We’d like to thank you all for another great season! Everything is starting to wind down here for the fall and we will soon begin prepping our hoophouses and our plants for overwintering. As such, next week will be the last week to schedule nursery visits or place an order for the 2021 season. Our last official day will be Saturday 11/6/2021. I’ve just updated our plant availability list today, which will be the last update this season (link in bio). We’ve still got plenty of native plants in stock, and there is still time left for fall planting. Get plants in the ground this fall so that they get their roots into the soil, are ready to go next spring, and are better established before the heat of next summer begins!
PSA, Atlantic County. I just killed 13 spotted lantern fly (SLF) adults today on our property. They’re here (it was only a matter of time). I reported our sighting on New Jersey’s website. Atlantic County is not currently a quarantined county, so any sightings should be reported (sightings in Cumberland, Cape May, and Ocean Counties in south Jersey should also be reported). The SLF pictured here is on a tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima) sapling. Tree of Heaven is also an invasive species from the same part of Asia as the SLF, so it can attract them. If you have tree of heaven on your property, please consult with the New Jersey Invasive Species Strike Team’s website for information on the eradication measures for tree of heaven.
I’ve just updated our plant availability list. We’ve got some new additions to our plant availability, and some plants that sold out and are back in stock including Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa), Blue Mistflower (Conoclinium coelestinum), Seaside Goldenrod (Solidago sempervirens), Smooth Aster (Symphyotrichum laeve), and Native Plant Society of New Jersey plant of the year, Wreath Goldenrod (Solidago caesia), which is a woodland goldenrod species for shadier locations.
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