Sadly in the afternoon on Sunday, June 18th, our nursery cat L.B. died after having a seizure and then lying down with heavy labored breathing. The past year he had trouble from an animal bite from which he recovered but then in March slowed down from eating which caused him to lose weight and become […]

Well, it finally happened, we have brought out many trees and shrubs although not all are ready for sale such as the gorgeous Ruby Falls redbud and Forest Pansy. Our summer baskets of annual flowers are finally ready too to provide color for the remainder of summer with a greatly reduced price as we do […]

The heat wave of last week was almost unbearable as the temperature on at least two days climbed to 96ºF at the nursery. Watering watches were the rule at the nursery as even though the sprinklers water the stock, in a few areas watering was not enough and so necessitated some hand watering and the […]

Many principles of organic gardening – using manures and compost, and taking measures to deter pests and diseases rather than simply destroying them with chemicals – are familiar to most gardeners.  However, preventing problems organically isn’t always easy.  Luckily today there are numerous organic products to make a safe lawn and garden for people and […]

Last Sunday (Mother’s Day) was quite a bust as the rain continued all day with a brief period of snow. Then, Thursday morning brought a severe frost in which our water pump for irrigation had to work overtime to protect the new growth and flowers on our stock. But things are now looking up as […]

Last Saturday’s seminar on soils was well attended as the “mysteries” of soil were explored in order to turn those that consider themselves as having a “black thumb” to a gardener with a green one and making a good gardener even better. Even though only about two percent of the population of the Unites States […]

The clematis that we had potted 2 weeks ago are starting to take off and grow and soon may be a tangled mess that we must cut apart even though the plants are at a spacing of one foot on center. The hydrangeas planted on the nursery property are blooming profusely including the giant Limelight […]

To say the least, the perennial sale has been quite popular except for the fact that some of the most popular items are selling out quickly as a buy one, get one free offer is hard to resist. The problem lies therein that we are not buying items elsewhere to replenish the stock as frequently […]

As the seminars roll along, the winter weather although still cold seems to be abating.  Saturday’s seminar will be that of of Professor Laura Deeter of Landscape Horticulture and Horticulture Science at Ohio State ATI in Wooster. Professor Deeter will be discussing the aspects of the maintenance of herbaceous perennials that especially to the inexperienced […]

Now that we are past the shortest day of the year things are actually looking up as the days will slowly increase in length until it culminates in the summer solstice on June 21st. At the nursery planting, sticking of cuttings, trimming and repair projects will continue all winter which seems to make the cold […]

WHAT A WEEK! Between unloading a semi of new plants, potting up Clematis plugs for next spring and the lengthy task of preparing for the Blueberry Bash this Saturday, we have been nothing but BUSY little bees! To start off I wanted to announce a brand new shipment of the ever popular Arborvitae and Western Red Cedars. Plus, […]

Winter’s last gasp (hopefully) is done at least concerning minimum low temperatures in the teens. Snow is another matter as Lake Erie is unfrozen and strong winds from the north could bring additional snow to southern Summit County and areas even farther south through April. As far as the plant business, snow is not a […]

With a decent frost last Sunday morning, the northern and western slope of the store roof was white until almost 9 a.m. Fortunately, the irrigation clock begins the watering cycle at 4 a.m. and protected the evergreen azaleas from a hard frost as the flower inside the buds can be killed by early frost.  Years ago a frost in […]