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Council of Albuquerque Garden Clubs

Autumn Plant Extravaganza

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The Council of Albuquerque Garden Clubs is sponsoring a tree, shrub, and home-dug perennials sale.  We will also have great garden related vendors participating, kale, pansies, chrysanthemums, and the Albuquerque Daylily Society will have daylilies for sale.

 Saturday, September 18, 2010
 from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM

While trees, shrubs, and perennials are best planted in the fall in Albuquerque, the stock available at that time is often limited.  The Council would like to make available a short list of unusual, hard-to-find trees and shrubs for fall planting.  We are limiting the trees and shrubs we sell to 5 varieties of each.  Our intent is to offer different trees and shrubs each year.  These are regionally appropriate, locally grown trees and shrubs.

We will take orders the day of the sale (9/18) for delivery to the Garden Center parking lot at 10 am the following week (9/25). 

The following trees and shrubs are offered for 2010.  Most are hardy enough for the East Mountains.

Unusual Trees

  1. "Urbanite" Ash - 15 gal  $90
    Fraxinus Pennsylvanica 'Urbanite"
    35-45' x 30-35', zone 5, broadly pyramidal shade tree, bronze fall color. Tolerant of city conditions.
  2. "Prospector" Elm - 15 gal.  $90
    Ulmus Wilsoniana 'Prospector'
    40-50' x 30', zone 4, full sun, shade tree with vase shaped growth habit. Deep green, glossy foliage in summer and yellow color in the fall. Well drained soils
  3. "Spring Snow" Crabapple - 15 gal. $90
    Malus 'Spring Snow'
    20-24" x 18-20', zone 4, ornamental tree, spring blooming with white flowers, yellow fall color, no fruit - great for patios
  4. "Honeycrisp" Apple - 10 gal.  $60
    Malus 'Honeycrisp'
    15-20', zone 4, semi-dwarf fruit tree, cold hardy, good pollinator, great tasting apples
  5. Texas Red Oak - 5 gal.  $40
    Quercus Texana
    40-50' x 35-40', zone 5, beautiful red fall color, typical deciduous oak leaf

Unusual Shrubs

  1. "Gro-Low" Sumac 3 gal.  $15
    Rhus aromatica 'Gro-Low'
    Dwarf groundcover sumac 2-3' x 5-7', zone 4, orange fall color, red berries
  2. "Autumn Brilliance" Serviceberry - 10 gal. $70
    Amelancher grandiflora 'Autumn Brilliance'
    12-18' x 10-15', zone 4, lovely white flowers in the spring, red fall color, round leaves
  3. Fountain Butterfly Bush - 5 gal. $25
    Buddleia alternifolia
    Up to 10’ tall and wide with arching branches. Zone 5-10. Profuse lilac-purple flowers in spring. Tolerates many soils, Full sun, moderately drought tolerant when established. Prune back after spring bloom. Remove some of oldest wood to a few inches to the ground. You can also train this shrub up into a single or multi-trunked small tree
  4. Roundleaf Vitex - 1 gal. $10
    Vitex Rotundifolia
    Shorter than regular Vitex (3-5’ x 6-15') with silver gray green rounded leaves and blue colored flowers in midsummer.  Zone 6-10. Seeds heads are not as dense and abundant.  Blooms best in heat. Needs regular water and well-drained soil.
  5. Nanking Cherry - 1 gal. $10
    Prunus tomentosa
    Tough hardy shrub grows 6-8’ X 6’, zone 3-7, with ½ “ scarlet fruit that is tart but edible for humans and birds.  Leaves are soft green with light pink spring blossoms.  Any soil, full sun, periodic water.

These unusual trees and shrubs can be ordered and paid for on the 18th.  Pickup will be the following week at the Garden Center at 10 am.  We will have available at the sale a list of qualified people that can pickup and plant the trees/shrubs for a price for buyers, if that’s desired.

Daylilies

The Albuquerque Daylily Society is offering home dug daylilies for sale.  Early fall is a great time to divide daylilies so there's lots of fast growers available plus expert advice from the people that  grow them.

Home Dug Plants

We will be filling some tables with home dug plants so if you’re digging this fall, please pot some up for the Garden Center.  We’ll be accepting donation plants from noon on Thursday the 16th through noon on Friday the 18th.  We’ll be pricing as they arrive with the remaining priced Friday afternoon.

Autumn Plants

We'll have beautiful chrysanthemums, kale, and pansies for your autumn decorating.

Garden Vendors

We will have great garden vendors with plants, garden art,  produce, and chrysanthemums for sale.  Come check them out.

Educational Seminars

10:00 Katherine O'Brien
Santa Fe Greenshouses
 Tree Selection: Learn More About Trees/Shrubs Offered in Sale
1:00 Barbara Shapiro 
Abq. Daylily Society		 Daylilies in Pots and In the Ground
2:30 Panel of ISA Certified Arborists Planting Your New Tree and Getting It Established

September 18th
9 am - 4 pm
Albuquerque Garden Center
Free admission and parking