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Purple Sandcherry-Pruning and Propagating

Updated : May 20, 2015

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Purple Flowering Sandcherry is an easy plant to grow, always a great seller because of its purple leaves and delicate pink flowers. Always in demand. How is this plant sold? Let me count the ways. Unrooted hardwood cuttings. An unrooted cutting is pretty much nothing but a stick.  But because of the popularity of Purple… Click here to read more…

Who is Mike McGroarty?

Updated : January 5, 2019
Duston McGroarty, 1983

This is my story: (It’s a little on the ugly side.) I grew up in the small town of Perry, Ohio.  Not much in Perry except plant nurseries, and we have about 100 wholesale growers within about a 10 mile radius of my house.  I still live within a mile of where I grew up…. Click here to read more…

King Arthur Nursery, LLC, Oakville, Missouri

Updated : February 7, 2020

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Green Giant Arborvitae Rooted Cuttings.

Hello! My name is Kevin Schwab and, along with my wife Christine and daughter Emily, own and operate King Arthur Nursery, LLC. The Schwabs are Members of Our Backyard Growers Business Center which is why his nursery is being featured here. We are located in metro St. Louis, Missouri in a very accessible area of… Click here to read more…

Abbotswood Potentilla, Growing, Propagating and Selling them.

Updated : December 4, 2015

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Potentilla fruticosa 'Abbotswood'

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…

How to Make Your Own Awesome Potting Soil.

Updated : October 17, 2015

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Mike's Dagwood Sandwich Potting Soil Ingredients System.

Potting Soil has to be the most confusing thing ever! Really it is.  You look around on the Internet and you find recipe after recipe after recipe for potting soil.  And they vary a lot and for the most part they are very different. The worst thing about all this variation? Very few of these… Click here to read more…

Growing Grapes

Updated : February 13, 2015

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Why am I posting about this now? Because in Ohio, it is time to prune your grape vines! Plant your cuttings in the spring to grow more grape vines! Like most plants, grape vines really like rich soil that is fairly well drained. However, they will grow well in soils heavier than most ornamental plants… Click here to read more…

Pruning and Propagating Purple Sandcherry

Updated : January 8, 2015

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A winter plant propagation video. You are about to discover how to to make hardwood cuttings of Purple Sandcherry and other flowering shrubs.  Watch the video. ******************************************************** I’m an ad, just ignore me.  I’m used to it. A Christmas Present for you!  Give yourself my Backyard Growing System for Christmas. If this doesn’t change your… Click here to read more…

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Hardwood cuttings of Dappled Willow.

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Mike McGroarty sucks at landscape design.

My Landscape Design Skills Suck!

That's what he told me. He said my landscape design skills totally suck. Or something to that effect. Last summer when I did a post about landscape lighting some helpful visitor to my website suggested that I stick to growing plants because I was a … Read Full Article

Japanese maples balled in burlap.

How to put a ball and burlap on a bare root tree that has been previously dug.

One of the most important things you need to learn as a gardener is that there is a digging or transplanting season that has a beginning and an end. Digging season starts in the fall, usually around Thanksgiving, after deciduous plants have lost their leaves. … Read Full Article

Mike McGroarty interviews a successful backyard grower from Tennessee.

Mike Interviews a Very Successful Backyard Grower from Tennessee.

See more photos and learn more about Nathan and his nursery here. Questions, comments, mean things to say? Post them below and I will respond. Until then, by any and all means stay inspired! I often share this quote with Our Members . . . “Until one … Read Full Article

Red Prince Weigela

Red Prince Weigela

Red Prince Weigela is one of the best selling plants that I grow. I guess it's the striking red flowers that attract attention that make it such a great seller. Red Prince grows well in zones 4 through 8. Red Prince loves full sun but it will also … Read Full Article

Bare Root Japanese Maple Trees about to be Heeled in.

Digging and storing bare root trees for later potting.

These are rules for digging trees and other plants. Only dig trees or plants when they are dormant. Here in Ohio dormancy occurs usually right before Thanksgiving, after we've had at least on night with temps down around 28 degrees F. or lower.That's when … Read Full Article

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