Spider Web Gardens NH

Spider Web Gardens

Nursery

Magnolias are blooming

Azaleas, Magnolias and a beautiful bench.

Nursery Manager for Spider Web Gardens
Nursery manager for Spider Web Gardens. Greg is originally from New Jersey. After 4 years in the Navy he attended Architectural Drafting College and worked in that field for 2 years. Many states became his home as for 30 years he worked as a fiberglass draftsman. Greg continued his career in New Jersey and for one of his jobs traveled to Wolfeboro to work at the wastewater treatment plant. September 11 found Greg working 2 miles from the Trade Center; this experience forced him to rethink his life and he retired from the fiberglass industry. Effingham became his new home with his wife, Kay, and five cats, and he worked at the Mountain Greenery in Ossipee for 8 years. Greg’s knowledge and organizational abilities are a great asset to Spider Web. Come see the new nursery layout, check out the sale area set up with select prices and meet Greg who will impress you with his experience.

Welcome to Spider Web Gardens Nursery Department. We offer a variety of both field grown and potted trees and shrubs.

Our field grown plants are very popular with our customers. The field production schedule allows newly rooted cuttings to be planted and remain in the field for two to three years. The plant gains unrestricted growing (as opposed to being pot grown) and produces a vigorous healthy plant which we then pot or ball and burlap. These plants generally sell the same year so their ‘pot’ time is limited - offering you, the customer, the best and hardiest of plants. Most of the field grown items are ornamental flowering shrubs, including an incredible selection of Lilacs, Forsythia, Spirea and more.

With our huge volume and variety of nursery stock, we offer a vast assortment of potted trees and shrubs as well. Some of this material we receive as bare root plants - essentially plants with no soil but with their roots intact - in a dormant state. These plants are potted, set in the nursery, watered on a regular basis and generally are ready to be sold to the consumer the same year. Our largest selection of potted material comes from large growers in New England and Minnesota. We even have a local suppler from NH who specializes in Rhododendrons. Our choice of growers allows us to offer you the best and hardiest of New England and northern grown plants. New stock will be arriving in April and May so come in and check out everything we have to offer. We look forward to helping you with your planting needs. Our goal is to have our customers return year after year and we look forward to taking care of loyal customers and welcoming new customers as well.

A word about hardiness, Spider Web Gardens offers plants hardy to zones 2,3 ,4 and 5. Although technically the lakes region is a zone 4 area, many avid gardeners like to try some of the tender zone 5 plants. By locating these plants in a warmer ‘microclimate’ many of these zone 5 plants will grow and even thrive. Some examples of these less ‘hardy’ plants include Japanese Maples, Butterly Bush and some of the evergreen Azaleas. Please check with our helpful and knowledgeable sales staff regarding the placement of your trees and shrubs. Also, starting in 2011, we hope to have a planting service available and if not, we can give you the contact information for someone in the area who can help you.

Beginning in 2007 the state of NH and the Department of Agriculture has banned nurseries from selling a number of plants which have been put on the ‘Invasive Species list’. Some of the more well known of these plants include Japanese Barbery, Burning Bush, Bittersweet and Norway maples. It has been found that these plants spread and smother out many native species and are therefore considered to be bad for the landscape. Don’t worry if you have these plants, chances are they are behaving themselves in your yard-the restriction if for nurseries and we can offer you some other choices for these old standbys. Here at Spider Web Gardens we carry many of the alternate choices and will be willing to steer you in the right direction. Some of these alternatives include Enkianthus, Fothergilla, Weigela, Ninebark, Aronia, Viburnum, Flowering Plum, Purple Beech and Red Maple. Fothergilla’s fall color rivals the burning bush in splendor and is an excellent substitute as well as Weigela.

We offer a huge selection of native plants - low maintenance, easy to grow and pretty, too! You will find Summersweet, mountain laurel, azaleas and much more. Many of these natives will attract birds and wildlife to your yard.

Deer problems? The Spider Web Gardens crew can show you to a selection of shrubs and trees that are deer resistant - including Mountain Andromeda, Potentilla and more.

Our vast inventory includes many groups of plants: fruit trees and small fruits, evergreens, shade trees, vines, ground covers, specimens. Many old favorites and some new ones as well. For a list of just some of our Nursery stock click Here, remember this is just a partial list, we receive shipments of new arrivals frequently and we continue to dig our own stock. We now have all of our nursery stock in one area to make shopping easier and more convenient. We hope to have a map of the area to make it even easier for you to find what you are looking for.

Spider Web Gardens takes great pride in putting our customers first and foremost in our minds.

Fothergilla's fall color rivals the burning bush in splendor and is an excellent substitute.

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