What a nice April so far! The impending frost predicted Tuesday morning did not happen as cloud cover blanketed the area that kept the earth’s heat from radiating into space. The Soulangeana or saucer magnolia frequently opens early only to have its gorgeous blossoms turn brown from a freezing night that this year did not happen. Other flowers are […]

Winter brings a completely different product line to the nursery.  We concentrate our efforts on the holidays which includes growing and fattening poinsettias for our customers and local churches, cutting fresh branches at Galehouse Tree Farm to create our hand-made cemetery blankets and awaiting the delivery of fresh cut Ohio trees, live wreaths and roping to decorate […]

The popularity of these big, bold plants has grown over the few years.  Many people remember Hydrangeas from their childhood.  Today, we’re falling in love with them all over again.  Hydrangeas should be sited in moist, rich garden soil.  Hydrangeas can be categorized into 6 different types: mophead, lacecap, climbing, mountain, Oakleaf and panicle.  Each […]

Acer ‘Autumn Blaze’, Autumn Blaze Maple (tree) Aronia, Chokeberry (shrub) Betula nigra ‘Heritage’, Heritage River Birch (tree) Forsythia (shrub) Gleditsia, Honeylocust (tree) Hamamelis, Witch Hazel (shrub) Juniper chinensis, Chinese Juniper (shrub) Juniperus horizontalis ‘Wiltoni’, Blue Rug Juniper (shrub) Liriodendron tulipifera, Tulip Tree (tree) Metasequoia glypostrboides, Dawn Redwood (tree) Physocarpus, Nnebark (shrub) Picea abies, Norway Spruce (tree) Pinus strobus, Eastern White Pine (tree) Prunus x cistena, Sand […]

Yesterday was our annual employee meeting where we went over some upcoming changes, new plants for 2021, safety videos and we met with a representative from Ohio’s Bureau of Worker’s Compensation Drug Free Workplace program. With all of the heavy equipment we use on a daily basis, safety is our top priority! We have been […]

The Fourth of July is now passed and hopefully the very hot weather that is not good for people or plants. According to long time produce farmer Chuck Seiberling, even heat-loving vegetables like tomatoes thrive better when temperatures are in the eighties in the day and sixties at night. The difference between daytime and nightime […]

The information provided below is a great resource to follow along with our video “How To Extend the Bloom Time of Your Yard & Garden”.  Link available after 12:00 on March 13 ANNUALS or PERENNIALS Re-bloomers Mixing spring, summer and fall bloomers FERTILIZER & DEADHEADING Deadheading spent blooms, especially on those that tend to re-bloom. […]

As February rolls along, work in the greenhouse intensifies as rooted cuttings now must be transplanted into pots and hanging baskets while more unrooted cuttings are to arrive from Costa Rica and Guatemala. Strict sanitation controls are in place at the foreign greenhouses where the stock plants for the plant cuttings grow. In 2013, a […]

Summer brings with it a variety of blooming shrubs. One of the easiest to grow species is the paniculata group of hydrangeas; that is, Limelight, Little Lime, Little Lamb, Vanilla Strawberry and Strawberry Sundae among others. One of the best is Hydrangea ‘Bobo’ that is compact and full growing to 3-4 feet with pure white […]

Grapes send their roots deep where they can, and they prefer a soil that is rich in organic material. You can encourage growth by adding an organic supplement at planting time and mulching the roots afterward. The site should have good air circulation because grapes are subject to disease in stagnant air. Grapes fruit on […]

CRABGRASS CONTROLPLUS LAWN FOOD with GreenSmart SPRINGApply April 1 to April 25th Apply in early spring to prevent crabgrass from germinating and to give your lawn it’s first fertilizing of the season.  Use a walk behind spreader to spread fertilizer, following the directions on the bag for proper fertilizer settings.  You will need to water […]

Many homeowners find it difficult to landscape shady areas. The solution is in the selection of plants. Some plants prefer shade, some will tolerate it and some won’t do well at all. Before you begin to landscape a shady area, you need to note exactly how much shade there is, what time of the day […]

Outside chores at the nursery have stopped as the bitter cold continues. The production greenhouse is now requiring lots of attention as the first application of nematodes for fungus gnat and thrip insects was applied last week. While thrips can get out of control and destroy flowers and weaken plants later in spring, fungus gnats […]

As it heats up in late spring, it’s necessary to spray a white shade compound on our greenhouse roof in order to cool down the internal temperature and keep our shade plants from burning from the hot sun. It’s a scary job to walk along these tall roofs to spray the shade. Thank you Alec […]