Tag Archives: Spring Color

Spring Show Stoppers

April 13, 2018 Leif Knecht

Most of the time when we think about plants that provide excellent color in the springtime landscape, we think of spring flowering trees, shrubs, perennials and bulbs. While these spring flowering plants do indeed help relieve the winter blahs with their … Continue Reading ››

Trees

Golden Shadows Pagoda Dogwood

May 15, 2015 Leif Knecht 2 Comments

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA — Early Spring Leaf Color

his spring Deb and I have been enjoying the graceful layered form and eye-popping gold leaf color of our Golden Shadows Pagoda Dogwood. In addition to aesthetically pleasing branch architecture, the bright gold variegated leaves of our Golden … Continue Reading ››

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Flowering Crabs are now Peaking

May 7, 2015 Leif Knecht

The blossoms of flowering crabs are now at their best. Few ornamental landscape trees can equal the massive flower display of flowering crabs. Colors are various shades of pink and white. Some of the best … Continue Reading ››

Shrubs

Lilacs Revisited

April 21, 2015 Leif Knecht

Lilac shrubs have often been overlooked in the design of our landscapes over the last few decades. There were a number of good reasons that lilacs were a favorite landscape shrub as the pioneers spread out across the continent and we became a great nation. … Continue Reading ››

Shrubs, Trees

Forsythias in Bloom

April 22, 2014 Leif Knecht

Both shrub form and tree form Forsythias are now in full bloom here at our retail garden center and are announcing the return of spring! Stop in today for a long overdue shot of gorgeous sunny yellow … Continue Reading ››

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