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Garden Gazette Highlights
Our biannual newsletter, Garden Gazette, is
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From Linden Hill Gardens
Here it is
January already and our crews are still planting. It was great to
have the season extended by the mild weather. On January 8th I
even saw Daffodils blooming in Upper Bucks; but I’m sure the cold
weather is on its way.
I was fortunate to be able to travel to many trade shows looking for
new goodies for your gardens. As a little sneak peek, I would to
invite you to a ‘Horticultural Chat Room’ at Linden Hill
this February, please see inside newsletter for more information.
Cindi and I were able to visit and take a tour of the Heronswood garden
in Doylestown with George Ball and Grace Romano. We also attended
a lecture by Dale Hendricks of North Creek Nursery. If you get a chance
take the tour, the gardens are lovely and the sculptures are very
interesting.
I would like to thank our staff for another great year, our Foreman
Randy, Ryan, Alex and Derek out did themselves this year.
Congrats to Cindi Sathra who was promoted to General Manager.
A big thank you to all our clients, I look forward to serving our loyal clients and new clients in 2007.
As the stack of new plant catalogs grows on my desk, I look forward to
the quiet of winter to examine them closely. Even as the cold of winter
approaches, spring is not far away.
Sincerely,
 Cutting Edge 2007
Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Little Honey’
In spring this Oakleaf starts with brilliant gold leaves; the color
remains well into summer then darkening to chartreuse and into green
just as the large 6 to 8 inch white blooms begin to bloom. With
the cold of autumn the leaves turn a brilliant scarlet color, even the
stems turn red. At just 4 feet tall and 3 feet wide ‘Little
Honey’ is great for many different areas.
Zones 5-9 Full sun to partial shade
Cercis canadensis ‘Hearts of Gold’
This new variety of Redbud will brighten even a gray day. The new
heart shaped leaves emerge red then turn to gold; where leaves are
shaded they will turn green. Early spring color with its
lavender-purple blooms. A US native this tree will reach 15 feet
tall with a spread up to 18 feet.
Zones 5-9 Full sun to partial shade
Helleborus x hybridus ‘Heronswood Double’
As with all Hellebores the flowers arrive in early to mid spring, and
are extremely long lasting. This new strain offers double the
petals and at 3 inches is quite large. Colors range from shades
of purple and pink to white. Plant size is approximately 12
inches tall and over time will spread into wonderful show stopping
colonies. Prefer well drained and well enriched soil in partial
to full shade.
Zones 5-8
2007
Perennial Plant Association – Plant of the Year
Nepeta ‘Walker's Low’ –
Well it finally happened, after years of Jerry’s campaigning, his
‘signature’ plant has made it to the top. During
early summer just a drive by Jerry Fritz Garden Design and you can see
the reason it is one of Jerry’s favorites. Its lovely
long-blooming lavender-blue flowers start blooming early summer above
the gray-green aromatic foliage. Its common name is Catmint due
to the aroma that tends to attract cats, but this also helps deter the
deer and rabbits. If cut back during July, you can enjoy a
re-bloom in the fall. Grows 18-24” tall, forming clumps
approximately 18” across.
Zones 4-7 Full to partial sun
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Jerry Fritz Garden Design, Inc.
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