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Spring 2015 Catalogue 7548 W. Monee Manhattan Rd. Monee, Illinois 60449 Possibility Place Nursery The end of another year (36 in this business in the Chicago land region, but a zone warmer for me) is upon us and what a year. You would against the lake. Some are a bit out of their think after 36 years of growing plants and growing zone, such as some of the magnolias dealing with the weather you would have seen from central Indiana. it all. Not so!! The 2013 summer drought into We take extra precautions with these the polar vortex winter provided us with an plants to over winter them by mulching interesting Spring of 2014. them and covering them with plastic over The 2013 drought followed a more severe a structure. The result was plants mulched drought in 2012. The end result was that and left outside had 10 percent loss. Those mulched and under plastic had about an 80 grow to their potential. Oaks grow 2 feet a percent loss. The extra precautions didn’t pay year on average with shot in the Spring and off. The question is why? Some of these another during the summer. They grew in the plants we have a perennial problems with Spring, but there was little or no growth in the summer. It is interesting to watch plants year. These species include Witch Hazel, adapt to the weather conditions that they Maple Leaf Viburnum, and New Jersey tea. seem to know far better then us. An oak Frequently tops die and they re-sprout, but tree lives 100 to 200 years, so what is the some alway die. The New Jersey Tea re- difference if it slows down for a couple years. sprouted, but the others died. The woodland All trees continue to grow their entire life. plants such as spicebush and Paw Paw that When they stop they die. have always made it through died. The Then the winter of 2013-2014 showed up marginal hardy ones died with the exception with record cold and snow that never left. of the magnolias. The good news was that the snow never left. The plants under plastic had no snow Snow is a wonderful insulating factor for both protection. The protracted cold penetrated the tops, but more important for the roots. the root zone and killed the plants. What Root temperature lower than the teens kills was interesting was the top didn’t look them. The snow insulates the roots from those damaged nor did the roots, but they were killing lows particularly in containers. dead never the less. I apologize to anybody We are a nursery that has dreams, desires, that got those plants. Hopefully anybody who and hopes of growing an ever increasing The summer of 2014 has been an unbelievable growing year even though it was problem is growing these plants to a salable cool. We changed a lot of practices in the size. Some are woodland and we grow them greenhouses. We would like to think that is on a farm that is not a woodland. Some grow why the plants look so good. I think that mother nature had a lot to say about what happened. So next year we will continue with Contents the changes and see what curves mother Educational nature has for us. I look forward to the Opportunities pg. 7 challenge for every year is different. Ferns pg. 30 Forbs pgs. 30-32 I hope you all have a great growing year. Grasses pg. 33 Oaks pgs. 19-20 Shrubs pgs. 21-27 Siting Guide pgs. 34-35 Trees pgs. 11-20 Vines pg. 28 2 Sales and Services Wholesale and Retail Sales retail customers by appointment questions about picking up your order, please call us at 708-534-3988. Contract Growing Speaking Engagements We are willing to grow all plants in our catalogue on a large trees depending on species and inventory. Please Connor Shaw, owner: nursery business since 1978, growing and selling native Consulting and Evaluation property. Whether you are planning on restoring a what you have growing on your property, we will be woody production, garden borders and trees and shrubs happy to consult at your site and lend our expertise. Kelsay Shaw, owner: Kelsay was born and raised on Design Assistance that they are working on, we would be happy to sit species, native plants in the landscape, shade gardening, woody production, garden borders, and trees and shrubs best possible help. Tristan Shaw, owner: Order Pick-up Possibility Place Nursery. He has experience in all areas Shipping, handling and product pick up has always been people are unsure what to expect. Our unconventional Delivery perennials to 18” root bags. Our root bags are usually Please remember to remove rootbags before planting. Picking up plants is where it can get a little sticky. Here in #5 containers. Height and weight are the biggest Prices subject to change without notice. Rough estimating guidelines: Perennial #5 Trees Contact us for contractor pricing 3 We Are Purveyors of Native Plant Life Why should a nursery be interested in trying to grow In The Beginning... And Now... that are indigenous to northeast Illinois. Ninety-eight Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Iowa. We then take such as the oaks. Those poor results did not change Results continued to be poor when installing these thrives! It is discouraging and costly when plants die in the Next, the seedling is transplanted into a special 2.25 has air holes on each ledge. This container, which will air prune at a 4-inch depth, encourages new roots all the way up to the root collar. also had to dig the root ball several inches beyond the #5 containers. grow through the root bag, but are constricted. The Air pruning holes Fig. 1 increases survivability. These bags must be removed before planting in the landscape! which in turn added cost. There had to be a better solution. containing copper. The copper burns the root tips and the tree is placed in an air-pruning container with unless you absolutely need to. 4 begin pruning the second year. We will contract grow trees in above ground containers, Why should a nursery be interested in trying to grow Survival! We In general, our trees are lower branched than the harvest. The result is less than one percent loss in #5 Container root constriction point constricted roots in mulch Art on pgs 4-5 by Jo Shaw Suggested Reading Compiled by Possibility Place Nursery Tallamy, Douglas W. Weeks, Sally S. Mohlenbrock, Robert H. Bringing Nature Home: How You Can Weeks, Jr., Harmon P. Vascular Flora of Illinois Sustain Wildlife With Native Plants Parker, George R. ISBN: 0-8093-2421-0 ISBN: 0881929921 Native Trees of the Midwest ISBN: 1-55753-299-0 Curtis, John T. Jeffords, Post and Wiker The Vegetation of Wisconsin Butterflies of Illinois Cullina, William ISBN: 0-299-01940-3 ISBN: 1882932358 Native Trees, Shrubs, & Vines ISBN: 0-618-09858-5 The Xerces Society Wagner, David L. Attracting Native Pollinators: The Caterpillars of Eastern North America Swink, Floyd Xerces Society Guide to Protecting ISBN: 0-691-12144-3 Wilhelm, Gerould North America’s Bees and Butterflies Plants of the Chicago Region ISBN: 1-60342-695-7 Cullina, William ISBN: 1-883362-01-6 Growing and Propagating Wildflowers Adelman, Charlotte of the United States and Canada Forest Service The Midwestern Native Garden ISBN: 0-395-96609-4 U.S. Department of Agriculture ISBN: 978-08214-19373 Agriculture Handbook No. 450 Kock, Henry Seeds of Woody Plants in the Jordan, Christopher Aird, Paul United States The Nature’s Conservancy’s Guide to Ambrose, John Indiana Preserves Waldron, Gerald Ladd, Doug ISBN: 978-0-253-21859-9 Growing Trees From Seed Oberle, Frank ISBN: 1-55407-363-4 Tallgrass Prairie Wildflowers ISBN: 1-56044-299-9 Sternberg, Guy Wilson, Jim Deam, Charles C. Landscaping With Native Trees Shaw, Thomas Edward ISBN: 1-881527-65-4 Trees of Indiana Helianthus Art by Jo Shaw 5 Natives in the Garden can reduce overall costs on an acre of property by as much as 75%. increases/restores the native range of species that are important to local ecology and wildlife habitat. decreases the risks of monoculture plantings. i.e. pests, disease, invasive, etc. using natives is ecologically responsible native species are deeper rooted and can increase the water absorption capacity of the soil as well as native plants are adapted to local weather patterns and are more tolerant of changes in weather, when they are sited correctly. can improve time spent outside by increasing the Gardening plants is that they are hard to use in an urban landscape. When laying out the plot to be planted no area is too success. Rain Gardens Prairie/Savanna/Woodland Gardens native plants. with the gardener giving up and turning it back into understanding and patience. weeds versus native plants is critical. planting so that species native to a particular area While the startup cost and elbow-grease needed to get a native planting going can be substantial, they are a necessity and a nice way to dress up planting beds. that occurs very little weeding will be necessary. www.raingardens.org www.dnr.state.il.us Planning Your Border get started. you develop your plan. right place! execution.