Portland Nursery and Garden Center

  February 2011

Click to read the newsletter online at Portland Nursery

 

In the Nursery

VEGETABLE STARTS

IT'S TIME FOR SPRING PLANTING!

A variety of vegetable starts are in! Call first to confirm late arrivals or email us at info@portlandnursery.com.

  • Asparagus is here. Potatoes and Garlic any day.
  • Onion bunches and walking onions** have arrived.
  • 4"pots will arrive soon; stay tuned with Facebook.
  • Trays of organic spinach, chard and lettuces are all in the store.
  • Find our culture brochures on our Vegetable and Herb Page
  • Get ready for this year's planting with our Veggie Planting Calendar

** Read this article about Walking Onions

 

Products featured at the Nursery

Mason Bees

BECOME A BEEKEEPER WITH A MASON BEE KIT!

It's easy to get started with this native pollinator. The orchard mason bee (Osmia lignaria) is a small solitary bee which lives in thin reeds or holes leftbehind by other insects.
The bees are typically non-stinging and since they don't live in swarms these bees are easy to keep as "pets," providing excellent pollinating services in early spring.
A great activity for kids too!

Pick up a Bee Kit at the nursery and read more on about the Mason Bee on our website.

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Time to plant your fruit crops

Fruits at Portland Nursery

SMALL FRUITS AND FRUIT TREES

We're potting fruits – strawberries, rhubarb, grapes, currants, gooseberries – blueberries arrive next week. Fruit trees will begin to arrive in February. All of our New lists of 2011 varieties we will carry are below. Be sure to see our Fruits and Berries Page for other culture information. In store varieties can change as we get in new shipments and sell out on others. Phone or email for availability.

See this year's list of small fruits and trees

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Don't forget the flowers!

bulbs roses primroses

ROSES, PRIMROSES AND BLOOMING BULBS

Potted bulbs to brighten your garden

Did you miss getting in all your fall bulbs? Come in and see our great selection of potted bulbs and plant them today! All of the spring planting seeds are in too! See our Seeds and Bulbs page for current advice.

Roses

Roses are in and you can download an alphabetic list or a category list of the varieties we will have this year. You can also check out our brochure on Rose Care.

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Plant Picks of the Month

Plant Picks

PERENNIAL PICK - Viola
This well-known and much-loved genus includes over 500 species of annuals and perennials found in all the temperate regions of the world. Over 300 species are native to North America.... Read more...

This is also a great time to find Hellebores, Violas, Sweet Pea starts and evergreen Clematis.

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