Havenyield Distribution Center

Spring Annuals

Corey Rhames — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:00:07 +0000

The time for annuals is just a few weeks away. As soon as we’re clear from freezing at night we’ll have fresh annual color.
Our usual annuals for sun/mostly sun include:
-Bronze/Red Leaf Begonia
-Angelonia
-Lantana
-Purple Heart
-Alyssum
-Ageratum
Our usual annuals for shade include:
-Green Leaf Begonia
-Caladiums
-Impatiens
If there’s anything else you need to make your clients happy or that you would like to see, just let one us know and we’ll hopefully find it for you.

Sign up for our weekly email!!

Susan Vance — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 17:11:33 +0000

Every week during the busy season, we send out an email updating you on specials, new plant material, and new shipments we have received. Most of the emails include pictures of some of the plant material we have here. We sometimes include articles about diseases or problems that are affecting the landscaping industry here in our area. It is a great way for us to keep our customers up to date. If you haven’t signed up for it and would like to, go to the client section on our website and click on the sign up for our email tab at the bottom of the page. It will ask you to put in your email, your name and the name of your company. This is a private email list, so there won’t be any additional unwanted emails from spammers. If you want to unsubscribe at anytime, you simply click the unsubscribe button at the bottom of the email and you will be removed from the list.

We’re Dug !!!

Eddie Evans — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 20:50:01 +0000

The farm dig for our new trees is almost complete. We’ve brought in new acer, ulmus, cercis, salix, prunus, pinus, pistache, quercus and several other Latin names.

The new stock that’s freshly dug will be in approximately the same yard arrangement as last year.

All the new stock has a bright white trunk protector and bright green rootball wrapping.

The color around the collar of the tree will tell you the size at a glance.

1.75″ is purple;

2.00″ is white;

2.50″ is red;

3.00″ is green;

3.50″ is blue; and

4.00″ is yellow.

The larger stock has checkered sizing tape –

5.00″ is white/blue check;

5.50″ is white/yellow check; and

6.00″ is white/orange check.

You can drive through the whole yard so swing by and look at all the new stock.

It’s all tagged and ready to go.

Shade Tree Update

Joe O'Connor — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 19:38:48 +0000

The cold of winter is upon us this week. But work goes on. We have been transferring trees from our farm in Jones. We are receiving trees daily and now have just about all of our normal varieties in stock. New stock in the yard now includes; Maples, Oaks, Elms, Pistache, Redbuds, Canada Red Chockcherry, and Willows. We should see the majority of our transfers completed by the end of next week, 1/25/13. So, if you have been waiting for fresh stock, it is here now.

Fresh Trees!

Corey Rhames — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 17:49:09 +0000

The days are shorter, the temps are cooler, the trees are going dormant. This is good news for all of us! If you’ve been waiting or looking for fresh stock, the time is here. We have been digging some trees at the farm and will continue to do so. Havenyield now has great Weeping Willows, Canada Red Chokecherry and big Nellie Hollies. Chinese Pistache will be showing up tomorrow, more trees will be coming soon!

What do you like to plant for your fall seasonal color?

Susan Vance — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 15:32:15 +0000

With the fall season coming up, a lot of landscapers are thinking about seasonal color for their clients. Pansies, mums and kale are by far, the most commonly used cool seasonal annuals here in Oklahoma. We hope to have our first supply of cool season annuals no later than the week of September 17. Are there other plants that you like to use for fall seasonal color? Have you tried any Snapdragons in the fall? If so, did you have any luck with them blooming before spring? What about bulbs? Do you plant bulbs with your pansies for that burst of spring color? Give us your feedback. We would love to hear your ideas on how to get a unique look.

Havenyield Deliveries

Hunter Nida — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 14:15:58 +0000

At Havenyield we strive to offer the best customer service a contractor deserves. A great service that most contractors utilize but could use more is our delivery service. We have very reasonable rates for delivery and once one looks at what it costs they will see that they can save time and money. There are different ways that someone can go about getting their delivery. The best way is to email one of the salesman at Havenyield a plant list, let us tag it, and send it out to you. We do understand that some people are very picky about what they want to use. All of our salesman have been contractors and understand the picky client. We only want the best products we have to go out the door so the more information a Havenyield client can give us the better. What time does the area get most of its sun or is the plant going next to a wall and can have a flat side? These are some of important things to let us know so we can tag the appropriate material. Another way to handle a delivery is to have the project manager come and tag the material themselves and then have us ship it. This is used most often when there is a choice to make on size or price because there is some wiggle room in the design. The most inefficient way is to have the crew come by here and pick out everything. In most cases, it would be much more productive for the crew to be prepping the area while the material is coming to them. Every way works, and at the end of the day the material is hopefully in the ground, but being able to maximize the amount of money in the bank is the overall goal for everyone.

Dealing with the heat.

Eddie Evans — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 18:35:13 +0000

Everyone gets the panic-button calls from customers about plants dying in the heat. Sometimes it’s a water problem and sometimes it’s just plants doing what they’re supposed to do in harsh weather. No matter how much water you put on them, some plants like hostas and hydrangeas are going to wilt and look pitiful. That’s a function of the temperature around them, not just access to water. Well watered hostas are still going to get papery weak looking leaves toward the end of summer. Hydrangeas will get paler, willows and bald cypresses and redbuds will thin out their leaves. Perennials may start to look sad around the edges – Echinacea gets leggy, daylilies stop blooming and dianthus turn a little grey around the edges. They aren’t dying – they’re just coping with the heat.

Try and explain to your customers that doubling the sprinkler cycle or drowning plants with a water hose may just be wasting water. I know they start to get nervous when they see wilt and leaf shedding but it’s supposed to happen that way. If you can keep them from running up their water bill in the process, then you’ve helped them in the long run. Hopefully they’ll learn you were right and they’ll appreciate your taking the time to explain the process a little better.

Putting Down Roots – Landscape guidelines for the selection, care, and maintenance of trees in central Oklahoma

Joe O'Connor — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 16:19:59 +0000

We are happy have this publication for free at our sales counter. This is a good reference manual for landscaping in Central Oklahoma. It has all kinds of information: site considerations, design concepts, an extensive section about trees for our region, tree planting, and pest/maintenance concerns. Many of the great horticulturists in our area have had input in the production of this guide. It has been produced for a retail audience, but it does have some worthy information to consider for the professional. We hope that you are able to enjoy and use this unique reference manual. Please let us know your thoughts on it.

Summer Installation

Corey Rhames — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 16:14:25 +0000

While a majority of landscapers prefer to stay away from planting in our summer months, this year has not shown any decline in the demand of new projects since February. It is still okay to plant in the heat, there are just a few steps to ensure your plants survive. The most essential requirement in July and August is water, but care in transport and mulching are very important as well.
After picking up your material from Havenyield, tarp your load! If you don’t have a tarp or shade cloth we sell them at Havenyield in four different sizes. If you choose not to tarp your material the wind will start sucking the water out of the leaves as soon as you pull out of the gate. Not to mention jumping on the highway, leaves will start ripping from the branches at higher speeds. Using a shade cloth keeps harsh wind off material and will also provide some sun protection for the drive to the job site.
Before planting in the scorching summer heat make sure the irrigation is running. A helpful trick is to dig your plant holes and fill them with water using a hose before planting. Planting into dry, hot soil will almost immediately pull all the moisture out of the root mass. If the hole is already saturated, the root mass will stay moist and the plant will be happy. This same trick is great for trees but after the initial watering at planting, the irrigation system will not provide a deep enough watering. In the first few weeks trees like a deep, hose watering every two or three days to keep their root balls from drying out. If you can’t make sure this happens, using a delayed watering system such as a Gator Bag will do the same. Depending on the temperature and amount of wind, Gator Bags disperse 15 gallons of water from 8-24 hours. Pick up a few Gator Bags next time you’re at Havenyield and see what you think.
To make sure the water stays where the plants can use it, in the soil, a few inches of mulch will make a difference. Mulching keeps water from evaporating out of the soil from the heat, wind, and sun. Mulch also helps in weed prevention as it makes a buffer zone keeping seeds from reaching the soil. Some of the best mulch is cedar or cypress all bark. Both will hold up better than cheap dyed mulch and not deteriorate. The cypress is great on slopes or in heavily watered areas because it won’t float or blow away. We carry about eight different mulches here at Havenyield.