Barbara Fetchenhier, Gardener – Heartland Harvest Garden, and volunteer RD Wood examine a peach tree in our nursery for pruning needs. With help from volunteers, Barb has meticulously planted and maintained nearly 1,200 shrubs and trees in our Heartland Harvest Garden nursery. When pruning peaches she follows the 4 “D’s.” Prune out: Dead wood and … Read More
Seed trays of newly emerged native plant seedlings bring a touch of spring to Powell Gardens’ greenhouses. Powell Gardens’ mission to embrace the Midwest’s spirit of place makes growing, promoting, displaying and conserving native plants an important activity. Each late winter we grow a wide array of native plants for Kansas City Wildlands (http://www.kcwildlands.org/). Kansas … Read More
Production for annual Spring Plant Sale has begun! It may be bitterly cold outside as winter grips us with its last gasps but in 10 weeks is our sale. Here Horticulturist Donna Covell inspects seedlings germinating for the sale. Donna is in charge of all production in our seven greenhouses and keeps close watch of … Read More
To update you on our January 3, 2008 blog: Our Endangered, Ozark Chinkapin seeds arrived and were planted by Marie Frye — Senior Gardener Collections and Plant Records. As a reminder, these very rare seeds were donated to Powell Gardens by the Ozark Chinquapin Foundation http://www.ozarkchinquapin.com/. Marie inspects the newly arrived Ozark Chinkapin seeds back … Read More
Cineraria are a very colorful greenhouse plant for the winter season. Powell Gardens regularly uses these flowers in its winter and spring displays. Donna Covell, Horticulturist – Production is all smiles regarding the crop of cineraria. Well, not exactly, they are a very tricky crop to produce in our greenhouses! We grow 3,000 from seed … Read More