This Memorial Day will mark the first Memorial Day Service to be held at the new Northfield Veteran’s Memorial Park. The services will start at 9:00 am on Monday. The Veteran’s Memorial Park is located along Highway 3, in Riverside Park, in Northfield. The award winning memorial is a site to behold and is a [...]
One of the most stunning flowering crabapple varieties is the Prairie Rose Flowering Crab. It blossoms slightly later than the other crab trees and the rose-like flowering is amazingly beautiful. This tree will reach a mature height of 20′ x 20′ and it’s double, deep pink flowers are very fragrant. The tree originated in Michigan [...]
We have many flowering plants for Mother’s Day. The phone orders have already started and we will be delivering hanging baskets, patio pots, rose bushes and azaleas to moms all over town in the next few days. We have just taken delivery on our “Blooming Roses”. These are rose bushes (shrub roses) that have been [...]
The Tina Flowering Crabapple is one of the many varieties that we have available here at the nursery. The Tina is a dwarf flowering crab – reaching a mature size of between 6′ and 8′ tall and wide. In the spring it is full of beautiful white blossoms which are followed by small red fruit [...]
This morning we welcomed the guys and gals from the Rochester Garden and Flower Club to the nursery. These folks had lots of energy and were ready to shop! Hot cider and coffee took the chill off the early morning temps. Lots of annuals and perennials took a ride on the big charter bus back [...]
This Saturday – we are welcoming the Rochester Garden and Flower Club to the nursery. They are making us their first stop of the day on their annual spring bus tour. We will having coffee and cider ready for them! Casey – (my contact at the club) said that last year she sat next to [...]
The past month has been so hectic here, not enough hours in the day to get things done and we’re all tired! This morning while we were getting ready for the day – two bluebirds – a male and a female were trying to get into the birdhouse we have on the tree right outside [...]
The Minnesota hardy Redbud is a gorgeous contribution to the spring color palette. We have a foursome of Redbud planted on the edge of one of our display gardens and it is in full blossom! The Redbud will grow to approximately 20′ tall and wide, with a rounded shape. It’s blossoms come out in a [...]
One of the old-time favorite spring perennials is the Bleeding Heart. Lovely pink and white flowers that hang out over a mound of lush green foliage and is a stalwart of the spring garden! When gardeners come into the nursery they all seem to have a story or a favorite memory of the Bleeding Heart. [...]
