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May 3rd
It’s Maytime and time to start vegetable and annual planting…. or
is it? For those of us that have well-drained soil, sweet corn, beans,
peas, beets, among other vegetables, could be planted now as well as
gladiolus, dahlia tubers, pansies and other cold tolerant flowers.
It’s still early though for many annual flowers and
vegetable plants such as peppers and tomatoes as the last frost date for
northeast Ohio is about May 30th. The earliest planting of these
“heat-loving” plants usually would be no sooner than mid-May with the
gardener having an ever watchful, vigilant eye on the word gardeners fear in
May – “frost”.
Be prepared to cover your valuable plants with hot-kaps,
frost fabric or in the case of light frosts, a good watering early in the
morning just before sunrise will prevent damage on your valuable plants.
May is the month that trees, shrubs and other plants
finally “wake-up” from their long winter slumber and put on their
spectacular show and maybe, as we would like to think, for our enjoyment.
Jesus spoke “Consider the lilies of the field,
how they grow; they toil not neither do they spin, yet I tell you, that not even Solomon
in all his glory was arrayed like one of these”
At the nursery the Azaleas are showing color ready to
just burst into bloom turning the nursery into a blaze of color!
Rhododendron with their large flower trusses will sit
proudly on top of their whorls of leaves a little later this month.
And the Lilacs, with their heavenly scents and many
with French names, such as ‘Madame Lemoine’ and ‘Paul Thirion’ will more
than rival the finest French perfumes.
I invite you to come just to walk around to drink in
all of spring at Dayton’s from the nursery grounds, outdoor sales areas, and
perennial and annual flower greenhouses bursting with blooms.
Yes, I would like for you to make a purchase as it
“pays the bills” but even if you don’t, you’re welcome anyway.
Happy Spring,
Tom Dayton
April 25th
Its time to plant your favorite tree whether for shade or
ornamental value and we’ve got just the trees to get you started from a
small Weeping Pea Tree for your patio or a towering giant like the Eastern
White Pine in which the tallest one ever recorded was 227 feet in the state
of Maine!
Planting a tree now is perfect while the soil and
weather is still cool and moist so that the root system can become well
established before the warm weather arrives.
Our flowering trees consist of Flowering Plums,
“non-messy” Flowering Crabapples, Golden Chain Tree, Japanese Lilac Tree,
Flowering Cherry and White Fringe Trees among many others.
Trees give height and a majestic quality to what would
be an otherwise boring landscape.
Could you imagine a street or your yard without trees
or flowers? Well, try this. The People’s Republic of China during Chairman
Mao’s tenure in 1966 actually banned the people from having flowers as they
considered them bourgeois!
With Earth Day just passed on April 22nd,
how fitting to plant your favorite tree that will grow and develop year
after year long after your new car is in the junk pile!
Plant a tree so that one day as your grandchildren
picnic under the shade of its branches that they could say “our grandparents
planted this tree for us.” It’s a tree that remembers our grandparents
names!
Happy Planting,
Tom Dayton
April 11th
Its almost tax time but April 15th is a magic time for
the garden as well.
Bayer Rhododendron & Azalea Insect & Disease Control
can be applied now to prevent infestations of lacebug on Azaleas
and small-leaved Rhododendron especially which can severely weaken plants.
There’s still time to treat the lawn with a
crabgrass preventer and now would be an ideal time to kill stubborn
broadleaf weeds with Speed Zone by the Gordon Company. This
product must be used when air temperatures are cool (below 80 degrees) and
will kill even stubborn clover!
And even though winter has passed, deer will
still nibble at your Hostas, Tulips and some other of the dutch flowers but
they will never eat daffodils. In order to curb their appetite,
Liquid Fence is an excellent product to use when applied as
directed.
Later on when holes appear in your prized Hostas, it’s
a sure bet that slugs are to blame as they feed at night and hide
from the sun in the day. Sluggo is a salt-iron-phosphate that
is effective and inexpensive to use. What I like best about Sluggo is that
it is safe for pets as they will not eat it like they would the effective,
but poisonous, products containing metaldehyde. Sluggo is
environmentally friendly, too.
Yes, its going to frost and your pansies, tulips and
other cold hardy plants will not be affected unless temperatures get
severely cold as they did on Easter weekend of 2007 in which case there is
nothing you can do anyway.
Mid-April is a good time to plant most trees and shrubs
as soils are still cool and the ground is moist. Come on in to
check us out as the tree and shrub department is pretty well setup by the
end of the week of April 15th.
We have all the planting info you’ll need to be
successful in our store. Or, if you prefer, check out even more information
on our website.
See you soon!
April 4, 2008
As I mentioned last week, its time to put a pre-emergent
crabgrass preventer and feed on your lawn and I highly recommend
Greenview’s Crabicide Green. However, if you’re repairing bare
spots in the lawn or over-seeding, please use
Greenview’s Seed Starter Plus Crabgrass Preventer that will allow
the lawn seed to germinate.
For those of you that want to go organic, consider
using
Espoma's new organic lawn fertilizer that also contains corn gluten
as a weed preventer.
Trees and shrubs can be fertilized organically with
Plant-tone
which is bacterially activated to release the nutrients to the plant.
Holly-tone, while not totally organic, is great for acid-loving
plants like hollies, blueberries, Rhododendrons, Azaleas and Mountain
Laurel. I love these fertilizers because they have a very low salt
index which means they are not likely to “burn” the plant and they are easy
on soil microbial life that are necessary to retain the health of the soil.
Fertilizing in late March or early April is one of the
best times as shoot growth has not started but roots are very active and can
absorb the minerals in the fertilizer more effectively then when short
growth begins.
If you haven’t cut back your type “C” Clematis, such as
the Autumn Clematis (Clematis paniculata or Clematis terniflora), do so now
to about one foot above the ground. This will keep your plants healthy
and full of lush growth for later, prolific flowers.
Early April is also a good time to divide a whole host
of perennial flowers in order to increase their numbers and to invigorate
them.
Get ready as the perennial house opens the last week of
April, with new varieties and old favorites! I’ll tell you more about the
new varieties later.
Now, back to grass.... if you’re trying to grow grass
under trees, it is difficult not only because of shade, but also because of
tree roots and the tree canopy which keeps the ground dry underneath and the
grass under constant stress. For situations like this, try
Dura-Shade seed that we always stock as it is formulated for such
situations. If Dura-Shade does not work, hang it up and plant a ground
cover under the tree that will tolerate shade.
March 28, 2008
According to experiments performed by Ohio State University, the end of
March is the best time to trim and shape shrub, tea and floribunda
roses and to remove dead wood from winter kill as the roses will have
more growth breaks to become a fuller, healthier looking plant. As you
gradually uncover tea roses that were hilled up with bark or soil before
winter, be sure to spray the rose and surrounding ground with a
lime-sulfur spray, as directed, in order to kill spores of the black
spot fungus.
In fact, now is a great time to spray all your trees
and shrubs with a dormant oil or a horticultural oil to kill
insects, insect eggs and spider mites that may be hiding on your plants.
To be effective, thorough coverage is essential and temperatures must remain
above freezing for 24 hours.
Hemlocks and many other conifers are best sprayed mid
to late April just as bud scales begin to crack open as mites and some
insects hunker down underneath them in order to survive the winter The
same rules apply to conifers as deciduous plants in that temperature needs
to be above freezing for at least 24 hours and new growth must be present
that can burn from an application of dormant strength oil.
Wait a minute…
I almost forgot to tell you that lime sulfur can be
used on fruit trees, especially plums and ornamental plums to prevent or
mitigate infestations of the bacterial blight black knot.
Between now and April 30th, now is the best
time to put down a crabgrass preventer and feed your lawn. We carry
the Greenview 4-step program and most of our customers prefer it!
Greenview’s Crabicide Green crabgrass preventer has up to 10 weeks
of residual contact which will prevent later stages of crabgrass.
Remember, if you’re over-seeding or planted new grass seed that has not
germinated, be sure to use
Greenview’s Seed Starter & Crabgrass Preventer to be sure your grass
seed will germinate.
March 20, 2008
Ahh… the first day of spring!
It’s a good time to start some of the clean-up chores
like cutting back dead perennial foliage and raking up fallen leaves.
Many perennial weeds are coming to live and can be sprayed right now with a
Round-up solution or generic herbicide such as Remuda. Just use the 41%
strength at the rate of 2½ fluid oz. per gallon plus a spreader sticker, as
directed. This will get you’re a head start on weed control.
It’s still not too late to put on an application of
lime if your soil test warrants it.
Haven’t you taken a soil test yet??? If not, you can
purchase your kit at Dayton’s for just $12.00 in which you mail the sample
to Penn State University for a complete analysis of your soil.
This year we’re offering Encap fast-acting lime with
AST which is a new product that under laboratory trials is more reactive to
neutralize soil acidity and is longer lasting as well.
Encap fast-acting lime with AST lime is actually less
expensive to “do the job” that pulverized or palletized lime does due to its
new, advanced technologies.
Planting of perennial starts and annual flowers is
still under a full head of steam of which we’ve introduced many new
varieties for 2008!
March 14, 2008
This week is a great time to start thinking about planting
anything bare-root from small fruits to trees and some shrubs as
temperatures are still cool and the plants are dormant which will allow root
growth to nourish the plants when they break growth in April.
We have access to a wide array of small fruits and
fruit trees bare-root that are locally grown just east of Cleveland.
Many of the small fruits we stock in spring and are able to order bare-root
fruit trees through April as long as they’re in stock so get your order in
early as you can plant as soon as the ground is thawed even if there is snow
on the ground.
Onion sets, peas, potatoes and lettuce seed can be
planted now as long as the ground is well-drained and workable.
Trees and shrubs can be safely moved now as they are
still dormant and will not be subject to great risk of death if an intact
soil ball is not possible.
Just remember that Dogwoods, Magnolias and fragrant
Viburnums are best transplanted just before growth begins which is about
April 10th.
March 7, 2008
Now is the time to plan your landscape so that you have plenty of
time before the planting season to review the plan, make any changes you may
want and decide on a budget.
Landscape designers are busy in the high season of
spring which includes April and May. With your design in hand, you will be
able to actually see and visualize your landscape plan much better when the
plants are in full view in late April.
Remember that planned landscaping gives your home “curb
appeal” which can increase its resale value should you decide to sell not to
mention the enjoyment that you’ll reap from a well thought out landscape
plan.
Check out our design
services on our website, stop in to inquire or give us a call and we can
mail you a brochure explaining our services and a Design Kit that works well
for a new home or an “uncomplicated” area for a minimal cost.
Planting has started on our hanging baskets, Dahlias
and combination planters so that we may have them ready for you in May.
Another aspect to our nursery is that we growth many of
the trees and shrubs we sell so that the much of the production of the
planting stage has already begun.
Even with the cold blasts, its still gradually warming
up. As they say, “March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb”
March 1, 2008
Jan Becker of Cotage Gardens is giving an exciting seminar on
herbs! I cant wait to taste some of her concoctions during her herb
demonstrations. My grandmother (mother’s side) always used plenty of
herbs in her cooking and canning as she was born in Europe and as Europeans
have always been herb lovers. In fact, Louis XV of France was a
somewhat shy king and liked to perform cooking experiments in his laboratory
(kitchen) which undoubtedly involved herbs and set off a storm of French
experimentation and cooking which evolved into the famous French cuisine of
today!
Even though spring is not quite underway, things at the
nursery seem to be revving up as bare-root roses have arrived and are
currently being trimmed and potted for sales in May.
Perennial plugs (starts) are just now arriving and will
be potted in different stages this month for sales in our perennial house
from late April through late summer.
You can check out our website to see whats new if you
missed my seminar last week or request our catalog on a disc or wait just a
little longer as our 2008 catalog will be online soon as well as our new
online store where many items can be shipped to you directly.
The day lengths and intensity of the light is
increasing which is showing up in the increased growth in our young Azaleas
in production in the greenhouse.
I’ve got to go now as I have lots of work to do!
February 23, 2008
Well, as expected, Carol’s seminar on deer problems last week was very
informative and a big hit! Today I’m giving my power point
presentation on perennials and hardy bamboo.
Our next and last seminar in our educational series is
called “The Wonderful World of Herbs” by Jan Becker of Becker Cottage
Gardens. I hope you come hungry as besides the usual refreshments
provided, Jan will be performing cooking demonstrations. Jan will not only
cover cooking, but drying and decorating herbs as well.
February will be over soon as in a week we’ll be
rolling into windy March. Before you get busy with early spring clean
up, I recommend that you take a soil test of your lawn and/or garden now.
How many times I have suggested a soil test to customers and for some
reason, they have resisted as if it were some black magic from hell! I
do not like the portable soil testers as they are not as accurate and are
not capable of measuring necessary soil traits such as the lime test index
which is a measure of the soil’s buffer capacity to resist change. We have
the soil test kits at the nursery for $12.00 from Penn State University.
Just take a soil sample in about 10 spots in your lawn or garden and mix the
samples in clean bucket. Place some of this mixture into the plastic bag
provided, fill out the form and mail to Penn State. The soil test
results will come back in about 2-3 weeks and indicate what is needed to
bring the chemical properties into line for the type of plant you want to
grow.
Other measurements such as the cation exchange capacity
(CEC), pH and pounds of some nutrients per acre are included.
Sound overwhelming? Just bring your test results into
us for a discussion of what you need to do to get growing.
February 15, 2008
Today is the fourth in our series of Saturday seminars which has to do
with those pesky deer.
We’re over the hump as far as winter is concerned as
the average temperatures begin to rise and with the melting of snow, now
would be a good time to consider over-seeding your lawn.
What? In winter?
You bet.
When the snow is off the ground and the soil is yet
frozen, over-seeding your lawn works great as the continual freeze and thaw
of the ground will work the seed into the soil so that it will begin to
germinate when soil temperatures rise to 55 degrees. Just remember not
to use the traditional crabgrass preventer containing Treflan, pendemethelon
or Balan as these active ingredients will cause the seed not to germinate.
We stock a crabgrass preventer plus fertilizer that “knows” the difference
between emerging crabgrass and desirable grass seed. Its amazing how smart
some of these products are!
Coming up next week is our fifth seminar which I will
be conducting having to do with new perennials for 2008 as well as the hardy
bamboos which are gaining popularity for their screening aspects as well as
the ornamental value. May last summer’s travel to Michigan and Oregon
provided much fruitful information on many of these new plants.
The problem with introducing new plants every year is that some new plants
do not perform well so that we like to introduce them on a limited basis and
it is difficult to decide which varieties we must discontinue as the
accelerating pace of introduction of new varieties makes an impossible to
house all of them.
February 8, 2008
Tomorrow
is the fourth in our series of Saturday seminars which has to do with
those pesky deer.
We’re over the hump as far as winter is concerned as
the average temperatures begin to rise and with the melting of snow, now
would be a good time to consider over-seeding your lawn.
What? In winter? You bet.
When the snow is off the ground and the soil is yet
frozen, over-seeding your lawn works great as the continual freeze and thaw
of the ground will work the seed into the soil so that it will begin to
germinate when soil temperatures rise to 55 degrees.
Just remember not to use the traditional crabgrass
preventer containing Treflan, pendemethelon or Balan as these active
ingredients will cause the seed not to germinate. We stock a crabgrass
preventer plus fertilizer that “knows” the difference between emerging
crabgrass and desirable grass seed. Its amazing how smart some of these
products are!
Coming up next week is our fifth seminar which I will
be conducting having to do with new perennials for 2008 as well as the hardy
bamboos which are gaining popularity for their screening aspects as well as
the ornamental value. May last summer’s travel to Michigan and Oregon
provided much fruitful information on many of these new plants.
The problem with introducing new plants every year is
that some new plants do not perform well so that we like to introduce them
on a limited basis and it is difficult to decide which varieties we must
discontinue as the accelerating pace of introduction of new varieties makes
an impossible to house all of them.
February 2, 2008
Bob Kehres of Ohio Prairie Nursery is giving our next in our
series of seminars based on the use of native plants. Next Saturday,
February 9th, our seminar will be whats new at Conard-Pyle Star
Roses company as the folks at Conard-Pyle are very involved in the creation,
testing and finally the marketing of new plants. I think by now that
all of you are familiar with the fantastic performance of the Knock Out
series of shrub roses which have been marketed by Conard-Pyle since its
inception only a few years ago. Conard-Pyle has also teamed up with
the Meiland family of France who are responsible in introducing the carefree
Meidiland series of roses as well as new varieties of roses in their
Romantica series that have brought back old-fashioned fragrance to tea
roses. Tim Wood, our Conard-Pyle representative will be speaking on
many new plants coming out this spring as well as many more that are in the
“pipeline”. I won’t reveal any “new stuff” now as you’ll just have to
come to the seminar or wait until our catalog is finished in March to find
out about all the interesting new items coming out for spring! January 26, 2008
Our seminar on gardening and propagation is taking place at the
nursery on this day with more seminars yet to come. The next seminar
I’m excited about is next Saturday of native plants by Bob Kehres of Ohio
Prairie Nursery. As I mentioned in an earlier blog, some native plants are
a great way to attract birds to your yard, but butterflies and other
interesting wildlife as well. As native plants have adapted to
climatic conditions, survived drought periods, insect infestations and many
other periodic calamites, they are well suited to use in our landscapes. I
must tell you though that I am a little discouraged about their widespread
use as twice over the years we have promoted them in signage and in our
sales meetings but to no avail, since many of them can appear to be ordinary
and do not seem to have a lot of “pizzazz” that would help in marketing
them. I do hope with renewed interest in the “green” movement that
more mature plants will be used more frequently in our gardens.
I also get discouraged about the number of trees and shrubs customers prefer
and request that do not have messy flowers, seeds or fruits. How will the
“fowl of the air” and other animals then eat? Isn’t is up to us to be good
stewards of the earth to be sure that others in the animal kingdom have
reserves of food just like us?
January 19, 2008
By now we’re all getting a little stir crazy of not being able to get
outside as much and the short, cold days of winter. Don’t be bulled
into a false sense of security just because the deep winter has arrived as
there is plenty to check on. For those of us that have broad-leaved
evergreens exposed to the sun and wind, an application of Wilt-Pruf anti-desicant
on these shrubs at the time will prevent wind burn on the foliage which will
begin to show up by early spring. Actually, to maximize the full
benefit of the Wilt-Pruf polymer, a first application should be made in late
November followed by the second one when a January thaw appears. Since
most of the stomata (breathing pores) of the leaves are underneath, be sure
to apply the spray to the undersides thoroughly. The spray should dry
in just a few hours which will then give maximum protection from sweeping
winter winds and bright sun. Wilt-Pruf works best when mixed as
follows: one part Wilt-Pruf to 7-10 parts of water. You see,
broadleaf evergreens such as Rhododendron, Azalea, Mountain Laurel,
Leucothoe and Hollies have large leaves exposed to cold, dry winds in
addition to frozen soils from which the plants have no way to extract water.
In their natural habitat, these plants are usually shaded and protected from
ferocious winds by natural stands of conifers and dense masses of deciduous
shrubs and young trees. Another way to protect these lovely plants
from winter burn is to utilize the north side of a structure to shade them
from the winter sun and to construct a windbreak such as with burlap
screening to do the job. Another problem of winter damage to our
plants is snow or more frequently, the lack of it. While snow
can bend and break plants when wet or combined with ice, it usually does not
cause the above problem but has the benefit of being an excellent insulator
for a myriad of our garden ornamentals such as broadleaf evergreens, as
previously mentioned, roses and perennials. The other benefit of snow
is that it prevents the constant heaving of the soil that will result in
damaging the crowns of roots of perennial plants. My final piece of
advice then is that it is okay to even shovel some snow on your plants
provided there is no alt or other de-icers contained in it and its
consistency will not physically break your plants.
January 12, 2008
January is a great time of year to review all the gardening
catalogs and plan for your vegetable or flower garden. Some seed
growing of geraniums and impatiens could be accomplished at the end of the
month for the more serious gardeners but for the rest of us, a plot plan of
our outside space would be efficient. Just a few tips when planning
for your vegetable garden:
- Soils that have been rototilled repeatedly will
develop a hard pan which will be difficult for roots and water to
penetrate. Consider hand spading the area (if not too large) to break
up this hard pan or if the area is large enough, have a local farmer
plow it deeply with a small tractor.
- Try not to plant the same plants twice in the same
area as insects and disease can build up which can cause a decline in
yields or death of the plants. Rotating your “crops” just as a farmer
does will give you much better results. Even George Washington used
crop rotation at his Mt. Vernon farm in the 18th century.
- Spreading some cow manure (if available) on your
garden when the ground is frozen is a good idea as you will not be
compacting the soil and the manure can be incorporated into the soil
when it is workable in spring. The manure will provide organic matter
for earthworms, microbes such as rhizo bacteria and some nutrients for
the plants. You might say the manure and other kinds of organic matter
added to soil act like “snake oil” to cure all ills when in fact it is
much more in that it is also like a catalyst in a chemical reaction in
which other processes have a synergistic effect when combined together.
When planning your flower garden, the rules are much
the same as when a vegetable garden is concerned except that more
consideration must be given to which varieties of flowers will grow in sun
or shade, which like moist or wet soils and which ones don’t and naturally
bloom times, foliage colors, heights and spread of plants must all be
considered. The last few years have seen an upsurge in the mixing of
perennial and annual plants do to new breeding that includes longer blooming
times and interesting foliage colors and textures. For more detail and
discussions of gardening, be sure to attend the first in our winter series
of educational seminars starting Saturday, January 26th.
January 5, 2008
Wild birds are having a tough time of it so that a little help
goes a long way as they have been losing much of their habitat due to
development. When feeding birds, suet and oil sunflower provide a lot
of nutrition and generate a lot of heat to keep up their body temperature.
Remember that feeders need to be cleaned periodically by working them out
with soap and water and then a solution of clorox bleach to kill disease
causing pathogens. As I mentioned earlier, conifers and other
evergreens near the feeder give birds protection from the elements and
provide a safe haven from predators and remembers, birds need water that is
unfrozen which could be accomplished through the use of a heater.
While birds will eat snow if they have to, a lot of body heat is lost by
having to melt snow. A great way to befriend birds is to plant mature trees
and shrubs that will sustain them through winters time of famine. A
few of these plants include Arrowwood Viburnum (Viburnum dentatum),
Flowering Crabapple (Malus sp.), Tulip trees (Liriodendron tulipifera), and
Echinacea (Coneflower). All of these plants have attributes of fruit or seed
that last from late fall into winter and are attractive to a wide variety of
birds and will nurture them through the long winter.
December 29, 2007
Its been a busy holiday season but now its getting time to get
down to business. For gardeners that have a real Christmas tree, don’t be
too hasty as to throw it out as you can “extend” its life by tying it to a
wood or steel stake driven into the ground near a bird feeder in order to
give shelter and protection to birds just like the tree did before it was
cut out of the field. I used to take 3-4 of any cut Christmas trees and
stake them up for my elderly Aunt near her feeder! When I visited her
later in the winter, I then saw first hand how the birds just loved those
discarded evergreens! Another use for your discarded cut tree would be
to cut off the branches and use them to lay over any tender perennials as
they will shade the ground, catch snow and prevent a constant freeze and
thaw which can damage or kill some perennials. Toady is the last
day (December 29th) that we’re open for the season but that
doesn’t mean our work has stopped. We’ll still be here painting,
cleaning, stocking the store and caring for our plants in storage.
Feel free to call us or contact us via e-mail for any questions you may
have. Plan to come to our winter seminars starting Saturday January
26th to broaden your knowledge of gardening. I will
be giving a power point presentation on vegetable gardening including
gardening in small spaces. Hope to see you soon.
December 20, 2007
Well the Christmas season is starting to wind down for us but we
still have a “healthy” supply of artificial wreaths that are tastefully
decorated for use in your home or can be used at the gravesite of one of
your deceased loved ones when placed on an easel. We still have some
nice grave blankets and grave pillows in stock and will customize them
according to your liking and will deliver to local cemeteries even on
Christmas Eve. We don’t have many cut trees left but if you’re looking
for a big tree (10 feet), we have a few beautiful Douglas Fir, Concolor Fir,
Scotch Pine and a few Fraser Fir. Scotch Pine, White Pine & Douglas Fir are
available in smaller sizes, too. The trees are all Ohio grown and you
can choose your tree for the regular price as tagged minus $10. Local
delivery is $20 and delivery and setup in your stand is $40 which can take
the hassel from you of getting the tree straight and secure.
Poinsettias are $7.99 for a 6½” pot in colors of white, pink, peach, deep
crisp red and a new curled red flower type called ‘Red Carousel’. The
quality is excellent! We have larger poinsettias too, up to 24 inches in
diameter! For an easy-to-grow flowers, try Cyclamen which will
stay in bloom for a long time with flowers sitting upon its lush green
foliage like large jewels. Remember, if you’re looking for a
last minute gift, Dayton Nursery gift cards are a good idea! Your recipient
will have 14 acres of plants to choose from in late April on the grounds and
in our greenhouses and our gift cards have no loss in value from gimmicky
“maintenance” fees. Our last day of business before we re-open
in early March is Saturday, December 29th when we’ll stay open
until 5:00 pm. Hope to see you at our winter seminars!
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