutLakeside April SnowLakeside Cha ChaLakeside Coal MinerLakeside Hoola HoopLakeside Knick KnackLakeside Sparkle PlentyLeading Lady
NEW HOSTAS!We have been propagating Hosta ‘Lights Up’ ($20.00) for
several years, and are finally able to offer some for sale. This narrow-leafed mini is one of the brightest yellow hostas we have ever seen, and it holds its color well all season.Hosta ‘Rainbow’s End’ ($18.00) is not brand new, but we haven’t been able to get our hands on this excellent, patented variety for two or three years. This brightly variegated, small hosta has narrow leaves with dark green margins and bright yellow centers, which brighten even further in summer to nearly white.
Hosta ‘Lakeside Paisley Print’ ($18.00) is another small hosta with outstanding variegation. The heart shaped leaves have dark green, wavy margins and creamy white markings in the center which shoot out in a feathery pattern. We had a few last year, which sold out quickly.
A brand new arrival is Hosta ‘Andrew’ ($18.00), a large, unique, tri-color hosta with corrugated, puckered, folded and ruffled leaves. ‘Andrew’ has feathery white centers, blue margins, and green jetting in between. It looks good even as a young plant, and we look forward to watching this exciting new hosta mature.
