Beauty in the Decay
Sticks, dead flowers, and grass. When winter hits, it hits hard. All the colours, frag...
Medora Juniper: The King of the Rockies
I have had many customers come to me at our nursery asking for “the evergreen tree tha...
Missing – Alyssum Maritimum
We all love a good filler for our baskets, especially one that has so much density and...
Winter Slumber: The Black Hole of Nursery Plants
Every fall I get multiple customers per week asking me the same question:
Viking Chokeberry: The Viking of the Prairies
Looking around at the snow now covering the ground it is hard to believe that it is st...
A Time to Plant, and a Time to Uproot
Working at our nursery this year I was sad to hear back from some customers about plants that did not survive the win...
False Spirea: Mistaken Identity?
One of the most complicated parts of gardening is knowing which plant will work in whi...
Labels: Plants, People and COVID
As you all know the label on the plants at the greenhouse is pretty important. When bu...
The Wort Family
When it comes to perennials, there are some that have the strangest of names. Wort thi...