PendulousPlants Nursery Notes

Is Spring really here? YEA!

2010-04-16T09:37:00.000-07:00

Send ALL EMAIL correspondence to pendulousplants@gmail.com until further notice.

Now that I've gotten that little bit of administrative annoyance out of the way...Welcome to Spring! Here are a few shots of my 'helpers' around the nursery...

(yea, that's my boy with a pink watering can. He stole it from my daughter!)

Yes, Spring is here. God plans it that way every year, yet we still get so excited to see it again. I'm so glad we finally got rid of that pesky snow that just kept coming and coming this year. Normally we get just one or two dustings of snow each winter, but this year was a BIG exception. Luckily we never got around to putting the plastic on the hoop house and it's a good thing as you will see below. Most all the plants did just fine, except for the Geisha Hollies...lost every one! For some reason, all the hollies around our area suffered this winter. There is a very large pair of chinese hollies between here and my daughter's school that have large dead branches in them now. Clearly, they've been around a long time, but this winter did some serious damage.

This is what our greenhouse looks like with a cozy blanket of snow. Quite picturesque, really.

The first snowfall we had was the deepest and it took out our covered greenhouse, which thankfully was empty. It used to be our propagation house when we first got started in this business, but has not been used since last winter. Once we get it cleaned up though, it will become a new shade house like it's neighbor, so I'm looking forward to that.

The bright side is that Spring has now arrived and it's very near time to set your garden plan in motion. Check out our website!

Email

2009-08-23T19:19:00.000-07:00

To all my customers: We are not getting an automatic email from Paypal when orders are being placed. It is causing a delay in getting a confirmation email back to you, so bear with us when you order. The reason is, our website is woefully out of date and since I bear the "web design" tag too, it hasn't been updated yet which causes problems with Paypal.

I sincerely apologize. Feel free to email me directly when you place an order and I'll try to respond more quickly. Right now, I'm only able to check our Paypal account on the weekend.

Thanks for your understanding!
Kelly McCartney
PendulousPlants.Com

Bugs, Bugs!

2009-03-27T15:01:00.000-07:00

And not the insect kind, they're easy to get rid of, these are the website kind. Each website update usually brings out several bugs, so I'm in the process of fixing them now. If you want a plant and keep getting the main Paypal page, just email me and I'll invoice you. info@pendulousplants.com

Thanks!!
Kelly McCartney

Website Update

2009-03-19T19:29:00.000-07:00

Yes, it's true! I have finally gotten the PendulousPlants.Com website updated with a few new plants and lots of new links. Be sure to check out the Unusual Stuff page to see the new Exotic Maple Collection. If you are a Japanese Maple connoisseur, then these plants are for you! Newly selected, with Japanese origins, there are not too many of these babies around. Get yours before they are sold out.

Also a change this year, we've had to switch to UPS for our shipping. You probably won't see any difference, but it's kind of a big deal for us. DHL shifted to overseas-only and closed down their entire domestic shipping operation in December. We really liked DHL a lot and only had 2 shipping problems over the past 6 years...I hope UPS can live up to that standard! We'll see.

That's it for now! Get out and start working those planting beds!
Kelly McCartney

Exotic Maple Collection

2008-11-20T19:38:00.000-08:00

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!

PendulousPlants.Com

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

Camperdown Elms

2008-06-23T10:15:00.001-07:00

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!

2008-05-02T20:43:00.001-07:00

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?

2008-04-10T21:00:00.001-07:00

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

2008-02-20T17:55:00.000-08:00

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

News for the new year!

2007-12-27T08:47:00.000-08:00

You all haven't known about this, but as I write this, I'm a little over 7 months pregnant and have about 6-7 weeks until I deliver a baby boy. He's due in mid-February! Of course, from the time he's born for about a month afterward, my email responses will be limited so please be patient as we welcome our new bundle of joy into the world. He will be a welcome addition to our growing family...our 4-year daughter is very excited and can't wait to be a big sister!

2007-12-17T20:24:00.000-08:00

Hi! Welcome to my exploration into blogging. These posts are meant to reflect the state of the nursery at any one time and give you some feedback into what is going on around here. I welcome your comments!

Kelly

Here is a great shot of our fall colors this year.