Garden

Spring flowering bulbs are an excellent way to provide color and variety to that late Winter through early summer landscape.  To get a great selection of bulbs, it’s best to make your purchases in September.  We then recommend that the bulbs be held for planting until early to late October when the soil temperatures are […]

Well, it’s started. The construction of the grave blankets with the cutting of scotch pine branches and later followed by spruce at Galehouse Tree Farms in Doylestown. Unfortunately, the heavy rains delayed things because of the problem of getting the truck stuck between the rows as happened two years ago. Our bulb planting has finally […]

As the single early and Darwin type tulips have begun to bloom in a kaleidoscope of colors you’ll think you have stepped into Holland. The nursery is buzzing with excitement as the creeping phlox is quite a sight to see along with the floriferous display from the blossoms of the Pieris and early blooming rhododendron. […]

Forcing spring flowering bulbs can be a very rewarding project!  Flowering plants can cheer up any home after the long winter blahs.  Here is a chart of how long to keep the bulbs cold before starting the forcing process.  After cold storing, bring into a sunny spot at 60-70 degrees F. Plant Weeks Cold Weeks […]

Unlike the Tall Bearded Iris, the beardless Japanese Iris has a flat bloom, narrower leaves, and smaller, more compact rhizomes. They have the largest flowers of all irises, and make wonderful spring accents for the edge of water gardens.  Japanese irises are the latest to bloom, about a month after the Siberian irises. No garden […]

Sadly, the beautiful annuals were pulled out of the beds as we must start planting 15,000 flower bulbs while the weather is favorably and the help is available. Wide trenches will be dug with as many as 16 bulbs placed across the trench about 4 inches deep and then finished off with a one inch […]

It finally happened; that is a killing frost with sustained temperatures of 32ºF or below.  Three earlier frosts were not enough to knock out the annual flowers around the nursery although last Saturday we removed and dumped about forty huge pots of tropical plants and annuals.  Some of the customers on Saturday were surprised we would not […]

Not your typical poinsettia, our plants have been beefed up with extra calcium to create sturdy, thick stems that do not droop or break.  Also, the flower bracts are sprayed with a low concentration of a plant hormone that makes the flower bracts enlarge giving that extra edge over grocery store poinsettias. 2018 Pricing: 4.5″ […]

This week is considered “hell week” at the nursery as semi truck loads of product have been received that must be unloaded, counted, tagged and then put away very quickly as sometimes two loads arrive at once and there is no time to rest or otherwise pause in the endeavor. All the while, a huge […]

It’s wild here now as we strive to process and then pot up the mountain of perennial orders that have come in. The bareroot roses have already been trimmed and potted and are in our minimum heat house in which the plants are kept between 28ºF and 34ºF in order that they might grow slowly as […]

With the colder and wetter than normal weather, we’re placing the small trees and shrubs into winter storage. There are still many trees on display and any stock put away can still be accessed easily for customers. Flower bulb planting is still going on as we are going to finish up the last 4,000 this […]

Neatly mulched beds improve the appearance of any landscape. But beyond its appearance, a layer of mulch provides many other benefits. Mulch protects the plants’ root systems and can add much-needed nutrients to the soil. Mulch allows the erosion of topsoil. Though applying mulch may seem like a chore, it can actually save you effort […]

As the days seem to grow shorter and darker in early December, the three banks of installation of solar panels still produce electricity although not enough to offset the nursery usage.  The most recent installation is that on the market-office complex which will be live before year’s end. In winter, the complex uses very few […]

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