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Phone (603) 463-7663 Fax (603) 463-7326 www.vanberkumnursery.com email: [email protected] At Van Berkum Nursery, we strive for continued growth as a source for healthy perennials in New England, to stay abreast of the latest developments in our field, and to retain a family-run business of integrity. Greetings, We are environmentally friendly. Check out the details are environmentally friendly. We in the “Why Van Berkum Nursery” in the “Why Van subpage on our What a year! A busy April, rainy May, decent summer and a wild fall. We thank you for your business this past year. This may be a no-brainer, but it is because of you that we staying ahead in these tough times. We are doing a two-year catalog for 2012-13 since many of you are using the computer to access our information; we can also save in paper, costs, and time. We have taken the prices out of the text (see price sheet inside the back cover) so you website. can share the catalog with your clients. Next year, we’ll have a supplement for 2013 with our new plants for the year. Your clients are also welcome to use our website to access perennial information; many people have commented on the printable plant list feature under photos that lets you create a pdf of selected plants. We’d love to see you on Facebook, and if you don’t receive our weekly e-mails during the season (bi-monthly in winter) and would like to, please sign up on our healthy and tough going into the winter. overwatering or overfertilizing them so they are availability page… or just call us at 603-463-7663. grow our perennials “lean and mean,” without We We’ve been busy getting used to our new software, and hope you like the weekly ratings of the plants. It takes the two of us many hours each week to look at and We are “tornado tough.” If you interested, there is We a story on the tornado of 2008 “Nursery Photos grade every crop, but we think the results are worth it. Peter and the crew are putting the finishing touches on a multi-year project that and History” subpage of our website. allows us to recycle our irrigation water. It saves groundwater and prevents any runoff going into the marsh. We are very excited about this project. Have a peaceful and healthy winter and hopefully we’ll see you at New England Grows (February 1-3). Our booth number is 2053. Leslie and Peter van Berkum What Sets Van Berkum Nursery Apart? • New England Woodlanders® Native New England shade plants that are nursery the week and often in next two days. propagated and grown here at our nursery. Also check out our sunny native meadow cultivars, we allow singles even on deliveries. We deliver within we allow singles even on deliveries. We We have no minimum order if you visit the nursery We and New England Meadows, and our list of perennials native to the Appalachian area, Appalachian Woodlanders®. • Wicked Ruggeds Our selection of plants that truly stand the test of time. We welcome you to bring your customers with We you to visit our nursery and get ideas for • We propagate and grow most of over 800 varieties of perennials for our market of landscapers, garden centers, institutions, estates, and landscape gardeners in New England. Our perennials are grown “lean and mean” (see border). their projects. • Our informative catalog is one of the best in the industry and our website has photos and information for our New England area that you AND your clients can use. Call us for a price / availability password. • Excellent availability and plant ratings We strive to maintain great availability through November. We also produce weekly lists for both landscapers and garden centers, with ratings England area. for every plant in the nursery (e.g.: in bud, heavy roots, floppy, etc.). You can can sign up to receive this weekly e-mail right on the availability page of our website. • Our customer service is one of the best in the green industry; our folks are helpful, Our custom tags have most of our own photos and willing to go the “extra mile” to help you solve problems, and they LOVE to talk plants. Plus, the perennial information that pertains to our New our drivers deliver with style. We grow many of our varieties in True Gallon size, which is a We often put “spec racks” on our delivery trucks, so you can full and established 8” container. These are great for instant peruse some “temptation perennials” while you are unloading. impact in your jobs or garden center. This is dangerous, we know! 1 THE NITTY GRITTY (What you really need to know...) THE WHOLE NINE YARDS (What you’d like to know if only you had the time to read it...) Ordering Guidelines: days. There will be a 2% charge per month Nomenclature: Professional Affiliations: on all late bills. Customers are responsible To help standardize the naming of perennials, we New England Nurseryman’s Association During winter months, orders may for incurred collection fees. have followed the nomenclature in “Naamlijst Van New Hampshire Landscape Association be placed for shipment before May 15. Vaste Planten” from the Netherlands. This is the North American Rock Garden Society After March, please put your orders Discounts: accepted list for the Perennial Plant Association New Hampshire Plant Growers Association in no more than one month in advance. Annual discounts are based on yearly sales. and is widely accepted in Europe. We do, however, Maine Nurseryman’s Association Back orders need to be picked up Please speak with a member of our sales staff. list the English name first in our catalog, followed Perennial Plant Association (or delivered) by June 15. 3% discount on orders over $5,000. by the correct name from the plant’s language of Associated Landscape Contractors of Massachusetts Orders cancelled less than 36 hours before 5% discount on orders over $10,000. origin. We feel that Latin is hard enough, without International Plant Propagators Society delivery/pick-up will be subject to a 20% 10% discount on orders over $20,000. worrying about German, Swedish, etc. Royal Horticultural Society New England Wildflower Society, Inc. restocking fee. We cannot UPS plants. Guarantee: Pot Returns: Internationale Stauden-Union How to Order: We propagate most of what we sell. All We will reuse returned pots and trays which Arnold Arboretum * Call us at (603) 463-7663 material leaving our nursery will be healthy originated from our nursery and are in good condition. Availability: Our availability lists come out * E-mail us at stock, true to name. We will replace any plant We encourage this effort to recycle materials weekly during the season, listing numbers of each [email protected] which proves otherwise. We cannot, however, plant available and the date the next crop will be * Fax (603) 463-7326 back our weekly replace stock lost by causes over which we and if you’d like us to pick them up while we are delivering to you, we can do so after June 15. ready. These are also our order forms. Although availability list, which is our order form; have no control. Please call us ahead of time, as this helps keep our it is our goal to provide a complete selection of you’ll also find the list on our website. plants throughout the entire season, we do not Our Custom Tags: We have tags for drivers on schedule. The containers in bold type below are the ones we can reuse. Thank you! guarantee availability of any quantity of the Website: all our perennials using our own information plants contained in this catalog. Adequate supply Please check out our website; we continue and photos. There are colorful banners at the Container Sizes: is always subject to crop conditions and other to add new photos of our plants: top of each tag that identify the plant as variables over which we have no control. www.vanberkumnursery.com Sun perennial, Shade perennial, Rock garden, [Size] [no. per tray] [diameter] [volume] (metric) 1 1 Ground cover, New England Meadows, 2 /2" 32 per tray 2 /2" 9.60 oz. (280 ml) Hardiness: A long chapter could be written on Hours: 1 1 2 Appalachian Woodlanders® 3 /2" 18 per tray 3 / " 1.06 pts. (500 ml) the inconsistencies of hardiness ratings. There are March 15 (or when snow is gone) – 1 or New England Woodlanders®. 1 quart 15 per tray 4 /2" 1.01 qts. (955 ml) two maps commonly used, and variables such as November 15 2 quart 8 per tray 5 3/4" 2.11 qts. (1.99 l) micro-climates, soil types, winter cover and plant Monday-Friday: 7:00am-5:00pm Delivery/Directions: True gal. 6 per tray 8" 1.11 gal. (4.5 l) maturity affect performance. Suffice it to say that Saturday: 8:00am-3:00pm (April 15 – July 1) See pages 174 and 175. unless noted, all plants are hardy to our region of 2 gal. (trade) not nested 8 3/4" 1.60 gal. (6.10 l) Closed Sundays, Memorial Day, New Hampshire, USDA Zone 5 (-20 degrees F). Pick-ups: You may pick out your plants The seacoast area and Massachusetts are zones Independence Day, and Labor Day. Plant Patents: anytime. We have a locator chart to help 5-6 and the mountains are zones 3-4. Prices: See price list inside the back cover. you find plants.