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Stonecrop, Sedum takesimense ATLANTIS®

Updated : January 15, 2021

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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…

Let Amazon help you with weed control in your gardens.

Updated : January 11, 2021

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Use Amazon boxes for weed control in the garden.

This is a great project for your children. Get them involved so they can see first hand how recycling works. Online buying is now bigger than ever and I really don’t see that changing anytime soon. The postmaster told me that package delivery within the post office is up six times over this time last… Click here to read more…

Storing bare root trees/plants over the winter.

Updated : January 11, 2021

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Building an underground bunker for bare root plants.

Transplanting is a winter sport! Transplanting season typically begins around Thanksgiving in most northern states. It lasts all winter and ends in very early spring before plants leaf out. Usually around mid April in cold states, earlier in warmer states. Once plants make leaves in the spring, digging/transplanting is over. That means that if we… Click here to read more…

How to Stop Mulch from Washing Out of Your Beds

Updated : October 16, 2020

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Decorative stone keeps the mulch was washing out of the landscape beds.

We were having a problem with our landscape that many people have. During a really heavy rain, a downpour, the rain water was coming rushing off the roof so fast that it was shooting right over the gutters and onto the landscape and washing the mulch right out of the bed on to the sidewalk… 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…

Harvesting Rooted Cuttings from the Propagation Bed.

Updated : September 20, 2020

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In early June of this year we stuck thousands of cuttings in our propagation bed. Today is September 18th, 2020 and I am pulling some of the cuttings from the propagation bed to get potted up. Most of the cuttings that I stick in June are fully rooted in about 6 weeks so we have… 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…

Teaching Weeping Japanese maples how to grow into beautiful trees.

Updated : August 25, 2020

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Weeping plants, like Weeping Japanese maples, have no idea how to grow in an upright fashion. As you’ll see in this movie, if just left to grow on their own they would simply lay on the ground and grow in a horizontal fashion. Sounds crazy doesn’t it? But that’s the beauty of a weeping plant…. Click here to read more…

‘Millenium’ Ornamental Onion

Updated : August 24, 2020

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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…

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Bare Root Japanese Maple Trees about to be Heeled in.

Digging and storing bare root trees for later potting.

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Finnegan checking the depth of my hole.

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Stacking trees in a pick up truck.

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Heeling rooted cuttings into pots.

Rooted cuttings, heeled into pots until we can get them potted.

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