Re: Windrose

Thanks, Nancy...just the kind of information needed.  They do have a
website - very much under construction, but it does look like they've
worked on it since I was there last.  Catalog is not online, yet, but
information on ordering one and a page about their Catalpa House
Arboretum is up...makin' progress.  URL is:

http://www.windrosenursery.com

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
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> From: Nancy Stedman <stedman@INTERPORT.NET>
> Date: Tuesday, January 11, 2000 9:11 AM
>
> Marge et al.,
> I have had very good experiences with Windrose. It's the kind of
place where
> the owner comes in from the field to answer the phone and take your
order.
> (I bet Gene is like that, too.) I particularly like them because
they're in
> the Northeast, where I am, and not in the Northwest or Southeast,
where most
> of the big woody plant nurseries are. This seems like a minor
point--but one
> year I ordered a Hydrangea 'Mariesii variegata' from Heronswood,
and it
> showed up with pink flowers, since, I suppose, it was planted in
alkaline or
> neutral soil, as would be found in the NW. The next year I got one
from
> Windrose and it had blue flowers--from acid soil like mine. It just
made me
> feel better that the second plant would have less of an adjustment
to make
> in my garden. (Of course, neither of them has ever bloomed again,
but that's
> another story.)
> Windrose has a huge inventory. As with most other mail-order
places, the
> woody plants are often pretty small, and so that is always a
consideration.
> (I've found, though, that Roslyn ships bigger ones that most, on
occasion.)
> There is also a small, but interesting, selection of perennials,
and I've
> been very pleased with the ones I've obtained from them. All the
plant
> descriptions seem, to me, to be accurate and useful.
>
> Windrose is at: 1093 Mill Road; Pen Argyl, PA; 18072-9670; (610)
588-1037. I
> don't know if there is a web site or not.
>
> Nancy
>
>
>  >Nancy,
> >
> >I'm delighted to see you mention Windrose.  I've been receiving
their
> >catalog for some time, but have not ordered for various and sundry
> >reasons having nothing really to do with them.  They have a lovely
> >list of woodies and you're the first person I've found who knows
> >them.  Can you share more info. about them?
> >
> >Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
> >mtalt@clark.net
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> >> From: Nancy Stedman <stedman@INTERPORT.NET>
> >> Date: Sunday, January 09, 2000 6:59 PM
> >>
> >> Claire:
> >> You can get Hydrangea 'All Summer Beauty' from Roslyn, Bluestone
> >Perennials,
> >> and Windrose (a nice shrub and tree place in PA that carries
tons
> >of
> >> hydrangeas). Everyone rates it to zone 5 or 6, but obviously
these
> >are not
> >> hard and fast rules.
> >> Nancy
> >
> >
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