MONTHLY PHOTOS

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SEASONAL TIPS

See our Park City Nursery Newsletter Archives for June 2003 and July 2002.

Watering your yard is an interactive process - you have to make a commitment to learning how your timer works and ‘fuss’ with it regularly. Watering needs change throughout the growing season!

Always keep your guard up for cold weather. One night can spoil a month of growth.

New flowers and shrubs are still arriving weekly at the nursery. In all your summer fun, don’t forget to swing by and see what’s new!

Lucky for us, we can plant throughout the summer provided there is enough water and you don’t leave roots exposed to wind and sun.

You can seed wildflowers throughout the growing season. Seed germinates between 65 and 85 degrees-our summer temperatures.

Enjoy your flowers and new growth. This summer has been spectacular because we only had a frost in June, not a deep killing frost like the last 4 years!

A LOOK IN THE GREENHOUSE

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PLANT OF THE MONTH

Narrowleaf Cottonwood

-Populus angustifolia- Zone 3

Intermountain Native; very hardy and Robust.

The other ‘best’ shade tree for higher elevations. They grow relatively quickly to 30-50' tall.

Shiny, narrow leaf similar to a willow. Yellow fall color.

Narrow, pyramidal branching pattern. Surprisingly attractive and ‘neat’ looking for a native.

TROUBLESHOOTING

SYMPTOM: The leaves on your apple trees, lilac, cottonwood, roses etc. are curled and misshapen, particularly on the new growth. 

COMMENT: ‘Bugs’. You can try getting rid of them with Lady Bugs - which eat aphids - or, for more instant gratification you can treat them with ‘Rose Food Systemic’. We did this to ours and had results within 3 days. Quite fantastic. 

SYMPTOM: You just don’t know where to begin to water your trees and shrubs efficiently. 

COMMENT: And you’re right. Watering is an interactive process. Once you are a yard owner, you have to make a commitment to the watering process. Begin with your Netafim® Drip System  "See article in next months newsletter".  

An 8' Spruce needs approximately 15-20 gallons of water every 7-15 days during the growing season. Much, much less in Spring and late Summer (after they’ve shut down the growing process.) 

The average shade tree - Cottonwoods, need about 15-20 gallons every 7-15 days. Check weekly with a moisture meter and a shovel until you figure it out. 

Drought tolerant trees and shrubs - Lilac, Canada Red cherry, Serviceberry need about 10-15 gallons every 2 weeks once established. Check to make sure.

Newly installed shrubs in 5-7 gallon containers will probably need more water until they are established. As they mature, some varieties become more drought tolerant and other varieties will need more water. Choose your plants accordingly. 

Annuals in pots need to be checked daily.

Please go to our newsletter archives for additional information, photos and more.

ORGANIC LESSONS

Make your lawn greener using the same amount or LESS water with polymer science. Conserve water, save money.

These water storing granules, about the size of a grain of salt can be broadcast on your lawn with a spreader any time throughout the year. It helps use water more efficiently, slows down evaporation. They last for about two years.

1 lb. at $16.99 covers 1,000 square feet

5 lbs. at $59.99 covers 5,000 square feet

A very viable experiment if you are concerned about water conservation.. . and you should be.

For more information go to www.uselesswater.com or visit the nursery or local farmer’s markets for product demonstrations.

MONTHLY SPECIALS

In house Aspen Special when you buy 5 or more 1-1½” caliper B&B Rocky Mountain White Aspen - $59.99 each (Regular price -$62.00-85.00 each) Must see these trees.

15% off of a July Purchase                            Print this coupon and bring it in. Limit: One visit per person during the month of July,.

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MONTHLY ARTICLE

Drought tolerant Trees, Shrubs and Flowers..

The following is an extensive list of plants compiled from experience and research. At this point, in our drought tolerant awareness society, we need a list of plants we can use which will conserve water and help make our high mountain desert more palatable-compatibly.

While researching this topic, I was pleased to see that many cold-hardy varieties are also drought tolerant so, the list is similar to other lists we have compiled with a catchy title.

Denotes plants that are capable of naturalizing. (Once established, they can survive with little or no additional water or attention).

              TREES AND SHRUBS

Canada Red Cherry
Amur Maple
Apple
Crabapple
Spruce
Assorted Pine - Bristlecone, Scotch, Austrian, Pinyon, Mugo, Ponderosa
Sage Brush
Serviceberry
Chokecherry
Peking Cotoneaster
Siberian Pea Shrub
Curl leaf and Mountain Mahogany
Elderberry
Currants, Assorted Golden, Alpine, Red Lake
Shrub Roses, Assorted
Nanking Cherry
Moonlite Broom
Potentilla - once established
Lilac
Snowberry
Juniper
Honeysuckle
Fir, Assorted - Alpine, White
Sumac, Three leaf
Buffaloberry
Gooseberry

    FLOWERS AND GROUNDCOVER

Creeping Oregon Grape
Snow-in-Summer
Sedum, Assorted - Utah, Dragon’s Blood, Green Dragon, Kamschaticum, Reflexum, Old Maid’s Curl, Autumn Joy, etc.
Thyme
Artemisia
Aubrieta
Arabis
Lamb’s Ear
Nepeta
Dianthus
Phlox
Alyssum, Basket of Gold
Oriental Poppy
Salvia
Yarrow
Kinnick-Kinnick
Helianthemum
Campanula
Kelseyi Daisy
Hollyhock
Heliopsis, Summer Sun
Echinacea
Reubeckia
Daisy, Assorted Shasta varieties
Centaurea
Red Mexican Hat
Blue Flax
Dame’s Rocket
Aster
Iris, Bearded
Daylily
Golden Rod
Columbine
Geranium
Ice Plant
Polygonum
Gaillardia
Sulfur Flower
White Evening Primrose
Penstemon Assorted
Mimulus - Monkey flower
Cupid’s Dart
Erigeron - Fleabane
Lavender
Euphorbia
Knautia - Melton Pastels
Limonium - Sea Lavender
Soapwort
Coronilla, Crown Vetch
Antennaria - Pink Pussy Toes
Centranthus - Jupiter’s Beard
Coreopsis
Red Hot Poker (a bit disappointing in size at high elevation)
Sandwort
Peony
Anemone Pulsatilla
Baptista
Peach leaf Bellflower
Fire weed
Baby’s breath
Lychnis
Veronica

                          BULBS
Allium
Crocus
Daffodil
Galanthus
Muscari
Narcissus
Tulips

                          HERBS

In general, they are relatively drought tolerant.    Oregano
Thyme
Teucrium
Nepeta
Tarragon
Rosemary
Lavender

                      DRY SHADE

Bishop’s Weed
Sweet Woodruff
Lily of the Valley
Lamiastrum
Lamium
Tradescantia - Spiderwort
Mahonia repens

                        ANNUALS

California Poppy
Flanders Poppy
Shirley Poppy
Bachelor Button
Cosmos
Sunflowers
Tidy Tips
Drummond Phlox

                      AND MORE

African Daisy
Brachyscome
Wallflower
Cleome
Lantana
Petunia
Portulaca
Rudbeckia
Marigold
Zinnia
Lavender

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