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Mike McGroarty Interviewed On Western Life Radio (April 4, 2020)

Updated : April 28, 2020

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Inventory at Mike’s Plant Farm in Perry, Ohio

Updated : June 15, 2023

115 Comments

Ice Plant, delosperma

Every single plant in the joint is only $7.97! I think we have 11 plants that are not $7.97. Everything else is! Please note; This inventory list is not complete. We have many thing that are not on this list and there are a few things here that we are still trying to get. Mike’s… 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

18 Comments

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…

Covid-19, the Corona Virus and the plant business.

Updated : March 27, 2020

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How small growers are thriving during this crisis with online plant sales. The beauty of growing small plants at home is that those plants are small enough that they can be easily boxed up and shipped to eager buyers who find you online. In this video I take you on a tour of the Buy/Sell… Click here to read more…

Mike Does a Radio Interview

Updated : February 27, 2020

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Growing, Caring for and Propagating Miss Kim Lilac.

Updated : February 18, 2020

42 Comments

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

44 Comments

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…

Backyard Growers Shindig 2019

Updated : February 1, 2020

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Backyard Growers Shindig 2019

Every year we host a big get together for or Our Backyard Grower Members. I’ve been doing this since at least 2003, it’s been so long I can’t even remember. We’ve just set the date for our 2020 Backyard Growers Shindig. Since this is a members only event we only post the date, time and… 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

7 Comments

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

13 Comments

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…

Rare Japanese Maple Varieties $15 and $20 each!

Updated : June 17, 2024

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Crimson Queen Japanese maple.

This is an actual ad from the Buy/Sell Area of Our Members Area. I am posting it here just to give you an idea what what the ads in Our Buy/Sell Area actually look like and what kind of deals you can find there. I am posting it here just to give you an idea… Click here to read more…

Mini Skirt Hosta PP26743

Updated : June 17, 2024

2 Comments

See the PP26743 after the name of this neat little hosta? That means that this plant is patented and you can I are not allowed to propagate this hosta, even if for our own yard. But don’t let the plant patent scare you off. Just because we can’t propagate plants like this we can still… Click here to read more…

Sunsation Magnolia

Updated : June 17, 2024

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My neighbor Richard gave me several Magolias this spring. They were all young plants but this ‘Sunsation’ bloomed like crazy despite it’s small size. Things you should know about ‘Sunsation’ Magnolia . . . The blooms are a striking, beautiful yellow color. This ornamental tree is hardy in zones 5 thru 9. It blooms in… Click here to read more…

Sadie’s Delight Japanese Maple.

Updated : June 17, 2024

70 Comments

This wonderful little tree was given to me by one of our long time members Janice Meyers. Janice grew hundreds of Japanese maples from seed and this one just stood out as very unique. So she named it after her mother Sadie. Janice hung on to it for some time but then she was getting… Click here to read more…

Trimming Liners Before you Pot them.

Updated : June 17, 2024

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If there’s one thing that human beings really, really are afraid to do, it’s trimming plants. I hear this all the time; “I was afraid to trim them, I was afraid I’d kill them.” First of all, you are not going to kill things simply by trimming them. Of course cutting things to much during… Click here to read more…

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