At HD in Parsippany trees are 66% of and shrubs are 33% Off.

Regards

Dave

I have been looking for hakone grass. What HP? I will go tomorrow!

Thanks, Marge

Just save your receipts! The big box mortality rate usually runs about 50%.

Marge, Sorry to be so late with the reply but had trouble with the isp. The HomeDepot in Hamilton, NJ. The grass is a golden yellow green. Very beautiful.

Annie, I've had better luck than 50% but the mortality rate is fairly high. I make sure the trees and plants are watered daily if needed and that seems to do the trick.

Mucknmire - which Lowe's and HD do you go to?

I've never seen magnolia at the West Windsor ones.

Hi birdgardner,

The magnolias were available at the Hamilton (Washington township?) HD and Lowe's. I think they may still be available at the HD because they had at least 6 for sale. Nothing left at the Hamilton Lowe's as I bought them out ;) You're right about not seeing them at the WW stores.

I would call before I trek out there but you may not get an answer because the clerks seem pretty clueless about plants.

If you live close to Ewing, the Ash's Farm has their %50 off sale starting today, Aug. 18. Dibs on the dwarf nandina.

Depends on what mean by "cheap" but last week I got a simply gorgeous and very healthy 5' tall (from ground up) pink clethra for $20 from Valley Brook in Lebanon.

Many of their shrubs were 50% off and looked like they just recently been shipped in - they were not the season's untended leftovers.

Hi, njtea. Your clethra was a bargain. We bought a similar size pink clethra for about $30 about 4 years ago.

The Ash's flower farm I mentioned previously is also bringing in new stock as well as trying to sell their old stuff. There's no refund if your plant dies so you have to determine if the plant will survive the transplanting. I guess the growers are trying to get rid of their stock in the late season so a lot of the nurseries are holding 50% off sales. Late summer or early autumn is actually a really good time to plant because the temperatures are cooler so the sun doesn't ravage the plants so much ...but we sure need rain. We bought two dwarf nandinas for $20 each.

We did go to the HD in Hamilton but most of their sales items were sold including the sweet bay magnolias. Slim pickings.

Do woody shrubs and trees reliably live when planted in the fall?

Fall is the best time to plant because the plants can focus on growing roots rather than putting out leaves. Just as with spring planting, you must make certain that the shrubs/trees get sufficient water.

ladychroe, I agree with njtea. All the plants we planted in fall survived while several planted in spring died. You don't have the stresses of hot sun and drying out so much in fall.