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5 gallon shrubs $9.50 each Mexican Sage Salvia Hot Lips Salvia Purple Rain White Rockrose Tuscan Blue Rosemary One Gallon Lavender $5.50 each Munstead, Provence, Hidcote, Grosso Ornamental Grasses One Gallon $3.50 Five Gallon $9.50 Select 5 gallon Trees $14.50 each Liquidambar, Red Gum Eucalyptus, Lombardy Poplar, Austrian Black Pine, Arizona Cypress, Casuarina, Allepo Pine, Italian Stone Pine Asparagus Fern 1 Gallon $4.50 10% OFF REGULARLY PRICED TREES IN STOCK. Special prices good through 11/1/15 Limited to stock on hand FALL IS THE BEST TIME FOR PLANTING!

Onion Sets Red, White, Yellow, and Sweet Onions $3.50 per pkg. Red, White, and Yellow 80 bulbs per pkg. Sweet Onions 60 bulbs per pkg. Plant now for onions in the spring.   Garlic, Elephant Garlic, and Shallots in Bulk Garlic $6.00 per pound. Elephant Garlic – $11.00 per pound. Shallots – $7.00 per pound Plant now for spring harvest.   Wildflower Seeds CA Poppy $8.00 per quarter pound. Covers 250 sq. ft. CA Wildflower Mix $9.15 per quarter pound Covers 500 sq. ft. Lupine $8.00 per quarter pound Covers 125 sq. ft.

Fall Planting Season Fall is almost here. The days are getting shorter and the nights are getting cooler. We have clouds and a chance of rain as I write this. The official first day of autumn is September 23rd. The weather will be staying cool soon. The mornings are nice and cool. Fall is starting to be felt in the air. Time to get out and do fall planting now or soon. Bare root fruit tree list 2016 Rose List for 2016 Tree list fall 2015 FALL PLANTING SEASON IS HERE! Fall is the best time for planting just about everything, particularly trees and drought tolerant plants. I have attached a Fall Tree list of what is currently in stock. If you are looking for something not on the list we can usually get it within a week or two. But really, nearly everything benefits from fall planting.  Plants that are planted in fall get the cooler weather to get roots established without the stress of the heat and transplant shock and continue to establish roots even after they lose their leaves. They will continue root devlopment with  the fall and winter rains. The roots then are established and the …

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June is starting off fairly cool this year but it will warm up at some point for sure. Be sure to increase the water for the warmer temperatures. Plants need additional water during spikes in temperature and during the summer. Tune up your drip systems if you haven’t done so yet. Remember that trees in particular like long deep soakings two to three times a week for deep rooting. Mulch around your trees and shrubs and you can easily cut the frequency of watering by half. The mulch holds the moisture in the ground instead of it evaporating.  Daily short watering on your tree will cause surface rooting. Deep soaking ensures deep rooting and the tree will stand the heat of the summer much better. Tomatoes, melons, and cucumbers are also going to do better with deep soaking less frequently than with daily short watering. If you are unsure of the amount of water a tree needs, we have a handout at the nursery which will tell you the amount of water per week needed based on the size of the tree. It is a great resource for those in doubt.  June is the month for your second fertilizing of the …

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FREE COFFEE AND HOT CHOCOLATE DURING BARE ROOT SEASON FRUIT TREES Standard Fruit Trees $18.00 with a few exceptions. Semi Dwarf Fruit Trees $20.00 with a few exceptions. The selection is still good. At the end of the month we pot up what is left. Once they are potted they will not be available until late spring or fall and the price is higher. ROSES Bush and climber roses $15.95. Bare Root. In container $18.95 24″ Patio Tree Roses $26.50 36″ Tree Roses $36.00 We also have bare root lilacs and Rose of Sharon and berries available as well. Remember, bare root season ends February 28th. After that bare root trees are no longer available. We begin potting them at that time. CITRUS TREE We will be getting citrus trees the first or second week of March. Weather depending. We will not bring them in if we are still having hard freezes. Seed Potatoes and Onion bulbs and Garlic and Shallots are now in. Plant them now and harvest potatoes, garlic and onions later in the spring. Try growing potatoes in potato pots. This is a pot in a pot with open sides. When the potatoes are ready lift the …

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