Episode 49: Visit to Quackin’ Grass Nursery

We took a field trip to one of New England’s premier nurseries and found plenty of goodies

Quackin ’ Grass Nurseryin Brooklyn , Connecticut has some of the most unique plants conceivable . Their selection of perennial , Tree , and bush is passably much unrivaled in the New England surface area . Knowing all this , Steve and Danielle definitely had to visit . So , one Clarence Shepard Day Jr. a few week ago the active twosome hop in the gondola and made the trek into the Northeast corner of the country . There they met Quackin ’ Grass proprietor , Wayne Paquette and aim a personal tour around the nursery / private botanical garden . If you ca n’t get to Connecticut , do n’t fret — Quackin ’ Grass extend ring armour order . And , after listening to us trace a few of the gems we trip up upon in the greenhouses and study of this place , you ’ll be beaming they do !

‘ Gold Star ’ kousa cornel

STEVE & DANIELLE ’s PLANTS

‘ Gold Star ’ kousa dogwood tree ( Cornus kousa‘Gold Star ’ , Zones 5 - 8)

‘ Tamagawa Ryu ’ sacred lily ( Rohdea japonica‘Tamagawa Ryu ’ , geographical zone 6 - 9 )

‘ Kinshu no Matsu ’ frighten lily ( Rohdea japonica‘Kinshu no Matsu ’ , Zones 6 - 9 )

Variegated giant squill ( Drimiopsis maculata‘Variegata ’ , Zones 7 - 10 )

‘ Rhode Island Red ’ pineapple lily ( Eucomis‘Rhode Island Red ’ , Zones 7 - 9 )

Sapphire berry ( Symplocos paniculata , Zones 4 - 8)

First Snow ® Japanese clethra ( Clethra barbinervis‘Takeda Nishiki ’ , Zones 5 - 8)

‘ Onondaga ’ Sargent genus Viburnum ( Viburnum sargentii‘Onondaga ’ , Zones 3 - 7 )

‘ Ezo Murasaki ’ Asian aster ( Aster ageratoides‘Ezo Murasaki ’ , Zones 4 - 8)

‘ Compressa ’ bloodtwig cornel ( Cornus sanguinea‘Compressa ’ , zone 4 - 7 )

EXPERT TESTIMONY : WANYE PAQUETTE ’S PLANTS

‘ Flying Dragon ’ intrepid orange ( Poncirus trifoliata‘Flying Dragon ’ , Zones 5 - 9 )

‘ Carlisle ’ Solomon ’s sealskin ( Polygonatum odoratum‘Carlisle ’ , 3 - 8)

Dwarf Solomon ’s seal ( Polygonatum humile , Zones 4 - 8)

‘ Redfield Hybrid ’ primula ( Primula‘Redfield Hybrid ’ , Zones 5 - 9 )

Graves ’ plum tree ( Prunus maritimavar.gravesii , Zones 4 - 8)

‘ Campbell Carpet ’ slew batch ( Pycnanthemum tenuifolium‘Campbell Carpet ’ , zone 6 - 8)

Wing entrust potentilla ( Potentilla tridentata‘Nuuk ’ , Zones 3 - 8)

‘ Redfield Hybrid ’ primula

‘ Compressa ’ bloodtwig dogwood

‘ Ezo Murasaki ’ Asian aster

First Snow ® Japanese genus Clethra

Sapphire berry

Steve and Danielle getting a stuffy look at the vast sapphire berry

‘ Rhode Island Red ’ Ananas comosus lily

Variegated behemoth squill

‘ Kinshu no Matsu ’ scared lily

‘ Tamagawa Ryu ’ sacred lily

‘ Onondaga ’ Sargent genus Viburnum

Steve and Quackin ’ Grass possessor Wayne Paquette

‘ Campbell Carpet ’ mountain mint

Wing leaved potentilla

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