The number of summer blooming perennials is endless. In our display gardens the Gailardia and Coreopsis are blooming. These wonderful sun perennials are great as a single specimen plant or even better when massed for that big splash of color! We have many different varieties of both of these perennials in stock. Stop in and [...]
This is a winter hardy Zone 4 cactus! One of our former employees, Debra Bjornard, gave us this cactus a few years ago and it loves its new home. It blossoms only a few days a year and the cactus is now in it’s glory! What a wonderful site! We have over 50 feet along [...]
Over the course of the growing season, we have birds in the birdhouses here at the nursery but we have all kinds of nests in the trees in the sales and productions areas of the nursery as well! This robin’s next is located right behind our office in a Linden tree. It had three eggs [...]
The challenge for shade gardeners is finding color in the shade. These photos show how we have incorporated yellows and greens next to our house which is in the woods and has all kinds of shade! We have a Golden Yew, Taunton Yews, Blondie Euonymous, Palace Purple Heuchura, Twist of Lime Hosta, and Paul’s Glory [...]
Casey, a Vocational placement manager and Nathan from the EPIC Enterprises here in Northfield worked at the nursery for a few hours this week. EPIC Enterprises does vocational evaluations on individuals with disabilities to see what kind of work and conditions they can handle, as well as the individual discovering a little about different types [...]
Our climbing rose in the display bed by our main greenhouse has exploded in blossoms this past week. It is awesome! Almost every customer who comes in remarks about it. The one photo shows the May Night Salvia blossoming in front, with Miscanthus Flame Grass behind the Salvia. One of our new mulches this year [...]
Leif and I went to check out one of the field sites – our Radio Tower plot which is located on the north side of St. Olaf College. When we drove in – this hawk was sitting on the sign and directly above him was a robin (with a worm in her mouth). I didn’t [...]
We enlarged our garden here at the nursery this year – and the employees who want to help out will help enjoy the produce starting mid-summer! We tilled the garden up and applied 2-3 inches of composted cow manure from Wisconsin! After this was worked in, we took a high quality weed barrier fabric and [...]
We have received several calls from customers that are concerned about their newly planted trees or shrubs. It’s a toss up as to what’s wrong, but it almost always comes back to watering. We always give out watering instructions when you purchase trees or shrubs so by all means read it thoroughly. However – some [...]
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