Exotic Maple Collection

Get ready for the launch of the Exotic Maple Collection from PendulousPlants.Com! In a few weeks, the Unusual Stuff page will show our 6 new Japanese Maples. We are the first in the country to offer these unusual trees. Only one is pendulous, but they are so new that I wanted to offer all of them to you. Here is a list of their names to whet your appetite!

Acer palmatum cultivars:

Bihou

Beni kosode

Hana matoi

Oku kuji nishiki

Tsukasa Silhouette

the 6th one you'll have to check the website to find out!

See you soon!

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Here is a foliage close-up of 'Oku kuji nishiki', described as a more compact version of 'Butterfly'.

Camperdown Elms

I know it's been a long time since we've had Camperdown Elms available, BUT there is good news! I just got 12 in this week!! Keep in mind, they are still in small pots and need to be potted up but the tops are large enough that we might be able to ship a few this fall. As you know there is a waiting list and we won't be able to get to everyone with this shipment, but there are more on the way next year. At least we've got the pipeline flowing now! So, send in your requests if you haven't done so already.
Kelly

Weeping Pagoda Trees are Looking Good!

Just a quick note to all you Pagoda Tree fans. They are really "coming on" well so far this spring and we may be able to clear our backlog of requests within the next year. To continue the good news, we just got in some newly grafted stock and among them are even more Pagoda Trees, so I think we'll finally be able to get a standing inventory. Yea!

Is there a 'spring' in your step?

It sure does look like spring around here! Many weeping cherries are flowering everywhere, daffodils are all but done, forsythias are in full blaze, spireas are just getting to their peak, the bradford pears (don't let me catch you with one of these in your yard!) are almost done flowering, and the crabapples are also just fabulous right now. I finally had a chance to grab my camera and head up to the greenhouse to capture some action while the baby was taking a nap. Here's what I found:

Here are some very young Crimson Queen Japanese Maples just pushing out leaves to their hearts content. They look just like little feathers. Here the weeping larches are also just starting to push out their needles. These plants put on a tremendous amount of growth last year. We should start looking to pot them into 3-gallons, so needless to say they are a great size for the price so far this year.
This is the Morioka Weeping Katsura which we have planted on our property. It's also just strating to push out leaves. It's still a young plant, approx. 3 years old, and hasn't started weeping just yet.

That's it for now! Thanks for visiting.

Kelly

The big announcement! There is a new addition to our nursery staff...we were blessed to have a beautiful baby boy, Logan, on Feb 12th. Once I can get some semblance of a schedule going, we'll resume shipping. Hopefully in a week or two. Thanks everyone for your patience!

On another note, during my 7th month I was making an attempt to revamp our entire website. It's still ongoing and several of the current buy now buttons are not working. Please email me if you are having trouble ordering and I can invoice you directly for the plants you want. Thanks again for your patience in this area too! Kelly McCartney