Fall is a great time to plant – days are shorter and the watering needs in the fall are less.   Pick out your new plants – get them in the ground for their long winter’s nap and they’ll be ready to wake up in the spring in your yard!   Pick up our Fall Planting Checklist and you’ll be set!  We’re open 7 days a week now through mid-November.

If you’re not a do-it-yourselfer – our installation crew can do the planting for you!  We continue with landscape installations until Thanksgiving time.  Whether it’s a job large or small we can get you on the schedule.

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Fabulous Fall Color

Container trees are light weight, eassy to plant and successfully establish very quickly.  We have many sizes, over 300 varieties and fantastic fall prices.  Check out a sampling of these prices:

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When spring comes, the new plants are ready and waiting to quickly establish and flourish.  Well planned fall planting projects can also save substantial amounts of money, since great bargains are available at most nurseries.

An added plus for fall planting is the pleasant fall weather that makes time spent on a project outdoors enjoyable and easier.  October and November have quite a few fabulous fall days, so there’s still plenty of time to do that project you’ve been putting off.  Seize the opportunity.  It’s a wonderful time.  (to plant).

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Prairie Sentinel can do well in moist soils, as well as better drained areas, but do take care to avoid chronically waterlogged areas.  With good care and watering during its first year of establishment, Prairie Sentinel Hackberry should be able to take care of itself thereafter, and provide a nice lone sentinel tree, or a good screen when planted in a cluster or a line.

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The deep dark green leaves of Kindred Spirit Oak have a handsome shiny surfrace, resistts leaf tatter and usually stays nice looking throughout the growing season.  While Regal Prince Oak has become much admired for its lovely form that matures to 50 ft. tall by 20 feet wide, Kindred Spirit is the narrowest Oak cultivar we have encountered, being rated at a mature size of 35 feet tall by 6 feet wide.

The English Oak xSwamp White Oak parentage of Kindred Spirit Oak gives it great versatility in a wide range of soil conditions, which is always a big plus in landscape beds where earth moving equipment may have greatly disturbed natural soil profiles.    The very narrow character of Kindred Spirit also allows it to be used as  a focal point in a creatively designed landscape.

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Take advantage of “Crazy Daze” Thursday July 28^th.  Snap up some crazy deals on all kinds of plant material.  Selected varieties of trees, shrubs and perennials will be discounted 20%, 30% or even 50% OFF!  As you can imagine, the crazy weather this season has made us all a little crazy down here at the nursery, (Yeah, pull your hair out crazy.) so be sure you leave some time in your crazy schedule next Thursday to take advantage our temporary insanity and get yourself some crazy deals on plants!  Gates open at 7:00 am for all you early birds and close at 6:00 pm.  You’d be crazy to miss out on these savings!

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The ‘Summer Sun’ is bright (too bright apparently) and so are the Coneflowers here at the nursery.  We ‘Hope’ you’ll stop in under this ‘Summer Sky’ and treat your’ gardens to some ‘Tomato Soup’, with ‘Mango Meadowbrite’ and ‘Hot Papaya’ on the side.  Wash it all down with some ‘Vintage Wine’ at ‘Sundown’.  Put on a little ‘Elton Knight’ and ‘All that Jazz’ while you gaze up at the ‘Ruby Stars’ in search of the missing constellation ‘Magnus’.  All around ‘Pixie Meadowbrite’ s and ‘Pink Poodle’ s only ‘Red Knee High’ sway to the music until ‘Sunrise’.

“What was in that ‘Vintage Wine’ anyway?

Don’t miss your chance to get your hands on a few of these ‘Irresistible’ coneflower varieties or you’ll have ‘Green Envy’ for sure.

The people that breed these beautiful plants must be a lot of fun to work with.  What creative names!  Many gardeners are familiar with, and very fond of the popular Purple Coneflower, but these newer varieties with their delicious, imaginative and sometimes silly names have really extended the color pallet, unlocking the creative spirit in many.  Reds, oranges and yellows, pinks, purples, whites and even green flowers are held up by sturdy stems.  Some varieties will produce a more classic single daisy style flower while some have double flowers that produce a pompom effect.  Coneflowers begin to bloom midsummer and keep going until fall, especially with some occasional dead heading.  They are a magnet for butterflies while in bloom and for song birds when they set their seeds.  Compact varieties will maintain a height at or under 24” while taller varieties bob on the breeze at closer to 2½ to 3’.  They love full sun and would prefer to be planted in loamy well drained soil but will grow in heavier soils with proper drainage.  Once established they are tolerant of heat, cold, and drought.  A wonderful addition to the perennial border, cutting and wildlife gardens.  Don’t miss out on all the colorful fun!

Heidi Brosseau, our retail manager, submitted the above blog post.  Well done – Heidi!

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A bright spot in the early summer landscape is the very fragrant and showy Japanese Tree Lilac.  Large creamy white blossoms open an Japanese Tree Lilacs about a month after most of the lilac shrubs start their bloom period.

A nice feature of the Japanese Tree Lilac is their ability to grow and maintain good vigor when planted in somewhat alkaline clay soils, as long as the location drains properly.  Lilacs planted in soggy soils are likely to decline and will eventually drown out.

The common Japanese Tree Lilac grows to a height of 30′-35′ tall and almost as wide.  ‘Ivory Silk’ Japanese Tree Lilac  and ‘Ivory Pillar’ Japanese Tree Lilac maintain a shorter and narrower size of 20′-25′ feet tall by 10′-15′ wide.

‘Snow Dance’ Japanese Tree Lilac is a very new variety that blooms heavily and has a big added benefit of producing no seeds.  This means that after the amazing display of huge fragrant blooms has faded, ‘Snowdance’ Japanese Tree Lilac will have a more handsome appearance throughout the following summer, fall and winter.

As you drive around the next week or so, take note of all the beautiful Japanese Tree Lilacs that are blooming.  Pictured here is a younger tree that we installed on a landscape project and a mature tree in the landscape!

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