Check out EOS Shrub sales

[Dazed_Lily]

Not that shrubs are my bailywick, but I noticed outside the nursery area that Home Depot had 75% off all remaining plants. In all honesty I was ready to march inside to the $12.96 Leeba Orange Crush daylily and snag it for 25%, but the joke was on me. It was like everything had been beamed up--including the help. Darn it ! I was outsmarted. I went back out front and inspected what was left. I did find 3 Emerald Green arborvitae that had been $12.96 each and got the 3 for $10 and change. Each one is about 3 feet tall. We needed something for a screen effect.
Anyway, it might be too late for some areas but for others it might be the right time to get some shrub bargains.

[vicki]

I visited this nursery last week (after paying the cable bill),they are right across the street, anyhoos, I bought a 'anthony waterer' spirea for 3.00 (regular 8.97), and a 'dale's strain' heurchera for 2.00.
I told the DH I NEED to go back there with more money!!!
They have 10 gal. rhodos for 8.00 (29.99)!!! I would like at least one of these.
10 gal. pots of ornamental grasses for 8.00 ea. too.

Our home depot had nothing! left. :(

[Dazed_Lily]

I like Spirea--have an very itty bitty baby AWS(what you have). I killed my Huerchera(it wasn't premeditated!).
I miss rhodos--they are so nice. At my childhood home we had a red one on each side of the front steps and a border of gorgeous pink azaleas all along the front of the house--miss them loads as well !

[Ann B.]

I adore Spirea! It looks nice after it blooms and it continues to have blooms (less, but still blooms) until a hard freeze. I haven't tried to grow any from cuttings, but there is one that a friend gave me that I want to try to propagate. It's pretty, but still small in comparison to the others.

The neatest part is that you don't have to prune them to look good, and they grows well in between other shrubs and perennials.

10 gallon rhodos for $8 is a STEAL! I hope you were able to get some really nice ones. Rhodos don't do as well here as azaleas do, but I have one that a friend gave me that is doing fine in a large pot. I am keeping it in a pot for now because it needs a cold period, and that's the only way the roots will get really cold. When it gets big enough, I will try to soil layer it and plant the 'baby' and see how it fairs.

I missed most of the late season sales this year, but that's okay. I still have lots of plants to put in the ground or transplant, and now I have lots more cuttings that need to be rooted and will have to find their spots in the garden in early spring.

I am really trying hard to plant 'grouped' shrubs. Mass plantings are really pretty if they are the right plants.

Life will settle down rapidly now that I am located at the school where I want to be. Next semester, I will be teaching what I want to teach and there won't be so many preps because I have taught them before.

Sounds like you are having FUN! Pout! Pout! I have truly missed gardening, but watch what happens next spring!!!!!

[Tom]

Ann,
The Rodo's will do pretty good, but they need full protection from afternoon sun. Actually they will do well here if they only get bright light, and little to no sun.

You will find that cuttings taken from most any Spiraea in May through August root quite well if you use standard high humidity environment. I like the way they make big splash in the spring and then just sort of blend into the background later. Good, easy plant!

Both plants need soil that does not stay wet.

[Rebecca]

I have a couple of dwarf Spireas I rescued from the Wally World dumpster several years ago, I can't recall which cultivar they are, but they have rather intensely colored blooms. I have found that if I prune them back rather sharply after the spring bloom, they will have another nice flush of bloom in summer. I didn't get them pruned this year and still had some sporadic bloom during the summer. They have quite out grown their limited area and will have to be pruned back severely after they bloom next spring.

I haven't tried to root any cuttings from them, but I may have to now!

Rebecca

[Ann B.]

Rebecca,

That one is extra special! I'll have to keep my eyes open for it should it become available here. I do not see Spirea on our market very often. When I do, they are usually quite large and as such, not inexpensive.

How tall does it get?

Nice!