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| I 'm looking for a good source for native plants and shrubs, specifically NJ tea and Itea Little Henry.
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| I drive both to rare find nursery in Jackson, NJ and fairweather gardens in Salem county to get plants, but they both ship and both maintain catalogs on line. I have found both have very helpful staff. rarefindnursery.com and fairweathergardens.com are correct, I think. |
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| Leaping Lizards in Basking Ridge has the Itea. However, I'm not certain about the New Jersey tea - I had to buy mine through a catalog. |
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| Bogturtle, have you been to Fairwether other than their open house days? Where exactly are the located, as in a street address. I am very intrigued by their website and would like to locate another unusual source for plants in the area. Kirk |
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| I've seen that itea around at local nurseries. |
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- Posted by woodlandpixie z6 NJ (My Page) on Wed, Dec 21, 05 at 8:46
| NJTea, What mail order source did you use for the njtea? Many shrubs I receive from Wayside Gardens I lose in the first 2 yrs. I think this is because they are born and bred for southern areas. I lost the njtea that was growing nicely because I moved it in the fall ( I think). Loretta, Any specific nursery ? Pixie |
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| Don't know where you're located, but the nursery I've linked to below is in Berkeley Heights and has the Itea. I think I have also seen it at quite a few of the larger nurseries near me. I also had no luck finding New Jersey Tea locally and ended up using mail-order. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Hall's Garden Center
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| Pixie, did you get my PM that said I though I'd got the New Jersey tea from ForestFarm? |
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- Posted by woodlandpixie z6 NJ (My Page) on Wed, Dec 28, 05 at 21:38
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Thanks for the ForestFarm reference NJTea , I didn't receive the PM. Thanks also Bogturtle, loris and loretta. I will try all the new sources. Both Rarefind and Fairweather were nurseries I was curious about. Glad to get a personal recommendation. |
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- Posted by pontesmanny z6/7 S NJ (My Page) on Tue, Jan 3, 06 at 0:00
| I bought Itea from Home Depot |
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| Here's a second vote for Bogturtle's reccommendations for both RareFind Nursery and Fairweather Gardens, nurseries I visit no less than once or twice a season, especially RareFind which showcases all their hundreds of rhodies in a five-acre sandy woodland planting each Spring! Another NJ nursery which carries both Itea 'Little Henry' and Ceanothus americanus (New Jersey Tea - this thread finally forced me to research that common name and discover it's botanical handle - thanks!) is Triple Oaks Nursery in Franklinville. I have also purchased the Itea at my all-time favorite "unknown" family operation in New Jersey: Pope's Gardens in Waterford (for less than $10.00) A couple other mail-order, native-plant nurseries that I've used successfully: Niche Gardens in Chapel Hill, NC and Shooting Star Nursery in Kentucky (which HAS your NJ Tea) Odie 99: Fairweather Gardens is NOT a retail nursery in usual sense - you can ONLY visit them on their 9 or 10 Open House Days each season. Their address in Greenwich is 1189 Sheppards Mill Road. I believe their website has a map and directions. www.rarefindnursery.com Carl |
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