We will be having over 25 varieties of our trees, shrubs and perennials on sale – with prices at least 50% off if not more! One of the best buys for Crazy Days will be on our flowering crabapple trees. All of our container flowering crabapple trees on our Sales Decks, Pot in Pot section [...]
Monthly Archives: July 2005
Crazy Days – July 28th
Northfield celebrates their Crazy Daze celebration on July 28th! Businesses open up at 7:00 am and offer CRAZY prices. We will be offering some outstanding values on many shrubs, trees and perennials for the day! Watch our ads in the Northfield News and Shopper and on the web blog!
Royal Frost Birch
We had a spruce tree in our yard that had to be replaced so we took it out and decided on a Royal Frost Birch. The birch tree is my favorite deciduous tree and the Royal Frost is an absolutely stunning tree. With the very white bark and the purple leaves – it is awesome. [...]
Videoclip: Leif Knecht on purple coneflowers
I recorded this short videoclip earlier this afternoon of Leif waxing eloquent about purple coneflowers.
Hot Weather
The weather for the last several days has been hot and breezy. This makes the perfect combination for drying out plants. Even plants that have been established for several years can be facing a stressful time if we don’t get rain the next day or two. Watch your plants – are the leaves on your [...]
New Perennial Garden at the Northfield Hospital
Last week we installed a new perennial garden at the Northfield Hospital outside of the long term care unit. Ron and Nancy Pieri of Northfield had it installed in memory of Nancy’s parents, Elvin & Dorie Oveson. They loved flowers and we definitely planted flowers. There are drifts of Purple Coneflower, Shasta Daisy, Goldsturm Rudebekia, [...]
The Old Fashioned Hollyhock
One of our display gardens sets on the site of the old farm house that was part of this land years ago. There is a wonderful bed of hollyhocks that were here originally and not planted by us. All of us have memories of our grandmother’s house, or an aunt and uncle – or even [...]
Endless Summer Hydrangea
Another update on our Endless Summer Hydrangea here at the nursery…. They are just starting to turn their lovely blue color. They stand about two feet tall and are covered with the blossom balls now turning blue! We water them once a month with a hose end feeder filled with Miracid water-soluble fertilizer. This is [...]




