The Magnolias are blossoming at the nursery now! WOW! We have about the prettiest Royal Star Magnolia tree that any of us have ever seen. It is perfect, and it is full of the whitest, fragrant flowers! It is in our Creative Corner right now and we are sure it won’t be here long! We [...]
The following blog article was submitted by Heidi Brosseau – our retail manager…. A new perennial that we haven’t carried before has already pushed itself onto my favorites list. Silene ‘Rollie’s Favorite’ aka Campion has already started to fill it’s pots and open up it’s brilliant pink flowers. It is going to keep blooming right [...]
Do you need a hostess gift for Easter or another spring event? We have these cute little spring planters with Hyacinth bulbs in that are just the way to say “thank you”. They’re only $6.99 – perhaps get one just for yourself – while supplies last. They’ll be up and blooming in no time!
We have our plant material uncovered from it’s winter storage and will be working over the next two weeks on getting it into position in our sales blocks and production blocks. Our designers are also busy working on plans and consultations for customers. We are here now from 8 am to 4:30 Monday through Friday [...]
What’s so exciting about this picture? This is what the crabapples (berries) on our Red Jewel Flowering Crab are looking like today! March 17th! They are still a very bright red – with a few a little bleaker looking. What a fantastic tree! The Red Jewel is an ornamental tree that fits in smaller spaces. [...]
We have a new Facebook page that I’m trying to keep up with. Being seasonal, it’s hard to put things on there in the dead of winter, but now with a few things starting to happen and spring right on the doorstep – it’ll be much more relevant. Just search for Knecht’s Nurseries & Landscaping [...]
Spring has arrived in the greenhouses! We have been planting perennial plugs for the last several days and the houses are filling up quickly. We’ll have the usual go-to perennials, but we have many of the newest releases coming this spring as well. I asked Heidi – our retail manager – what she was excited [...]
Did you know that there are many new varieties of Elm trees now available that have very high resistance to Dutch Elm Diease? At long last, we will once again begin to see stately Elms offering the benefits of their rapid growth and cooling shade. Elms are fast growing trees that offer plenty of shade. [...]
Baptisia australis The following article is being submitted by Heidi Brosseau – our retail manager. I am so excited about the 2010 Perennial Plant Associations pick for Plant of the Year! Baptisia australis, aka False or Wild Indigo. This is one of my all time favorite perennials. It is a hardy native prairie perennial that [...]
Quite often when we have a stretch of poor weather in mid-fall people wonder if they can still plant trees and shrubs. The answer is YES! And we have a an additional bit of good news from the National Weather Service that the conditions in November are expected to be warmer than normal and with [...]
We still have tulip, crocus & hyacinth bulbs available! On the radio this morning – the weatherman said that the National Weather Service is predicting a warmer than average November! This will mean that there’ll be plenty of time for fall projects. The bulbs are on sale at 30% off! With Halloween coming next weekend – [...]
The fact that in recent years Autumn Blaze Maple has been one of the nation’s most popular selling trees should be little surprise due its rapid growth, lovely shape and fabulous red/orange fall color. Used successfully in zones 3 to 8, this versatile hybrid quickly matures into a handsome tree of good proportions that is [...]
Fall is for Planting! It is fall sale time here at the nursery. All of our trees, shrubs and perennials are on sale at least 30% off and all the way up to 50% off. Hurry on in for the best selection while supplies last. Our current inventory levels are very good, but things do [...]
A fire in your outside fire pit – or in the fireplace in the living room – is just what the doctor ordered now on these crisp autumn evenings. We have for sale exceptionally dry, high quality, hardwood firewood. It comes from our woods – located here in Rice County, and consists of hard Maple, [...]
I asked my retail manager – Heidi Brosseau – what came to mind on the perennials right now that say “fall”. She immediately said – “If you take Mums and Asters out of the list (which are the two most popular fall perennials) I would say “Sedums, the Ornamental Grasses and Autumn Bride Heuchera”. This [...]
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