Today I was working on my perennial orders for 2007 and am excited about the new varieties of Hosta that I’ll be bringing in next season. This reminded me of one that we have been watching the last couple of years and I continue to be impressed with this variety. “Diana Remembered” is a gorgeous [...]
In early July – we did a landscape bed at the new home of Laurie & Jesse Streitz – rural Faribault, owners of Streitz Heating and Cooling. Gabby is keeping the crew working and making sure it is done right! Our landscaping ranges from a large bed with stone outcroppings like the one the Streitz’ [...]
The Firefall Maple – ‘Firefall’ (TM) Freeman maple, the newest tree release from the University of Minnesota, is the result of a cross between ‘Beebe,’ a cut-leaf silver maple, and an earlier U of M red maple introduction, ‘Autumn Spire.’ Field trials began in 1992, with young trees evaluated for form, cold tolerance, and quality [...]
Leif has been writing the articles for the Northfield News for over five years now and as I type them and read through them – once in a while – there is one that really touches me. This is one of those articles. This is the article that appeared in the Saturday, July 8th, issue [...]
Leif’s article in the July 15th Northfield News is a must for everyone to read. The severe drought that we are in is very hard on our plants – both newly planted ones or established plants. Now is the time. Water those landscape plants you’ve invested in with your hard earned dollars. A good deep [...]
Leif’s article in the Northfield News for July 22nd, discusses the benefits and energy saving value of planting trees. In an era of dramatically higher energy prices, most of us are looking for good ways to lower our monthly bills for running air conditioners in the summer and home heating in the winter. Well placed, [...]
Last year in our meadow we planted an area to wildflowers and ornamental grass. This was done in the Summer of 2005, and this summer – it is already spectacular! In the middle of this bed we have the Karl Foerster Feather Reed Grass, surrounded by Purple Coneflowers and the Goldsturm Rudebekia makes it’s appearance [...]
