The Endless Summer and Twist ‘n Shout Hydrangeas along with some roses that are about to flower arrived today. These plants were given a headstart for the season in a greenhouse and are blooming and ready to delight! Do you need an idea for a Mother’s Day gift? Mom will certainly thank you for surprising her with such [...]
The first 3 ½ weeks of April was very dry, but a nice slow soaking inch of rain in the Northfield area on April 26/27 has really helped green things up and add moisture that will be needed to get spring gardens off to a good start. It’s time to plant grass seed in the [...]
Monday, April 27th is Leif’s birthday. Last year, our grandsons came up to celebrate with Grandpa. Tyger is pictured here with Leif as he blows out his birthday candles. On Monday, if you stop in and catch Leif – ask him for his birthday present to you – a birthday Gift Certificate for $5. Happy Birthday, Leif.
This variation of Norway Maple is a real show stopper. The eye-popping bright yellow-gold leaves emerge in early spring and add good color in the landscape into mid-summer and again in fall. Princeton Gold Maple produces a nice oval crown within a few years, and is adaptable to many soil types. It prefers well drained soils, [...]
In my blog last week on planting a potted tree, explaining root pruning prior to planting, I promised that the next blog would cover the width of the hole. Dig wide holes – no deeper than the height of the root ball of the tree, shrub or perennial you are placing in your landscape. How [...]
Today we held our first annual “Kid’s Planting Day”. The kids came and planted annual planters to give to mom for Mother’s Day. They potted their chosen plants with the help of Heidi and Kristin from our staff, and the dads got right in there to help as well. We labeled the planters and will [...]
With each trip down one of the sales decks, I finding myself saying, “This is the best time of the year”. It could be right now with the magnolias blossoming, or in another few weeks when the lilacs are in their glory, or maybe in August when the hydrangeas start their flower show. The Magnolias [...]
Gary Powell, our newest retail employee, celebrated his birthday today with all of us here at the nursery. Gary is retired from Northwest Airlines and lives in the southern metro. He has taken the course for becoming a Master Gardener and is also one of our certified employees under the Proven Winners Program. With lots [...]
The Northern Pin Oak – (Quercus ellipoidalis) is a lovely native tree that can handle a wide variety of soil types, and shows excellent reddish fall color, as well as a nice rusty brown throughout the winter since it is one of the varieties that usually holds spent leaves on the twigs almost until the [...]
The two most important things you will want to do when planting a tree that has been grown in a plastic nursery pot are to root prune aggressively prior to planting, and to dig a hole of the correct depth and width. Root pruning? What’s root pruning you say? Root pruning cuts or removes tree [...]
Northern Sun Forsythia Tree The bright yellow forsythia flowers fill out the branches of this small ornamental tree. Exploding with color before the leaves emerge, this plant definitely says “Spring is Here”. Forsythias are one of the springs earliest bloomers and will add a few more weeks onto the gardening color season. Zone 4 hardy, [...]
Our first shipment of spring annuals is scheduled to arrive late this afternoon. We’ll have the cool season annuals available first thing tomorrow morning! There’ll be Alyssum, Dianthus, Dusty Miller, Pansies, Petunias, Snapdragons, Vinca and Violas. We’ll also have available a few varieties of the annuals that are for warmer temps if you’re starting your own [...]
This spring – when it finally arrived – is very dry. The plants need to be watered! Any plantings that you did new to your yard in 2008, all need a drink of water. A thorough watering once or twice a week will keep these plants going as they are getting established in your landscape. [...]
The Northfield Garden Club is sponsoring the Northfield in Bloom Program this spring. They are promoting beautifying Northfield. Businesses, the colleges, retirement communities and homeowners are all encouraged to plant flowers as we did last year. The Garden Club has chosen plants which are economical and would they would appreciate the use of these colors [...]
Leif and I live in the woods and with that in mind – we love shade gardening. Woodland Creeping Phlox is a wonderful spring blossoming perennial. The variety pictured to the right is Sherwood Purple. The foliage is a vibrant green and it is low to the ground and “creeps” out. The blossoms will reach [...]
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