What Is In a Name? Plant Classification
Many people find themselves asking the question, "why use Latin to classify?" When you consider that there are over 250,000 species of living plants...
Grown Right
Dear Friends: When we began our nursery in 1987, we were selling plants in our local market – we knew each and every customer and they knew us. ...
Keeping The Mosquitoes at Bay..
As summer quickly approaches, we have all been plagued with a common annoyance: mosquitoes. Is it my imagination, or are these pesky critters...
Uneasy Alliance
I have not made a journal entry in so long, I do not remember when it was. The reason is simple; I have been busy packing plants for shipment. When planting time finally arrives, everyone wants their plants now! And we understand because I have been planting my own...
Thanks Martha!
I often wonder where I’d be without loyal customers .. not only because of their financial support, but also for their emotional and practical support!
Just Horsing Around!
Lawn ornaments? My wife just keeps collecting horses – once our daughter ‘spit the bit’, so to speak, she wouldn’t let us sell her pony, ‘Dunkin’ Donuts’, so we just added him to the collection.
Diascia in the Garden
Selling plants over some years, each plant develops it’s own unique history. Diascia is a little known plant we have grown since our beginning.
Baby Bunnies
Last year baby bunnies were born and raised inside the greenhouse. This year they were found in the remnants of our wood pile.
Varmints in the Garden
I never thought our Year in the Life of a Garden would be raided by varmints, but it was last night.