The following article is being submitted by Paula Kangas – our Assistant Retail Manager. Sunrise Sunset (Rosa ‘BALset’ (PPAF) has been developed by Bailey Nurseries ‘My favorite new rose! As the name implies, Sunrise Sunset is a stunning blend, with bright fuchsia pink petals changing to apricot yellow near the center. The slight blue-green foliage [...]
One of my favorite miniature hostas is Pandora’s Box. We have had this planted in one of our boulder gardens for several years now and it does exceptionally well. It is a sport of Baby Bunting and was developed by Shady Oaks Nursery from Waseca, MN. It will reach a mature height of 6″ or [...]
I’ve done several different blogs over the years about the wildlife adventures here at the nursery. Well – one of those you have to see it to believe it moments has happened here this last week. To back up a moment – we have thousands of potted trees for sale here and to keep them [...]
Yesterday we had some of our employees out to help us with some of the “final” touches to the gardens at our home in preparation for next week’s Northfield Garden Club Tour. Pictured here is Peter Douglass and Jason Hendricks. The other crew members there yesterday included Rob Abbott, Richard Middleton, Kevin Boren, Caitlyn Borek, [...]
This year we are one of six homes that will have their garden’s featured as part of the Northfield Garden Club’s Annual Summer Garden Tour. This tour is a major fundraiser for the Northfield Garden Club and we are happy to invite people to see our gardens to support the local club. We have been [...]
The bark on young trees is completely different than that of big old trees. When mowing grass, clipping grass or cutting it with a string trimmer – you need to exercise caution. Please read through Leif’s article for the June 9th – Northfield News as he is discussing damage caused to young trees – mostly [...]
The phone rings several times a day with questions people have regarding the status of newly planted – and established plantings. It may be a simple question – but some take a little longer to give advice on. The article Leif published in the June 2nd – Northfield News shares some of these problems and [...]
August 24th, 2006 — A day that will stay in the memory of the Northfield community for years to come. The city and surrounding area was hit by a devasting 100 year hail storm. Millions of hail stones – baseball size and larger hit the community. Now most roofs have been replaced – cars have [...]
