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Tardiva Hydrangea/Hydrangea paniculata ‘Tardiva’

Updated : June 17, 2024

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Tardiva Hydrangea/ Hydrangea paniculata 'Tardiva'

How’s that for beautiful? Tardiva Hydrangea is one of those hydrangeas that “Never Fails to Bloom”! The plant that you are looking at in these photos I planted in the spring of 2020. They were little tiny rooted cuttings and I planted them in an area of the nursery where it’s really difficult to water… Click here to read more…

Autum Joy Sedum/Stonecrop

Updated : June 17, 2024

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Autum Joy Sedum/Stonecrop

Autum Joy Sedum/Stonecrop is a great addition to any landscape. They make a wonderful border and are perfect for rock gardens. They are a super easy to grow and care for deciduous perennial. They love full sun and do just as well in partial shade. They also look great when planted in groups or mass… Click here to read more…

Stonecrop, Sedum takesimense ATLANTIS®

Updated : June 17, 2024

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Atlantis Sedum

This is an amazing perennial sedum that is semi evergreen which means that in most climates it will continue to look good even in the winter months. Perfect for rock gardens or mass plantings. I like to use them in small mass plantings in my landscape. I’ll show you some photos of that once mine… Click here to read more…

Pink Diamond Hydrangea, Growing, Selling and Propagating this Amazing Plant.

Updated : September 26, 2020

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Pink Diamond Hydrangea in bloom.

Pink Diamond is a beautiful Hydrangea with panicle flowers that open white and then turn interesting shades of pink. This hydrangea can grow as tall as 12′ but it is also very easy to maintain as low as 30″ if that’s what you want. I can assure you, the ones in my landscape will never… Click here to read more…

Phantom Hydrangea, Hydrangea paniculata ‘Phantom’

Updated : October 16, 2020

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Phantom Hydrangea

Phantom Hydrangea is in the panicle family of hydrangeas. That means that it is super hardy and a very predictable bloomer. It blooms on current years growth. That means that the plant starts growing like crazy in the spring, then come mid summer it stops growing and makes a flower bud on the end of… Click here to read more…

‘Millenium’ Ornamental Onion

Updated : April 13, 2022

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Millenium Ornamental Onion

This is an amazing perennial that should be easily called pollinator of the year! Bees and butterflies love this plant! And please don’t refrain from using this plant because it attracts bees. That’s a good thing! It doesn’t attract bees. The bees are already there, around your house, they are attracted to this plant. When… Click here to read more…

Weeping Cotoneaster Tree.

Updated : August 24, 2020

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Cotoneaster Apiculata Tree Form

The weeping cotoneaster tree is a combination of Cotoneaster Apiculata grafted onto a root stock standard. Usually the root stock that is used is either Paul’s Scarlet Hawthorne or Washington Hawthorn. In it’s natural state Cotoneaster Apiculata usually only grows about 18″ to 36″ high and is kind of unruly. It really should be pruned… Click here to read more…

Growing, Selling and Propagating Silver Dollar Hydrangea

Updated : August 23, 2020

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Sliver Dollar Hydrangea

About the Silver Dollar Hydrangea. It grows only about four feet or four and half foot tall. The flower color is a cream why with a tinge of pink. It loves full sun and partial shade. It attracts Butterflies and Bees. Is it deer resistant? No, but it’s what I call deer resilient. If they… Click here to read more…

The Perfect Plant for a Shady Garden, Jack Frost Brunnera

Updated : June 23, 2020

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Jack Frost Brunnera

Loves shade, does not tolerate sun well at all. Grows to a height of about 12 to 15 inches tall. Flowers are striking blue clusters. Hardy in zones 3 through 8. Water once or twice a week in the heat of the summer. If planting in a group place them 12″ to 14″ apart. There… Click here to read more…

Growing, Selling and Propagating Dark Green Arborvitae.

Updated : May 3, 2020

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Dark Green Arborvitae

Dark Green Arborvitae is the perfect plant for an evergreen hedge that will give you both privacy and beauty. For an evergreen they are a relatively fast grower, filling in nicely to create the perfect privacy hedge. Dark Green Arbovitae grow happily in zones 3 through 7. They 36″ to 48″ wide and grow as… Click here to read more…

Little Business Daylily, Hemerocallis ‘Little Business’, Reblooming Daylily

Updated : April 18, 2020

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Little Business Daylily

This daylily grows in all kinds of soils, extremely hardy, drought tolerant and excellent choice for attracting humming birds and butterflies. We sell at ton of these at Mike’s Plant Farm. When people see the red bloom the go crazy over them. This plant happily grows in zones 3 through 9. As always, by any… Click here to read more…

Eenie Weenie Daylily, Hemerocallis ‘Eenie Weenie’

Updated : April 18, 2020

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Eenie-Weenie-Daylily

Eenie Weenie is a small, compact daylily that blooms as bright as the sun. Even with flower spikes it’s still only 16″ high. By far, one of my favorite daylilies because of it’s compact size. Hardy to zone 2, that’s pretty darn hardy! Great for attracting humming birds and butterflies. As always, by any and… Click here to read more…

Purple Ghost Japanese Maple, only $15.00!

Updated : April 1, 2020

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Purple Ghost Japanese Maple.

I just spotted these for sale in Our Members Area for only $15.00 each! Of course they are small, but $15.00? That’s a bargain. These are being offered by one of our members and she actually has a long listing of all kinds of different and rare Japanese maples. They won’t last long and I… Click here to read more…

Growing, Caring for and Propagating Miss Kim Lilac.

Updated : February 18, 2020

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The striking image of Miss Kim Lilac.

Syringa pubescens subsp. patula ‘Miss Kim’ is an awesome Lilac for any yard. This amazing plant grows tight and compact, unlike traditional lilacs. Yet it is every bit as nice in so many ways. Compact growing habit and dwarf in size. Most grow to a height and width of 6 feet or 8 feet maximum…. Click here to read more…

Growing and Propagating Black Eyed Susan, Rudebeckia

Updated : February 15, 2020

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Black Eyed Susan, Rudebeckia

Black Eyed Susan is a beautiful, great selling perennial that is super easy to grow and super easy to propagate. Several years ago I planted about 20 in a bed and for the past several years we dig up about 5 clumps, tear those clumps into pretty small pieces, pot them up and in a… Click here to read more…

Crimson Queen Laceleaf Weeping Japanese Maple

Updated : February 1, 2020

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Crimson Queen Laceleaf Weeping Japanese Maple.

Couple things you should know about a tree like this. A Laceleaf Weeping Japanese maple this size has a retail value of around $2,000. Seriously. In Our Members Area you can buy rare Japanese maples like this and so many other varieties for as little as $12 or $15. Small ones of course, but still… Click here to read more…

Hydrangea Macrophylla ‘Nigra’

Updated : January 22, 2020

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Hydrangea macrophylla 'Nigra'

Macrophylla hydrangeas are some of the most popular hydrangeas because they have large leaves, large blooms that are often very colorful. But they can also be less hardy than those in the Hydrangea paniculata family which are mostly white, off white, lime green. The Macrophyllas come in all kinds of beautiful colors. As growers or… Click here to read more…

Just Some of My Favorite Hosta Varieties.

Updated : January 12, 2020

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Hosta often get sold short because people think they’ve seen all the hostas that they want to see and often tell me; “I’ve got hosta, I don’t need anymore hosta!” When in fact they simply are not familiar with all of the really interesting varieties of hosta that are out there and not usually available… Click here to read more…

The Perfect Evergreen for a Heavily Shaded Area.

Updated : December 10, 2019

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Ilex Green Lustre Japanese Holly.

The current images on this page are not great because I took them of plants growing wild in a very heavily wooded area on my property. But I will explain why I decided to use them. Years ago when I first started landscaping houses in 1979 one of my favorite go to plants, an evergreen… Click here to read more…

Silver Dollar Hydrangea

Updated : November 30, 2019

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Silver Dollar Hydrangea.

Silver Dollar Hydrangea is an awesome hydrangea, smaller in size, yet a prolific bloomer. This plant is a sport of the P.G. Hydrangea which has been a staple in landscapes for more years than you can remember. Today several different types of hydrangeas are used to create into tree hydrangeas but I believe P.G. was… Click here to read more…

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