Sandy Mush Herb Nursery - Handbook 9

1 9 Handbook 9 2004 The Sandy Mush Herb Nursery7/27/04 All prices and shipping/handling rates are on the order refer to the Mail-order section of this book for is most helpful to have orders on hand as early as pos-sible - this helps with scheduling propagation and do not issue annual Handbook editions, and because ourpublication schedule is irregular, do hold onto this Hand-book. We mail price list/order forms each year, withsupplements as Nursery is located in the Big Sandy Mush Community, avalley nestled in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains nearAsheville NC. We are surrounded by the beauty of ourdisplay gardens and the unparalleled splendor of Nature suntouched mountain streams, hills, valleys, views, andabundant native flora and fauna.

2 We welcome visitors onThursdays, Fridays and Saturdays and, due to our location,some have found our road daunting. It is difficult to find uswithout directions. Please phone ahead Thursday throughSaturday: 828 683 : continue to expand our collection of handmade plants, &offer loads of rare herbs, handsome flowering perennials,fragrant foliage plants, wildflowers, and flowering plantsfor garden beauty, cutting & drying, as we have since native herbs, perennials and trees have made theirway into the collection. Our list of trees and shrubs, espe-cially conifers, is ever-expanding - useful for bonsai the nearly three decades of our Nursery s life, our interest innew & different plants has inspired us to introduce ourown hybrids and local finds to other gardeners.

3 Theseinclude Trinity Purple bee balm, Cocoa-mint Rose scented geranium, rosemaries Dancing Waters , PinkCascade , Salem , & Shimmering Stars , & thymes Backwall , Herba-barona Caraway-Lemon , Dot Well sCreeping & Upright , and Mint .We continue to offer classic and interesting books which areinspiring sources of growing and cultivation guides,beautiful woodcut and color illustrations, recipes, herballore and uses, and hours of fascinating are listed by their botanic names. In the Common/Botanic Name Cross-Reference Guide, we have tried toaccommodate all herb growers in their search for plants bythe name they know writing descriptions, we use our own experience withgrowing the plants in our test gardens. We have con-sulted the many reference books in our personal libraryand the volumes in our book section.

4 Names conform tothe most recent botanic research - please see abbreviatedbibliography on page a slim volume such as this, it is impossible to anticipate andanswer all of your gardening questions, including thoseconcerning mulching and pruning. Your local publiclibrary, botanic garden library, or Cooperative ExtensionService Agent should have much information on general aswell as herb gardening. Of course, the books we list for saleare carefully chosen deepest gratitude to our friends and diligent helpers, without whomthis Handbook would be an unfulfilled dream: Ellen Hearne, LydiaHearne, Dort Lee, and Claudette Mautor, for illustrations; OliviaAbel, Ellen Hearne, Ray Hearne, Michael Hughey, and Lorrie Jayne foreditorial assistance; Ray Hearne for the Goosefoot Garden; MichaelHughey for Handbook design and the sections written in his informalitalic hand; Handbook of Plant and Floral Ornament from EarlyHerbals by Richard G.

5 Hatton for illustrations; and all of the greatfolks who grow the plants and get them to percent of our packing material is reused - more herbs, less trash!We do not sell or rent your name, phone #s, or other information. Handbook 9 2004 The Sandy Mush Herb Nursery7/27/041 Mail Order Information_____ 2 Guarantee Addresses Carrier Shipping DatesGrowing Instructions Visits & Phone CallsSuggestions for Using Our Plants_____ 3-5 Full Shade Partial Shade Rock Gardens CulinaryHerbs Medicinal Herbs Tea Plants GroundcoversBee Plants Fragrance & Potpourri Insect RepellentsDye Plants Dried Flowers Abbreviated BibliographyThe Plant List_____6-70 Alphabetically by botanic nameSpecial Collections_____ 71 Bonsai Plants Fragrant Four Lemon-Scented Parsley, Sage, Rosemary.

6 Thyme & Chives Season-ing Herbs Sweet Scented Pelargoniums Tea PlantsHandy Items_____ 71 Muslin Bags Mortar & Pestle Plant Markers Orris Catnip Cushion Diatomaceous EarthGift Certificate_____71 Books_____71-72 Gardening Designing Growing & IdentifyingWild Plants Herbals Medicinal Plants CraftsSeeds_____73-74 Culinary Herbs Vegetables Dye, Fiber & RepellentGrowing Herbs - Some Hints_____74-75 Choosing a Location Preparing an Herb Bed Feeding Your Herbs Growing Herbs Indoors Drying Herbs for Use & StorageHerb Garden Patterns_____76-77 Bee & Butterfly Little Kitchen Border Gray Geometric Culinary Fragrant 16th C. Knot DesignCommon/Botanic Cross-Reference_____78-81 Growing Guide_____82-84 Recipes_____ 3, 5, 81, Back Cover 2004 The Sandy Mush Herb Nursery 316 Surrett Cove Road Leicester, NC 28748-5517 Email: Website: 9 2004 The Sandy Mush Herb Nursery7/27/042 Our guarantee: We guarantee all our plants to be live, properlynamed and healthy when shipped.

7 Should you receive anyplants in questionable condition within the week of shipment,let us know within 10 days & if need be, we will replace them,or refund the purchase price. You pay only the shipping about the condition of the plants & the date youreceived them is necessary. If the shipping box is damaged,please notify both the carrier and Sandy Mush Herb any case, we are not liable for more than the amount re-ceived for the stock in question. (See Addresses) Our guaranteedoes not cover plants delayed due to insufficient or : Please send us your STREET/SHIPPING addressas well as your mailing/billing address, if different. If UPScannot locate you, your shipment will be delayed. Yourtelephone number may help UPS contact you more easilyshould there be a problem with delivery please include it inyour order!

8 If no one is at home during the day, you shouldrequest that your shipment be delivered to another addresswhere someone can receive it. Otherwise, we can try to haveUPS leave your order outside in a protected area, provided yousend a signed request to that effect. Please do NOT do thishowever, if you do not have a suitable spot such as a shadyporch, or if you may not be at home for several days at a time. Ifplants are delayed in delivery or returned because of faultyaddress, through no fault of our own, we will make individualarrangements for : We ship by United Parcel Service UPS, groundservice to most of the country and use UPS air service to farpoints to assure delivery of plants within the week of ship-ment. Priority Mail service, Postal Service, is see order form for all Dates: We can ship plants to you year-round,weather permitting.

9 Please tell us as closely as possible whenyou want your stock, since you know your local weather betterthan we do. When saying ASAP, remember that As Soon AsPossible may mean: Now; when spring (fall) planting time hascome, or As soon as plants are available. Please help us bybeing as precise as you can! We do our very best to honorspecific date requests, but it is impossible to absolutely guaran-tee shipment dates. Spring, early summer & fall are goodplanting seasons for most of the country. Late fall and winterseem to be best for the frost-free South. We will use our bestjudgment, along with climate maps, when no date or month : We try to have an elegant sufficiency of all ourplants available at all times, but this is not always possible.

10 Weprovide space on our order blank for you to request substitutesof your choice. If none are indicated, we are happy to chooseplants from a like use and scent grouping so that you mayplant your garden with no delays. Where substitution is notdesired or and order cannot be filled completely, credits orrefunds will be given. Note: When you order one of our com-plete Herb Gardens or Special Collections, we reserve the rightto choose, where necessary, suitable substitutes of equal orbetter Instructions: Please keep this Handbook /catalog as itcontains all growing instructions for our plants. New orderforms are sent with each filled & Phone Calls: Since ours is primarily a mail-ordernursery, visits must be by appointment. Please do not ask tovisit on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday during the shippingseason (mid-March through mid-June), when all of us areneeded to pull orders and pack plants for the patient mailorder customers.