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Winter 2012 Business Hours
January 2 – March 4
Open daily 9 am - 6 pm
Contact Information
1156 Oakland Park Avenue
Columbus, OH 43224-3317
Phone: 614-268-3511
Fax: 614-784-7700
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For tips on caring for fountains and garden statuary before freezing weather hits, click here.
Gift Cards are available for purchase  at any of our Oakland Nursery Store locations or online. There is no time limit  in which the card must be used. Coupons or discounts cannot be used to purchase gift cards.
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 The Winter Season
The sun's arc is low on the horizon now, and our home lights burn at both ends of the day. Dawn lags behind in showing first light. Even as the winter cold cleans nature's slate to begin the year, we start the slow march toward spring. The drip, drip of icicles on a cold sunny day foretells new life and a new season to come, full circle.
You can give that discarded cut Christmas tree new life also, by propping it up in the back yard. It will give the birds good perching spots and serve as an anchor to hang high energy snacks like suet and peanut cakes for our feathered friends.
Oakland Nursery is looking ahead to spring with garden seeds in stock, and all the wild bird seed needed to keep your feathered friends happy.
The Columbus store is located 1 mile east of I-71, on Oakland Park Avenue. Exit off I-71 at Exit 114, North Broadway, go east to Maize Rd. Turn left (north) and go one block to Oakland Park Avenue. Turn Right (east) and proceed to the store at the corner of Atwood Terrace and Oakland Park Ave. The main offices, landscape and wholesale departments are also located here.
Cold Season Pruning for Plants
Mid through late winter is a good time to prune many garden plants. Winter pruning has the advantage of being able to see the branching character of the tree or shrub in question, in order to make good choices on which branches to prune. Also, pruning in winter reduces the chance of disease spread.
Certain plants do not like to be pruned in the winter, especially if one is fond of their flowers or fruit. These plants set their flower buds the year before on branches, hence pruning them would remove the potential for flowers and fruit the coming year. Others are sensitive to hard pruning, becoming stunted or sun-scalded the following year.
The internet provides a wealth of information now on which plants to prune and when, but below is a list of the more popular plants that should be pruned in mid or late winter, i.e. January to March 1. Note: Pruning fruit trees is a subject in and of itself. Consult the literature for education in this subject.
Plants OK to prune in winter:
 Most shade trees. Some sap drip can occur in maples, but not harmful.
Ornamental trees: Redbud, Yellowwood, Hawthorn, Franklin tree, Golden Rain Tree, Dawn Redwood, Sourwood, Stewartia, Bald Cypress, Spruces and Firs, Juniper, Arborvitae, Boxwood, Yew, Nandina, Magnolia.
Shrubs: Roses(late winter-not climbers), Buddleia, Beautyberry, Sweetshrub (Callicanthus), Summersweet,
Red-twig Dogwoods, Filberts, Cotoneaster, Diervilla, Burning Bush, Fothergilla, Smooth (arborescens) and Oakleaf Hydrangeas, Holly, Privet, Bayberry, Ornamental Grasses, Spirea, Tamarix.
Vines: Dutchman's Pipe, Trumpet Creeper, Bittersweet, Clematis (Group ‘B’), Wintercreeper, Climbing Hydrangea, Vining Honeysuckle.
Chill air and wintry winds!
My ear has grown familiar with your song;
I hear it in the opening year,
I listen and it cheers me long.
-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow-
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