This cool spring may not be good for wearing shorts and tank tops but the early spring flowers have never been happier! Many of the spring bulbs actually do best with temperatures around 55F so this unusual maritime-like spring is much to their liking. It is a spring more like the Pacific Northwest or England. … Read More
Every year we get comments that folks would like to see our prairie burn. Here’s your chance to see it! Don’t try this at home, we have professional and trained staff to conduct our landscape burns. We conduct our burn when the conditions are right: a combination of wind speed and direction, relative humidity, plus … Read More
Flowering Dogwoods (Cornus florida) are starting to bloom in the Powell Gardens’ conservatory display. There is no better companion plant for a woodland garden theme of orchids and azaleas! Enjoy this preview of what’s to come in the gardens.The bract first emerge with an exquisite creamy green cast. As the bracts age they turn pure … Read More
Don’t listen to your weathermen who say to hold off on planting; NOW is the time to plant dormant shrubs and trees and to plant cool weather, frost tolerant types of annuals outside. DO heed the weatherman’s advice and do not plant outside any summer annuals or frost tender plants like tomatoes, peppers, marigolds and … Read More
One of our first flowering shrubs to bloom are the Hazelnuts and Filberts (Corylus spp.). Their flowers are not very ornamental but that is where the tasty nuts begin. We have one native species, the American Hazel (C. americana), found wild and it has delicious nuts if you can beat the squirrels to them. The … Read More