From the USDA – Minnesota The USDA released it’s new Hardiness Zone Map. Minnesota now can claim a portion of the State being a Zone 5! (a small part – but a part nonetheless). A big change is the portion of Zone 4a which now extends further north. Mary Schier, editor of the Northern Gardener [...]
Brunnera macrophylla ‘Jack Frost’™The 2012 Perennial Plant of the Year! May we introduce you to The Perennial Plant Associations’ selection for “Perennial Plant of the Year”, Brunnera macrophylla ‘Jack Frost’ PP13859 CPBR1799! Well, that’s what it officially goes by, but we like to make things a bit more personal here at Knecht’s. Let’s call [...]
In 5 short weeks – we start up our greenhouses and hit the ground running. Next week, we have two full-time people coming back already! We are beginning our hiring process for the upcoming season. The following are the jobs available at the current time: Retail Sales Asst. Manager – Fulltime Previous sales expereience and [...]
Jim Westlund Congratulations to our Landscape Division Manager, Jim Westlund, who recently was awarded his certification as a Minnesota Certified Landscape Professional. A great depth of knowledge and real world hands on landscaping experience is necessary to pass the daunting test that has earned Jim the Landscape Professional designation. Jim Westlund’s elevation to the top [...]
Leif Knecht participated in a workshop on January 19th & 20th to help chart the future of the Minnesota Nursery and Landscape Association. Eighteen selected industry professionals from all parts of the state worked intensively with the staff of MNLA to zero in on the best ways to continually improve the knowledge, offerings, tools, resorurces, [...]
Leif Knecht, owner of Knecht’s Nurseries, will be the featured speaker at the monthly meeting of the Rice County Master Gardeners. on Tuesday, January 17, 2012. The meeting is at 7 pm at the 4-H Building on the Rice County Fairgrounds. Topics covered will be what’s new in trees, shrubs and perennials and how nurseries are [...]
‘Karl Foerster’ Feather Reed Grass Now that winter is here – finally – we can think in terms of winter. Now is the time to look around at your garden, at gardens of others, in parks, around commercial buildings – anywhere you see plants that catch your eye. We need to plant in the growing [...]
Belinda Jensen and Bobby Jensen Senator Al Franken We attended the annual Minnesota Nursery and Landscape Association Convention last week held at the Minneapolis Convention Center. There is a trade show where we visit the booths of the industry vendors on plants, machines, technology and more, and there are many, many educational seminars which we [...]
Blue Beech is a lovely small native understory/edge tree that is not well known, but deserves to be used more often in southern Minnesota landscapes. Characterized by smooth grey/blue bark that covers the undulating wavy trunk wood, an appearance developes that resembles the rippling muscles and sinews of a body builder’s forearm, earning this interesting [...]
