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Edge Of The Woods Native Plant Nursery, LLC

Specializing in plants native to mid-Atlantic ecosystem

February 16, 2019

Small Gardens Make a Big Difference

A few small changes in your landscape can make a big difference! Many of the projects we are proudest of are tiny suburban and city pocket gardens.   With a few small tweaks it can be possible to add diversity to your garden, attract beneficial insects, and support song birds and pollinators.

Small Changes that Help the Ecosystem

We can help you with them from start to finish, or get you started so you can complete them on your own.

  • Add a shrub border for flowers and berries
  • Add flowering perennials or a grass garden for butterflies and bees
  • Channel run off water into a small low maintenance rain garden
  • Replace an invasive plant or shrub with a native
  • Restore an existing garden bed using natives
  • Add natives to an un-used, open space in your landscape
  • Increase plant diversity of an existing landscape or garden bed
  • Tie existing garden beds together visually and ecologically, unifying the appearance of the landscape and allowing passage of wildlife easily from one plant to the next

Small Projects that add Human Pleasure!

It doesn’t have to be ALL about the ecosystem, does it?

  • Create mystery by adding a path through your landscape for a joyful walk.
  • Add a cutting garden, or a shade tree garden with a quiet bench.  Or just tuck a bench somewhere.
  • Fill empty spaces with plants for less weeding.
  • Add a splash of color with a few well-placed perennials or shrubs.
  • Rejuvenate overgrown shrubs with expert pruning.

If you can imagine it, we can help you with it

Whether you are looking for start- to- finish planning, planting and maintenance, or help thinking through your project and selecting plants. 

  • We recommend that right plant for the right place, learning about your site and suggesting plants that will thrive in existing conditions.
  • We plant for the mature size of the plant.
  • Edge of the Woods Native Plant Service crew is well educated and combined have over 30 years of horticultural experience.
  • Staff includes team members with degrees in horticulture, biology, and environmental issues, as well as certifications in Sustainable Landscapes and Horticulture.
  • Licensed pesticide Applicator
  • Registered PA Dept. of Agriculture
  • Member PLNA (Pennsylvania Landscape and Nursery Association)

Edge of the Woods Native Plant Services specializes in working with the existing grade of the land, with minimal disturbance, all while increasing the ecological value and aesthetic beauty of your garden.  Request our services today!

Article by Louise Schaefer / Native Plant Maintenance, Our Mission, Plants, Uncategorized, Why Natives?

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Want some blueberries this season? We have some beautiful blueberry bushes that will bear fruit this year.

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We just released gallon-sized native deciduous and evergreen azaleas/Rhododendrons. Color of flowers is noted after the botanical name :)

Azaleas (deciduous):

Flame azalea (R. calendulaceum) ORANGE
Pinxter azalea (R. periclymenoides) PINK
Piedmont azalea (R. canescens) PINK
Rose shell azalea (R. prinophyllum) PINK
Onocee azalea (R. flammeum) ORANGE
Swamp azalea (R. viscosum) WHITE
Sweet azalea (R. arborescens) WHITE
Coast azalea (R. atlanticum) WHITE

“Rhodies” (evergreen):

Great laurel (Rhododendron maximum) WHITE
‘Roseum Elegans’ (Rhododendron catawbiense ‘Roseum Elegans’) MAGENTA-PINK
‘Boursalt’ (Rhododendron catawbiense ‘Boursalt’) MAGENTA-PINK

We also have limited amounts of some in larger containers:

Great laurel (R. maximum) WHITE
Sweet azalea (R. arborescens) WHITE
Coast azalea (R. atlanticum) WHITE
Flame azalea (R. calendulaceum) ORANGE
Swamp azalea (R. viscosum) WHITE

We also have plenty of mountain laurel left (Kalmia latifolia) including:

Straight species
‘Olympic Fire’
‘Elf’ (dwarf)
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Climate-Wise Landscaping

Replace the seasonal non-native plantings that need to be replaced every few months with native perennial borders. And instead of wide spaces of mulch between the plants, place them close together so that there is little room for weeds. This practice is part of climate-wise landscaping because it reduces soil disturbances, which reduces the carbon released to the air and it reduces the large footprint of repetitive production and transport to supply new plants every season. The perennials will last for many seasons and require much less labor.
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Trees, trees, and more trees! Oh, and shrubs, shrubs, and yes, more shrubs! We have a wonderful selection of native trees and shrubs available now. Woody plants provide interest all year long, height to the garden, vital habitat for wildlife, and years of satisfaction as you watch your plant grow into a mature specimen! They are the foundation of our greater, forested ecosystem spanning most of eastern North America, which historically covered nearly 100% of Pennsylvania’s landmass. Today, forested land still makes up the majority of Pennsylvania’s total land area, at about 58% coverage. Below are some of the trees we have now, keep an eye for another post soon about shrubs :)

Available now:

*Trees*

Shagbark hickory
Shellbark hickory
Red maple
Sugar maple
Red oak
Willow oak
Black oak
Shumard oak
Pin oak
Beech
Sycamore
Fringetree
Red bud
Carolina silver bell
White pine
Red pine
Virginia pine
Pitch pine
White spruce
Red spruce
Eastern Red Cedar
American linden
Sassafrass
Bald cypress
Franklinia
Sweetbay magnolia
River birch
‘Heritage’ River Birch
Yellow Birch
Mountain ash
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The staff was extremely informative and enthusiastic to educate another beginner.

Joyce - Allentown, PA

Edge of the Woods Native Plant Nursery, LLC
A WBE Certified Woman Owned Business
Promoting Native Plants Since 2003

2415 Route 100, Orefield, PA 18069
(610) 395-2570
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