Tropical Plants are HERE! Weekly Update 4/22/22
Easter Sunday early in the morning, temperatures under clear skies were 31ºF and we were able to protect the tender new growth with water. Unfortunately if temperatures fell to the upper twenties this makes water protection impossible. In this case since, water does...
Adiós Amigos 12/3/21
As the Christmas season approaches it’s the same old construction and delivery of grave blankets and the harvesting of branches. This past week we have been working on geranium cuttings that will go into various size pots and hanging baskets and in most cases the...
11/26/21
This past week we did our annual spraying of all the rhododendron and azaleas in the Wolf Creek Botanical Garden before the deer chop the plants to pieces. Another spraying will be accomplished in late December followed by yet another in early February. Each spraying...
Tis’ The Holiday Season 11/19/21
The snow was certainly a surprise on Sunday although timely for the fourteenth of November. Almost everything in the sales yard was put away into winter storage with the ongoing construction of another house for storage of plants in early spring, only to be vacated...
Lots to Do in the Off Season 11/12/21
The Grave blanket construction is well under way as we continue to construct them and harvest branches as orders pour in. The flower bulb planting is nearly done as the second batch of 8,000 is nearly accomplished in order to ooh and ah all the customers that visit...
Fall Planting, Winter Prep, and Spring Planning 11/5/21
The repotting of pot bound material goes on in a wide array of products that in most cases can be available about May 1st. Some of the items were for sale, but may not sell which is the main reason for the “shift up” to a larger pot. We are still waiting on almost...
Emerald Green Overload 10/29/21
This Tuesday we received balled and burlapped trees from our longtime vendor of 45 years Losely nursery. They are available for this fall, or next spring sales, although fall planting is excellent because of the prolific amount of root growth that occurs which will...
15,000 Bulbs Planted! 10/22/21
Sadly, the beautiful annuals were pulled out of the beds as we must start planting 15,000 flower bulbs while the weather is favorably and the help is available. Wide trenches will be dug with as many as 16 bulbs placed across the trench about 4 inches deep and then...
Water Pollution + Final Beauty of Annual Flowers 10/15/21
The flowers in the landscape beds are gorgeous and with no frost predicted through October 26th it will be difficult to throw them out to the compost pile as we must start planting flower bulbs within a week. This year we are getting close to 15,000 bulbs that will be...
Oregon Trip + New Products + Fall Annuals
The flowers in the landscape beds are gorgeous and with no frost predicted through October 26th it will be difficult to throw them out to the compost pile as we must start planting flower bulbs within a week. This year we are getting close to 15,000 bulbs that will be...