Remember your loved ones this holiday season with a hand-made grave blanket or grave pillow from Dayton’s. Commemorate your beloved’s grave with sprays of Blue Spruce and Pine along with waterproof ribbons and bows. We offer several ways to order cemetery decorations for local delivery or pick-up. Are you located outside of NE Ohio? Items […]

This week begins our deliveries from Willoway Nurseries of Avon, Ohio and items from Lake County nurseries that will spill into next week. Much of our bareroot shrubs and tree potting is done although this week the last of our bareroot perennials will arrive and then the next week will begin more potting of mostly […]

Potatoes are one of the first food crops you can plant in spring. Like peas, spinach, and onion sets, they are planted as soon as the ground is dry enough to dig. If your garden is slow to thaw, don’t worry. As long as you get the crop planted four weeks before your last frost, […]

We had quite a scare last week as our water system was not operating properly.  With a cleaning of the filter and a repair on a valve, the restart of the pump resulted in the shaking of the entire piping system in the pump house!  After pulling the intake from the irrigation pond, we discovered […]

Coming up on February 22nd will be the birthday of our founding father and first President George Washington born in 1732.  How strange though that his family Bible states he was born on February 5th and to complicate things more, the English Parliament changed the beginning of the year from April 1st to January 1st […]

What a beautiful fall so far although it is somewhat on the dry side necessitating that newly planted trees, shrubs and mums need watered well. Another amazing happening is that although we brought in another load of 200 Green Giant Western Red Cedars and Emerald Green Arborvitae sales were so brisk that we were nearly […]

Even though blueberries are great to use in the garden or the landscape, what is even better is that the fruit tastes good and is good for you!  The antioxidant rich properties and beneficial anthocyanins of the fruit are well known as blueberries are a powerful weapon to slow down our aging process. Blueberries are […]

The weather has been to say the least, enjoyable although it’s not typical for the end of February. Last week, the bud scales on the lilacs in the storage huts are already falling off which is definitely a sign of the plants wanting to push out growth. All the storage huts for a variety of […]

Now that the dog days of summer have arrived, the typical dryness of August appears. Some of the heavy rain for many areas earlier in the month of July seemed to miss this area when a one to two inch rainfall would have been helpful. With the somewhat warm temperatures (although cooler than last year) […]

Chrysanthemums constitute a wide variety of plants including painted daisy, the very popular Shasta daisy and what we commonly refer to as the hardy mum.  Hardy mums provide us with a wide array of color and form in the fall.  They are a perfect replacement for the annuals you have enjoyed since spring. Unlike other […]

With the arrival of June, growth is fast and furious with trees, shrubs and flowers with the long, warm days. Plus, a thousand flowering hanging baskets will be available the last week of June that we are planting now and at a reduced price since no heating is required and growth is very swift. A […]

The nursery-greenhouse trade show in Baltimore was an eye-opener as growers from all over the country and Canada set up “set up shop” to display their product. Dwarf grafted conifers are quite a specialty item most notably produced in the State of Oregon where the climate is more conducive to a longer growing season due […]

We all know that plants, especially those newly planted, need water.  But how much water is  really necessary? Luckily, there is an easy solution using just a milk jug (see tip, below).  To begin, water at initial installation of plants then again once or more weekly depending on plant size and whether they were grown […]

Evergreens such as pine, spruce, arborvitae and Western red cedar can provide the bones and backdrop to a landscape. They provide privacy, shade and shelter for birds and other animals. Even though these types of plants look tough, they do require some care when planting and the first few weeks until they become established. One […]