by David Schreier | May 1, 2014 | Market News
Hydrangeas are some of the best-loved flowering shrubs grown in gardens and home landscapes. Long-lasting blooms provide months of color from June to the frost of autumn. Hydrangeas grow as vines, shrubs, or small trees. They are often used as a foundation plant,...
by David Schreier | Jan 8, 2014 | Market News
Of all the plant varieties growing in the display gardens along the exterior of our greenhouses, the most noticeable during the winter months is an uncommon semi-dwarf Norway spruce with an unusual name; Picea abies ‘Acrocona’. Acro in Latin means...
by David Schreier | Dec 6, 2013 | Market News
The Japanese maple (Acer x palmatum) comes in many beautiful cultivars and is the most widely grown maple in the American landscape garden. It is valued for its compact size as a picturesque, small shrubby tree with delicate foliage in horizontal layers and brilliant...
by David Schreier | Nov 4, 2013 | Market News
We have several customers who live in sandy soil areas, such as Hastings, and Vermillion and Castle Rock Townships, who have had little luck growing shade trees on lawns and along streets. The tree that our staff shows them in our tree lot is the Northern Pin Oak...
by David Schreier | Oct 1, 2013 | Market News
The American Yellowwood (Cladrastis kentuckea) is native in the Southeastern States, but is hardy as a shade tree in Minnesota in our zone USDA 4b. It is a small tree, usually not exceeding 30 to 40 feet, with a short trunk and several ascending or slightly spreading...
