Here at Mike’s Plant Farm in Perry, Ohio we root tens of thousands of cuttings.  Mostly flowering shrubs but we also do some evergreens as well.  But in addition to that I buy plugs from wholesale suppliers that we can grow on and resell at a nice profit.  I share my wholesale sources with Our… Click here to read more…

Blue Rug Juniper, Juniperus horizontalis ‘Wiltonii’ This an absolutely awesome plant to grow, sell or use in a landscape design.  They are hardy, tough as nails, will grow in just about any kind of soil and they do well in zones 3-9.  How’s that for adaptability? When I was landscaping and re-landscaping homes I put no… Click here to read more…

Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Forever Pink’ I love this hydrangea!  I bought 200 rooted cuttings for 55¢ each, potted them up in mid-May and by mid-summer they had flushed out and were blooming like crazy. I didn’t get these two photos until September so by that time the blooms were going away, wish I had gotten the… Click here to read more…

Blue Mouse Ears Hosta is a “Rock Star” in any garden!  And the leaves really do look like mouse ears.  The plant that I photographed for this article was growing in pretty heavy shade so it doesn’t has as much color as it would if it were out where it would get more sun. It… Click here to read more…

Botanically known as Potentilla fruiticosa ‘Pink Whisper’ this is an excellent plant to put in your yard.  It’s easy to grow, easy to care for, flowers all summer into the fall and it’s really easy to propagate. Pink Whisper Potentilla loves full sun and maybe a little bit ofvshade.  But it’s not a good selection… Click here to read more…

Abbotswood Potentilla is awesome plant!  It’s easy to grow, easy to care for, super easy to propagate and it really easy to keep it looking nice in a landscape. Abbottswood, like most Potentilla is a prolific bloomer.  It starts blooming in June and blooms all summer long right on into fall. Hardy in zones 3… Click here to read more…

Gold Flame Spirea, Spiraea x bumalda ‘Goldflame’ is extremely colorful and eye catching.  It’s easy to grow, easy to propagate and sells like wild fire!  I’ve got a few of them planted around the nursery and as soon as people see them they ask about them.  This is a plant that we can’t seem to… Click here to read more…

Weigela florida ‘Tango’ Hardy in zones 4 through 8. I think Tango Weigela is an awesome plant and it’s a crazy hot seller for me.  It is one of the more compact weigelas and has  redish, purple dark leaves with flowers that are red to deep red. This is one of those plants that I… Click here to read more…

Liriope muscari ‘Variegata’, also known as Variegated Lilly Turf. Variegated Liriope is an awesome landscape and I tell you why.  It’s colorful, it flowers, it’s attractive and it’s super easy to care.  I’ve used this plant in landscape plants for years and 20 years later it still looks good.  It never gets too big, it… Click here to read more…

Viburnum x rhytidophylloides ‘Alleghany’ Doesn’t matter if you are looking for a plant to grow and sell or if you are a home owner looking for a different kind of plant for your landscape, the Alleghany Viburnum is an interest and awesome plant. These are just a few of the highlights of the plant.  Loaded… Click here to read more…