Got my tree order in...think some were shipped dead!
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Finally got some fruit trees, bushes, plants
Comments (3)keepitlow, Are you lucky! I paid that much for my trees, more if you count shipping. But they are on Gisela5 rootstock, one reason they were more than double the cost at other on-line stores. Plus, they were 5-6 feet tall plants (roots and all) instead of 2-3' ones. But I don't see me getting any ripe cherries this year. (Alas!) Mike...See MoreChristmas in August! Got my 1st Maryott's order
Comments (20)Nat, I do indeed grow Pope John Paul II and a few other hybrid teas. All hybrid teas in our climate will die back to only a few inches (or to the mulch line if you mound the base with soil or mulch). I used to grow more hybrid teas but have gotten tired of the winter dieback so I only kept a few, and PJP is one that I just had to keep because of the fragrance and sheer beauty of those pristine white blooms. Even though it gets pruned back to only a few inches tall in the spring, it rallys and will come back to bloom and be lovely all summer. My advice is to mound up some soil around the base of it to about a foot in the late fall. Next spring you will find that the top of it will be all brown and dead, but once you remove the soil from around it in the spring you should find some green, live cane. Prune it back to that green cane and it will sprout new growth that will produce flowers later. Most of my roses, with the exception of the old once-bloomers and rugosas (and a few Canadian-bred roses) will have quite a bit of dieback, but so long as there is some green cane, no matter how little, your rose will come back. Make sure you don't remove the winter protection until the ground and temps warm up fairly consistently (usually late April to early May here). Ownroot roses will come back even if the plant appears brown to the ground, because they come back from their roots. But I grow mostly grafted here because ownroots struggle in our climate, and I haven't lost a rose to winter yet. I've learned to accept the fact that in zone 4, most roses have to be pruned back fairly drastically in the spring. But no one would think by looking at them all in bloom in June that they ever had a 'haircut'....they grow rapidly and the pruning really stimulates blooming. Take care, Celeste...See MoreGot some trees ordered
Comments (7)You can buy tree seedlings in Oklahoma from the state agency, Oklahoma Forestry Services, linked below. They sell them in large quantities because their purpose is for conservation purposes, like restoring wildlife habitat or preventing erosion. This is a great way for folks like Diane with large acreage to purchase trees. If you are on urban property and don't need vast quantities of trees, you often can buy small seedlings from tree companies like Musser Forests, which you can find by googling. Dawn Here is a link that might be useful: Oklahoma Forestry Services Website...See MoreJust got my Bay Laurel Nursery order
Comments (0)Back in December, I had put in an order for a dwarf mulberry tree, two potted bababerry plants, and a handful of bareroot grapevines and berries. They didn't ship until last week, so while I was waiting I added a bareroot Sherwood Jujube. They were very responsive at all stages, answering all my questions very quickly. They don't charge your CC until your order ships, which is nice. Last week I got a call that my order would be shipping out this week and this morning, my box arrived. I'm not far from the nursery so the box sat in transit for less than 24 hours, which works to their benefit, but overall I'm very happy with how everything looks. The potted berries are individually bagged to keep all the soil in, the bareroots are all packed in moist sphagnum and there are no signs of dehydration at all. The Jujube tree has no branches but the trunk is about 3/4 inches thick and has been freshly topped -- so recently that the wound is still green! The grapevines are quite healthy looking too, and some of the berries have the thickest canes I've ever seen. Everything was taped to the inside of the box with lots and lots of tape so it wouldn't move around at all in shipment. Everything seems so fresh that they definitely have a great chance at making it. Anything that dies will probably be my own fault ;-) Fingers crossed I manage to keep them all alive, and a solid two thumbs up for Bay Laurel Nursery!...See MoreVegsystems Info
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