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Pest Alert!  Japanese Beetle

Pest Alert! Japanese Beetle

Japanese beetles are small pests that carry a big threat. They do not discriminate on what types of plants to feed on, in fact, they are classified as a pest to hundreds of different plants.

Swimming Around Beauty

Swimming Around Beauty

The project we will share this month was completed in Burnsville and consisted of removing some old over grown shrubs, rock and edging followed up with the installation of soil, edging, outcroppings, plant material, preen and mulch.

Refreshing Look

Refreshing Look

Wow! It is hard to believe July is over and we are on to August. With the late spring, it seems like we just started with landscaping jobs. Pahl’s had another great month of landscaping with the install of beautiful projects.  August tends to be a busy month, it’s the...

The Limbo Month

The Limbo Month

I like to refer to August as the limbo month of the garden center world. Everyone is in the midst of summer and have seen their flowers grow into the beautiful full plants we knew they’d become. At this point, not very many people want to buy more flowers because...

Plant of the Month – Baby Lace Hydrangea

Plant of the Month – Baby Lace Hydrangea

The trend for breeding smaller plants continues with Baby Lace Hydrangea.  It is an all pop Hydrangea with creamy white, cone-shaped flowers.  Its flowers are similarly shaped like Limelight Hydrangea but differ as it is a 4 x 4 compact plant.  Baby Lace Hydrangea was...

Easy Elegance Kashmir Rose

Easy Elegance Kashmir Rose

Bailey’s final feature for National Rose Month last month was the velvety dark red Kashmir Rose. Each full 3″ bloom resembles a hybrid tea, that just begs to be cut and shown off in a vase.

Crop Progression

Crop Progression

Sure has been a steamy one these past couple of weeks. With the heat it brings on the maturity of crops at a pretty good pace.

Feeling Hot Hot Hot

Feeling Hot Hot Hot

When July hits it reminds me of being a kid and thinking that summer is half over. Tough to believe that we burned through June this fast and we are already on to July.