The annual fall festival was a success as for about a 4 hour period, dedicated parking spots were occupied as well as some more “created” 23 parking spots that were occupied as well. Now with the Mum Fest in Barberton coming around for the weekend of September 29th, the word around the nursery is “mums” […]

Now that it’s a new year, one of my goals is to set the course of the company as far as changes in infrastructure, customer relations, employee policy and so on.  Clear written goals are printed in large type on a poster board in our break room so that they are not simply folded up […]

Category Type Bed Size Amount of Mulch Compact Truck Chevy Colorado, S10, Ford Ranger, Toyota Tacoma 1 – 1.5 yards 1/2 Ton Truck Chevy 1500, Dodge 1500, Ford F-150, Toyota Tundra 6 feet 1.5 – 2 yards 8 feet 3 yards 3/4 Ton Truck Chevy 2500, Dodge Ram 2500, Ford F-250 6 feet 2 yards […]

The flowers in the landscape beds are gorgeous and with no frost predicted through October 26th it will be difficult to throw them out to the compost pile as we must start planting flower bulbs within a week. This year we are getting close to 15,000 bulbs that will be planted. The small 1½ gallon […]

On January 16th and 17th I attended a greenhouse sustainable growing seminar at the OARDC in Wooster. The seminar focused on water recycling, more research on the use of calcium chloride to eliminate foliar disease problems and the use of beneficial insects to control the “bad” bugs. Much time was given to carbon dioxide enrichment […]

Today is the day that the well revered meteorologist Dick Goddard on Cleveland Television for more than 50 years declared that February 15th and on was a milestone in that the end of winter is in sight as the average daily temperature begins to warm significantly. The longer days and more intense sun will signal […]

With the abnormally warm weather, outdoor chores continue. However, thousands of now rooted cuttings of various annual flowers remain in what are called “plug” trays and are ready to be transplanted mostly into hanging baskets. Then we must take thousands more of geranium cuttings as the stock plants from which we took cuttings three weeks […]

This webpage will discuss the following insect and disease issues: Aphids, flea beetles, colorado potato beetle, hornworm, whitefly, root nematode, tobacco mosaic virus, walnut wilt, verticillium wilt, fusarium wilt, alternaria, early blight, late blight, bacterial wilt, growth cracks andblossom end rot Leaves are sticky, yellow, and distorted Aphids are tiny insects that come in many colors and suck […]

Even though January is that long, seemingly non-ending winter month at the nursery, the somewhat slower time allows for a “look-back” of what went wrong and definitely needs improvement. As in any operation, the goal of perfection is for sure elusive; however, the strive is for excellence and continuing improvement which are never ending. One […]

Weather is a factor in many businesses and especially the plant business as far as sales and work that must be accomplished. Constant rain has made it miserable to collect branches for grave blankets as we struggle to carry them from the field to our truck on more solid ground. Clean up around the nursery […]

The next seminar I will be giving on vertical gardening or climbing vines.  There’s lots more to the category than just clematis, honeysuckles and morning glory’s as I will discuss some annual vines and tropical vines that can be planted to beautify a garden wall, trellis or pergola.  Some of the vines have “feet” with […]

With growth ramping up in the greenhouse with the more intense sun and longer days, the bugs that feed on the plants are multiplying fast too! Working with the Koppert Company branch out of Michigan that specializes in beneficial insect control of pests in the greenhouse, our pesticide use this year will be cut by […]

Calamagrostis ‘Overdam’, Reed GrassCarex ‘Banana Boat’, Sedge Grass Carex ‘Ice Ballet’, Sedge Grass Hakonechloa ‘All Gold’, Hakone Grass/Japanese Forest Grass Miscanthus sinensis ‘Gracillimus‘, Maiden Grass Miscanthus sinensis ‘Dixieland‘, Maiden Grass Miscanthus sinensis ‘Strictus’, Maiden Grass Miscanthus sinensis ‘Gold Bar‘, Maiden Grass Miscanthus sinensis ‘Zebrinus’, Maiden Grass Aegopodium ‘Variegata’, Snow on the MountainHosta ‘Antioch‘ Hosta ‘Albo-Marginata‘ […]

Hedges and screens are necessary in many landscapes across Ohio. Whether it is to block road noise, use as a windscreen or block pesky neighbors, there are certain plants that work best in this instance and many are listed below. Some of our favorites are arborvitae and Western red cedar. Evergreens, which are the most […]