Archive for month: March, 2018

SPRING…. officially

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By the calendar its officially Spring  but waking up to snow is  kinda depressing.

 

The weather also messed up our annual Spring Auction… It was held last saturday   and the forecast scared people away…..    For the few hardy souls that came they got some tremendous deals…. Plants went cheap…..    Like a $60 chestnut laurel  for $10….  a $160 lilac patio tree  for  $25….  a  $180 cut leaf japanese  maple for $28……    that one hurt……  and  to make matters worse…. a $190 spiral alberta spruce  for $40….    BUT , thats why people come to auctions….. to get deals… Everyone left with big smiles on their

Our crop  of hanging baskets  are looking good….  weve had to spread them apart already… Some are even starting to bloom….  Soooo nice to see color in the greenhouses.    Today   another shipment of plugs arrived for 4.5 inch  pots…     Only 7 weeks til mothers day and our normal frost free date.

 

Crews are out working… well, not today or yesterday…     Now is the time to call us for a landscape design….  we added another designer  so  we can  get ideas  back to  to you quicker….  Please give us a call.

SPRING IS COMING …… REALLY

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Only 10 more days til spring but  you wouldn’t know it by the weather… Brrrr. Crews are out working but its hard in the snow…..   Daffodils and tulips are popping up so thats a good sign…

 

This is the last saturday we will be closed… Starting Spring hours  next week…..  Our Auction is next saturday   so  that will be our first    weekend open since last december…

 

Hanging baskets and some of the early flowers are potted and looking good….   Really excited about the 2 gallon rhubarb  Larry planted.. They are looking great…   Sweet potatoes are sending up shoots….  will put a few in hanging baskets  and the rest in 4″ pots… We also have tomatoes and peppers in hanging baskets…. sooo you can have a garden without planting in the ground.

I’m off on appointments… Its not too early for you to call to discuss those spring landscape projects….

 

19 days til Spring

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March 1st…ALREADY.   Its been a long dreary winter.. We’ve had cold ,snow, hot, rainy weather… sometimes min the same day… I’ll be glad when Spring arrives  OR the weather gets back to normal.

Crews will be starting back next week   and after pesticide  and safety training  will be ready to work.   Spring cleanups of existing landscapes is the first order of business… Every Spring  existing landscapes need attention.. Fertilizing, weed control, light trimming  and remulching will make that landscape look new again.

 

Some evergreens are looking burnt  from the cold weather in January…. We like to wait until may to even think about replacing them… Many will loose those leaves and regenerate new ones…  no sense going to the expense of replacing one when it will come back as good as new. Fertilize  the “sickies ” and let nature take its course.

Our next big event is our Spring Auction.. March 17th…     Last year we had 150 lots of plants  and people got some really great bargains…. Its always a fun time…

 

Right now we are still open 8-4 monday thru friday… but in a couple of weeks  we will start being open weekends and   evenings.

 

UPDATE.. our seed sweet potatoes are sprouting !!     This is the first year for us of growing them….   We’ll  put them in 4 pots  so people can plant them in May.     Hanging baskets are planted….  we are growing about a 1000 this year… Its good to see the greenhouses filling up.

 

Its also time to start thinking about any landscape projects that  you want done…. This weekend, walk around the yard and  see what needs to be done…  CALL US…. Our designers  are anxious to  get back to work.

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