Summer 2017 Wholesale Product Guide Supplement
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We're keeping the buzz alive At North Creek, we do more than propagate plants and produce starter plugs. Sure, that is what we are known for, but what gets us excited every day is our ability to offer beautiful plants for living landscapes. Landscapes that then provide the foundations for life. This is our most important job and it puts the fun in what we do. We pride ourselves in connecting people with nature where they live, work and play. Our lawns and landscapes are being transformed from lifeless decorated shapes, textures and colors to attractive, vibrant, and fully functional ecosystems. This shift in the American aesthetic allows all creatures to share in the richness of our planet. The North Creek team is proud to offer you a wonderful selection of plants that meet your needs, as well, the needs of your customers’. Please join us in rebuilding nature one plant a time.
For more information on our growing pactices you can catch the buzz at www.northcreeknurseries.com
top 25 pollinator plants from North Creek Nurseries: 1. Asclepias sp. and cvs. 2. Aster sp. and cvs. 3. Carex sp. and cvs. 4. Chrysopsis sp. 5. Coreopsis sp. and cvs. 6. Echinacea sp. and cvs. 7. Eupatorium sp. and cvs. 8. Geranium sp. and cvs. 9. Helianthus sp. and cvs. 10. Heliopsis sp. and cvs. 11. Iris sp.
12. Lobelia sp. and cv. 13. Lonicera sempervirens and cvs. 14. Monarda sp. and cvs. 15. Oenothera sp. and cvs. 16. Penstemon sp. and cv. 17. Phlox sp. and cvs. 18. Pycnanthemum sp. 19. Rudbeckia sp. and cvs. 20. Schizachyrium sp. and cvs. 21. Solidago sp. and cvs. 22. Verbena sp. 23. Vernonia sp. and cv. 24. Veronica cvs. 25. Viola sp. and cvs.
Pollinator Friendly Growing Practices Healthy plants for a healthy environment! Our mission is rooted in propagating and marketing plants that develop the relationship between people and sustainable outdoor environments. Whether utilized by growers or directly installed into the landscape, our plants directly impact humans and wildlife. This is why we are a neonicotinoid-free nursery. We utilize natural and biological control agents to keep our plants disease and pest free in the greenhouses and safe for pollinators in the landscape. The North Creek way is focused on the triple bottom line–people, planet, and profit. We grow plants that provide nectar, nutrition and habitat for pollinators. Our use of beneficial insects is a frontline preventative and always the first step in our Integrated Pest Management (IPM) growing practices. ✓ We utilize natural and biological control agents to keep our plants disease and pest free in the greenhouses and safe for pollinators in the landscape.
✓ We propagate from on-site seed orchards of local ecotypes to increase the resilience and biodiversity of our product mix.
✓ Spread across 3+ acres, our plant trialing
program features wide-ranging habitat and experimental plantings.
✓ Our extensive stormwater management systems capture and infiltrate all irrigation runoff and precipitation from rain events up to 2 inches.
✓ We are replacing older greenhouses with energy efficient modern structures and have achieved a 70% energy savings just in the first year!
✓ Our new plant introduction principles and trialing program prohibit the introduction of invasive species.
Connecting with North Creek You’re probably picking up on our vibe for perpetuating a healthy planet and being good stewards of the land. In effort to cut back on paper waste, you can now link to our wholesale product offerings from our homepage. From here, you can also find the most current information about North Creek products, growing tips, and planting guides.
Availability updated DAILY Electronic library housed at: www.ISSUU.com Expanded RESOURCES section of the website hosts planting guides and growing tips info@northcreeknurseries.com | 877.ECO.PLUG
We're rooting for nature one plant at a time.
It is a pleasure to turn to North Creek as our perennial supplier. Their friendly customer service team makes doing business fun. The relationship and communication they have between departments keeps customers informed of the status of the plant material. They make every effort to ensure we are receiving requested plant material at the desired time. If something changes they are quick to let us know. They have an extensive and accurate availability which simplifies our ordering process.
Testimonial
Being a sustainable business ourselves, we are very pleased with North Creek's approach of using beneficial insects and alternative methods of disease and insect control when possible. Being in the green industry, we believe it is important to be in the front line of this approach and mentality; we are excited to buy from a supplier that is doing the same. North Creek Nurseries trial gardens, catalog, website, and facility tours are a fantastic way to learn from their experiences. They enjoy sharing their knowledge with customers which makes them an excellent company with whom to partner. Daryl Kobesky, Production Manager Pleasant Run Nursery
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New Introductions We’ve expanded our tickseed collection with 3 new standout selections: Coreopsis ‘Gilded Lace’, C. palustris ‘Summer Sunshine’, and C. tripteris ‘Gold Standard’. In addition to performing beautifully in our trial gardens, each of these varieties was ranked a top performer at the Mt. Cuba Center Coreopsis Evaluation. Mt. Cuba Center's front-runner Coreopsis tripteris ‘Gold Standard’, shows better garden performance than the straight species, and is approximately one foot shorter and blooms for an additional six weeks. The flowers were also born on shorter, secondary growth. Floral display is expressed throughout the entire height of the plant rather than solely atop. Coreopsis tripteris 'Gold Standard'
Anemone × hybrida Wild Swan™ PP23132 A perennial border is not complete without the everlasting beauty and bloom of Wild Swan™. Gently nodding white inflorescences hover above medium green foliage. The noted charm of this selection is the lovely lavenderblue accent coating the sepal exterior. Flowers from mid-summer into autumn. 18” │ Z 5-8 │ 50
Antennaria plantaginifolia pussytoes We’ve fallen in love with this woolly little workhorse! The stoloniferous and mat-forming foliage has a grayish-blue cast and leaves you simply want to touch. Early spring flowers are whitish-pink and bloom several inches above the foliage. An excellent native groundcover ready to choke out weeds. 3-4” (fol) 8” (flw) │ Z 3-8 │ LP32
Athyrium otophorum eared lady fern The new foliage presents in a limey-pastel and adds drama to the overall appearance of this fern. The fronds mature to a medium green creating a unique twotoned appearance through out the season. A fresh new look for shade that we think you’ll enjoy just as much as we do! 15-24” │ Z 5-10 │ LP32
Caryopteris × clandonensis Blue Empire™ PPAF According to our friends at Plantipp, the motto of this stunning, new Caryopteris is big, blue & beautiful! We found that to be 100% true in our own trial gardens. Long flower wands have extra-large blooms and last weeks on end. Superior low growing habit; excellent landscape and cut flower appeal. 30-40” │ Z 5-8 │ LP32
Coreopsis 'Gilded Lace' Another knockout as seen in the Mt. Cuba trials, the entire plant is covered in blooms from end to end during late summer through fall. Unique lacey, fernlike foliage is mildew resistant. Prefers moist, well-drained soils in full sun. A Peter Heus selection brought to market by Plants Nouveau. 4-5’ │ Z 5-9 │ 72 + LP50
For comprehensive information on all species evaluated in our Trial & Demonstration Gardens, please contact our Research & Development team at marketing@northcreeknurseries.com.
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Coreopsis palustris 'Summer Sunshine' Awarded 5 stars from Mt. Cuba Center Coreopsis trial as one of the MOST disease resistant tickseeds. Vigorous mounds of foliage reach up to a sturdy 30” in height with a bright and sunny end of summer bloom that lasts a full 6 weeks. C. palustris is slower to spread and can tolerate wet roots for extended periods. 3-4’ │ Z 6-9 │ 72 + LP50
We offer beautiful plants for functional landscapes that regenerate nature for our planet.
Hydrangea arborescens 'Haas’ Halo' PP24783
Monarda punctata spotted beebalm We adore the genus Monarda for so many of its wonderful properties including fragrance, ease of growing, willingness to naturalize an area reliably and all of the wonderful things that it can do for beneficial insects and pollinators. Excellent for meadows and naturalistic plantings. 24-30” │ Z 3-9 │ LP50
Packera obovata roundleaf groundsel Similar to the durability we’ve come to appreciate from its relative P. aurea, but more withstanding of sun and heat. The traditional golden-yellow flowers also start a bit later in spring. Native to eastern and Southern US.
4-6” (fol) 12-18” (flw) │ Z 3-8 │ LP32
Tricyrtis formosana 'Gilt Edge' An eye-catching combination of foliage and flower, 'Gilt Edge' was selected for superior vigor and aptly named for the attractive gold margin outlining the dark green foliage. Unique, lilylike flowers are dotted in dark purple accents and appear in quantity later summer into fall. 18-24” │ Z 5-8 │ 50
Where Horticulture Meets Ecology
I look to North Creek for awesome varieties that aren’t yet mainstream, and I look to North Creek for great quality plants and consistently reliable service. I look to North Creek because over the years I’ve come to realize that they are my kind of people and it’s nice to like the people you do business with. I like their (presumably unspoken) “do no harm” motto. I like that they stick to their convictions even when it costs more than the easier path. I like that they evaluate potentially awesome plants long enough to discover if they truly are as awesome as they first appeared, rather than just hawk me some beautiful perennial you know I’ll fall for if you take the picture at just the right time and in just the right light. If North Creek was a person, they would be that awesome friend I wish I got together with more often to talk about plants and birds and music and other random fun stuff over drinks.
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Since incorporation into our trial gardens, this Rick Ray selection has been drawing attention from customers and pollinators alike! Deep, bluishgreen, leathery foliage and 14” wide, pure white lace cap blooms make for a stunning combination in any setting. Simply put, it’s a show-stopper! 3-5’ │ Z 3-9 │ LP32
North Creek is that rare company that stuck to what they believed in – even when it cost them more to do so – and in the process became an exceptional company filled with great people. Paul Westervelt Annual & Perennial Production Manager Saunders Brothers, Inc.
New Collection | Helleborus Winter Magic™ After ten years of selecting and collecting seed, Thierry and Anneke Van Paemel, along with their children Tom and Tineke, are happy to be finally offering the Winter Magic™ strain of hand selected Helleborus orientalis to growers all over the world. Our robust 18-cell trays (3.25” × 3.25” plug) will fill 1 and 2-gallon containers quickly, making production much shorter and sales more economical than other seed strains currently on the market. These strains true to their descriptions. The goal at Het Wilgenbroek, their retail garden center in Belgium, is to further expand the hybridizing range of interspecific hellebores and to offer a true seed strain by color and type of their Helleborus orientalis selections. Along with his staff, Thierry has been working for the past ten years to select seedlings and group them into type and color ranges. Each year they rogue out plants that do not fit the selected type and collect seed from plants that do, strengthening their seed strain lines. We're thrilled to have the Van Paemel's Winter Magic™ hellebores included in our product mix.
Available Spring 2018! Helleborus orientalis 1. 'Pearl Jester', 2. 'Hocus Pocus', 3. 'Blue Mojo', 4. 'White Mojo', 5. 'Apricot Fortune', 6. 'Red Fortune', 7. 'Pink Juju', 8. 'Voodoo', 9. 'Enchanted Yellow' Helleborus orientalis Winter Magic™ single mixed colors also available!
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Where horticulture meets ecology.
North Creek’s availability makes them our first stop when looking for quality native plant material for our designs. We’ve come to find both their website and Landscape Plug Manual trusted and invaluable resources for us as designers. We get great use out of the species section chart in the Manual - it helps us determine exactly which plants will thrive in our designs. If we find ourselves getting stuck and need to find substitutions, their ecological sales team is always ready to provide a solution.
In addition to being knowledgeable, we enjoy doing business with North Creek because they’re FUN! 9
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Tavis Dockwiller, Landscape Architect Suzanna Fabry, Director of Design Viridian Landscape Studio
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Much of our work involves the use of native plants, and we’re proud to put their plugs to work in our designs. Recently a section of turf adjacent to the LaSalle University Student Union was transformed into a beautiful garden with the help of North Creek’s Landscape Plug product line. Looking back, I remember their team going the extra mile to get what we needed on a very short turnaround from design to installation.
Tips for successful order placement and delivery.
our pledge to you You are guaranteed to receive healthy, disease free plants that are true to name. Plants are guaranteed to be alive and viable upon arrival. Our plants are not meant to be ready for retail sale and may have been cut back for shipping purposes. In the winter months some plants are shipped in a dormant state and may have no visible growth above the soil line.
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✓ Use the product availability posted on our website when placing orders – to be sure we have the material in stock – our availability is updated daily.
Count your boxes and inspect for major damage while the driver is present. Please unpack and examine plants immediately upon arrival. Check for errors right away and contact us as soon as possible if you have received the wrong quantity or size of plant or if you are dissatisfied with the quality of your plugs. Please check the roots of dormant plants for health and vigor.
✓ Orders must be recieved by NOON on Thursdays in order to ship the following week. (subject to availability)
best method for plug removal
✓ Any requests to delay material arrival or order cancellations must be recieved ONE FULL WEEK prior to ship date – this includes new orders and addition orders.
Pulling on the crown of the plant can break roots at the stem. We recommend pushing the root zone up and out from the base of the flat. We also strongly suggest using a spatula to dislodge the plug.
✓ Damaged freight MUST be reported immediately so we can process a claim. ✓ All claims must be made within 5 days of shipment arrival. Please call us right away at 610-255-0100 with any concerns. ✓ Freight and handling are added at time of shipment, and are based on weight. ✓ No log-in required! Price and availability are updated daily here: www.northcreeknurseries.com/ Availability ✓ Orders ship out over the course of the requested ship week, and will arrive by Friday of that week.
cultural details Basic cultural and growing requirements for each plant are listed on our website, www. northcreeknurseries.com. If your questions are not answered there, please feel free to contact us at info@northcreeknurseries.com or 610-255-0100.
a picture's worth 1000 words North Creek is proud to introduce our custom line of pot tags! Our tags are larger and sturdier with sharp photography, detailed descriptions, care instructions and habitat information. All tags sold will match the quantity of plugs per flat – what you need is what you get!
custom orders
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We are happy to discuss growing a crop in your chosen size or a variety not listed in our catalog. Minimum quantity per variety may vary, please contact our sales manager for details and inquiries. Custom Grow Request forms can be downloaded from the availability page of our website.
Our Broker Network United States Ball Seed Company (US & Canada) 800-879-BALL
contact our team
Eason Horticultural Resources 800-214-2221
Angela Clelan, Customer Service Manager Angela@northcreeknurseries.com
Florasource, Ltd. 949-498-1131
Sharon Dunfee Customer Service Representative SDunfee@northcreeknurseries.com
Fred C. Gloeckner & Company, Inc. 800-345-3787
Annie Acton Customer Service Representative Annie@northcreeknurseries.com Rob McHale Sales Manager Rob@northcreeknurseries.com Carrie Wiles Marketing Manager Carrie@northcreeknurseries.com
BFG Supply Company 800-883-0234
Germania 800-380-4721 Griffin 800-323-7253 McHutchison (US & Canada) 800-943-2230 Mid-Atlantic Plant Company 800-366-0350 Netherland Bulb Company 800-788-8547 Perennial Market 877-766-8748 Robin Wittman Company 845-222-7036 Star Roses & Plants 800-879-BALL The Henry F. Michell Company 800-422-4678 Vaughan’s Horticulture 855-864-3300
´ Canada Plant Express – Jacques Bougie (Quebec) 450-414-9191 Jacques.bougie@videotron.ca
388 North Creek Road Landenberg, PA 19350 877.ECO.PLUG | 610.255.0100 www.northcreeknurseries.com sales@northcreeknurseries.com
"No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no culture comparable to that of the garden.� -Thomas Jefferson