Mike's Backyard Nursery

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Wow! I planted four of these ‘Rockin Raspberry’ Bee Balm in the perennial garden at the nursery last summer and look at them now. They are in bloom right now, end of June here in northern, Ohio and every person that sees them asks about them. This beauty grows to about 16″ to 20″ tall,… Click here to read more…

This beautiful Bee Balm is part of the ‘Sugar Buzz’ series. I planted these in my perennial bed last summer and this year they are beautiful and blooming like crazy! They grow from 16″ to 24″ tall, are hardy from zone 4 through zone 8. They love full sun but will do well in partial… Click here to read more…

‘Blue Angel’hosta is by far one of my favorite blue hostas. A big hosta like this in a perennial bed covers a lot of area and that keeps a ton of weeds at bay! These giant heart shaped leaves are very slug resistant. We have this plant in full sun. With just a bit of… Click here to read more…

‘Big Daddy’ hosta is one of my favorite big hostas, mostly because it’s big, it’s blue and it has very interested leaves that are a bit dimpled. Big Daddy hosta gets about 24″ tall and 36″ wide. It’s hardy in zones 3 through 9, the flowers are blends of white with a tinge of color,… Click here to read more…

We sold out of ‘Humpback Whale’ hosta pretty early this year. Humpback Whale is pretty impressive hosta and this one really hasn’t matured yet because they can get three feet high and 7 feet wide. I’ve also seen photos of them that show them to be a lot more blue than this one. Humpback whale… Click here to read more…

How pretty is that? And it’s a ground hugging perennial that comes back year and year. These plants were new to our nursery last year so Pam and I planted three of them in our landscape at home. Not only did they do really well last year but they wintered perfectly here in cold northern… Click here to read more…

I’ve been working on my perennial bed at the nursery and this Electric Red Dianthus caught my eye and was screaming “make my picture”. So I did! Dianthus in general are great perennials for your garden. They are super winter hardy even here in cold Northern Ohio. For us at the nursery they sell like… Click here to read more…

Me and the donkeys made a movie for you about caring for your flower bulbs after they bloom. It seems to be that the standard practice is to roll the tops into a ball, put a rubber band around them and wait for them to turn brown before you cut them off. But in my… Click here to read more…