'INSPIRATIONS' Magazine Mini Tree & Shrub Guide 2018

INSPIRATIONS Tree & Shrub Guide 2018

Four Season Solutions for Home & Garden

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Spilled Wine® Weigela: RICH COLOR, DARK FOLIAGE, DWARF, VERSATILE HABIT AND SHOWY BLOOMS

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Before they reach your garden, our flowering shrubs undergo years of trials and testing for color, quantity of blooms, foliage, and ability to thrive with ease. Only a few prove they’re worthy of the #1 plant brand. provenwinners-shrubs.com

INSPIRATIONS Tree & Shrub Guide 2018

Four Season Solutions for Home & Garden

Trees and shrubs are the most significant and impactful planting that you can do for your home, both in realized value and in sheer delight. Homestead Gardens’ extensive collection of trees and shrubs, coupled with the advice from our knowledgeable staff, will help you create the landscape of your dreams.

We know there are big decisions to be made when selecting foundation plantings. Our team will work with you to give you the confidence that you need to set the ‘bones’ of your landscape to truly complement every other planting in your yard. The joy of trees and shrubs is realizing that there is as much impact in their winter structure as in their full spring flush. We can show you how to find something special to complement your home landscape in all four seasons.

Why BUY TREES & SHRUBS FROM HOMESTEAD GARDENS? Help available every step of the way.

Whether you are a DIY-er in need of just a bit of advice before digging in or a busy homeowner looking for a full-service installation, Homestead Gardens has just the right amount of help you need. Check out the Homestead Gardens Garden Coach program for a one-on-one session in-store or in-home to get you pointed in the right direction, OR schedule a consultation with one of the experienced designers of our Landscape Division.

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Homestead Gardens fully guarantees trees and shrubs for up to one year with an original sales receipt. If you took advantage of the Homstead Gardens professional planting service we will also come back out to plant the replacement. Garden Rewards members enjoy an extended warranty - up to two years for trees and shrubs. Garden Rewards is a free program and members earn 2% back with every purchase. Learn more online at: HomesteadGardens.com/REWARDS

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quality GENETICS

Homestead Gardens trusts Proven WinnersÂŽ for their thoroughly tested and trialed shrub selections. Flip through the pages of this guide to learn more about some of our favorites for beauty and performance.

quality PERFORMANCE

Homestead Gardens mindfully curates flowering tree and shrub varieties that are proven performers in the Mid-Atlantic region. You can be sure that any tree or shrub you purchase at a Homestead store is going to succeed in your landscape.

quality

GROWING

For a unique palette of color and texture, look no further than Homestead’s homegrown flowering shrubs. The Homestead Growers line features over 100 easyto-grow shrubs that offer texture and color sure to make a statement.

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NOT JUST NEW -

When you buy a Proven Winners® shrub, you’re getting more in that white pot than just a beautiful plant. It also includes eight to ten years of trialing and testing by professional horticulturists and plant breeders to ensure that it is superior to similar plants on the market. Better blooming, stronger stems, new landscape-friendly sizes, disease resistance – those are just a few of the traits that set these plants apart.

BETTER

The goal is to develop and introduce plants that people with any gardening skill level can be successful with and enjoy a performance they can look forward to, year after year. Whatever your sunlight, whatever your soil, whatever your style, look to Proven Winners® ColorChoice® Shrubs to beautify your home and make you look like a plant pro.

GATSBY™

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SUGARTINA® ‘Crystalina’ summersweet | Clethra alnifolia ‘Crystalina’ Enjoy this beautiful, fragrant native shrub anywhere in your landscape! Thanks to its dwarf habit – just half the size of conventional summersweet – it fits anywhere you’d like a dash of easy-care color.

Summersweet is quite shade

tolerant, and even grows in wet soils. Summer brings white flower spikes with a delicious vanilla root beer scent to waft on warm breezes.

• Deliciously fragrant • Showy yellow fall foliage • Adaptable native shrub

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• USDA zone 4-9 • Full sun - part shade • 2.5-3’ tall and wide

PUGSTER®

butterfly bush series Buddleia sp.

Whichever of the four luscious colors of Pugster® butterfly bush you select for your garden, you’ll be assured of a stunning show all summer long. That’s because these are the first butterfly bush to combine a space-saving dwarf habit with enormous full-sized flowers.

Pugster butterfly bushes do not need deadheading to keep the fabulous, honey-scented blooms coming, so you’ll be free to enjoy every lazy summer afternoon.

• Tiny with-large flowers • Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds • Loves hot, sunny sites

• USDA zone 5-9 • Full sun • 2’ tall and wide

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TUFF STUFF™

mountain hydrangea series | Hydrangea serrata Finally, a hydrangea everyone can be successful with!

Tuff Stuff™ hydrangeas were selected from specimens growing high in the mountains of Japan specifically for their ability to withstand cold and unpredictable winters. Of course, simply being tough isn’t enough, so Tuff Stuff hydrangeas are also some of the prettiest you’ll ever see, with a neat habit, handsome foliage, and dozens of elegant lacecap flowers.

• No pruning required • Blooms summer - fall • Colorful lacecap flowers

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• USDA zone 5-9 • Full sun - part shade • 2-3’ tall and wide

Nothing says summertime like a crapemyrtle in full, bright bloom. Now you can get that look in just a fraction of the space with dwarf Infinitini® crapemyrtles. Developed in Pennsylvania for a reliable, jaw-dropping display every single year. Four sun-drenched colors to choose from means you’ll find the perfect match for your home’s color and style.

INFINITINI® crapemyrtle series Lagerstroemia indica

• Space saving dwarf habit • Pruning not required • Months of color

• USDA zone 6-10 • Full sun • 2-4’ tall and wide

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First Editions® Purple Magic: blanketed in stunning panicles of purple frilly flowers mid-summer to early fall.

Black Diamond® Mystic Magenta™: masses of magenta-pink blooms against striking black foliage.

Proven Winners® ColorChoice® Infinitini Watermelon®: smothered in vivid watermelon-pink flowers by mid-summer!

Sioux Crapemyrtle: bursting with stunning panicles of pink frilly flowers from early to late summer.

Black Diamond® Blush™: masses of soft, blush pink blooms against striking black foliage.

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Crape vibes Crapemyrtles produce vivid flowers in a variety of colors, making this plant a favorite for numerous landscaping purposes. In Maryland and surrounding regions, it can be grown alone as a shrub or small tree, and when grouped together creates a stunning hedge or living screen for privacy.

Homestead Gardens nursery yard will fill with blooming Crapemyrtles beginning in June as we prepare for our annual Crapemyrtle Festival in July. Browse over 50 varieties with mature heights ranging from 1-2 feet up to 20+ feet in reds, purples, pinks and white... you’re sure to find just the Crapemyrtle for your landscape!

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FESTIVAL 2018

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Black Diamond® Pure White™: mounds of bright white blooms stun against dark foliage.

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TIPS FOR su

You spend a lot of time and effort in selecting and planting your new tree or shrub. Don’t neglect the soil - it also needs a little bit of TLC.

growing

success starts in the soil

Bloom®, a soil amendment rich in organic matter, is ideal for improving water holding capacity and overall soil structure. It is also an excellent source of both macro- and micro-nutrients.

Bloom Soil is available in bulk and convenient 25 lb. bags.

Retail: $14.99/bag Save 20% when you buy 3!

Espoma Bio-tone Starter Plus is available in 4 lb. and 18 lb. bags.

Retail $8.99 -$38.99 Give your new planting the best start with Bio-tone® Starter Plus – it’s like a protein shake for your plants roots! This organic plant food is jam-packed with microbes and mycorrhizae to provide an instant health boost.

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roots & blooms Bio-tone is an all-natural organic fertilizer that is combined with a stronger concentration of beneficial bacteria along with both endo and ecto mycorrhizae.

Bio-tone will increase root mass and help avoid transplant loss in difficult planting conditions.

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Plant-tone® is an all-natural plant food made from the finest quality ingredients. The Organics in Plant-tone break down gradually throughout the growing season. Bio-tone®, a proprietary blend of microbes, is added to ensure superior plant growth.

• Bigger growth & blooms • For trees, shrubs, flowers, veggies • All-natural, long-lasting

Holly-tone®, the Original Acid Loving Plant Food, is a proprietary blend of the finest ingredients available.

Its natural organics break down slowly, gradually feeding throughout the growing season, for superior development and blooms. Bio-tone® is added to ensure maximum plant growth.

• Better blooms & foliage • Long-lasting • Slow release Tree-tone®, is a premium plant food formulated specifically for fruit, shade and ornamental trees.

It is made from natural and organic plant food ingredients. The Organics in Tree-tone break down gradually to feed throughout the growing season. Includes Bio-tone® to biologically ensure superior plant growth.

• For Fruit, Shade, Ornamental Trees • Better growth & fruit • All-natural, long-lasting

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for inspirational ideas and organic growing tips!

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