Planting and Watering Trees Properly in the Fall
What's the difference between planting trees now as opposed to planting them in the spring? In the spring, generally we get ample amounts of rain. Now rain by itself won't always get water deep [...]
The Process of Tagging Trees for Next Year
Matt, one of our nursery managers, wanted to explain the process of how we choose all the trees that we have at the nursery throughout the year. I love my job this time of [...]
Fig Tree Grew too Big to Bring Inside!
Another question from Al, and he asks, "well, you know this weather's been crazy tropical this year. That's where the plants are seven eight feet, tall, everything is crazy now. My fig tree, I [...]
Young Redbud Tree and Colorless Hydrangeas
We have Donna in Massillon. ‘I have a redbud tree. It's only the second year for it. And it had so many leaves on it that all the limbs are just way fallen over. [...]
Cleaning Up Flower Beds & Replacing with Ground Cover
Marilyn from Jackson township asks, “we have two flowerbeds at the beginning of our driveway, pretty good size and have a flowering crabapple in the middle of each. The one has been daisies for [...]
Early September Plant Update at the Nursery
So with the cooler weather, we are ramping up for fall sales. We have probably over a thousand pieces coming in this week just to get everything, you know, freshened up a little bit, [...]
Meyer Lemon Tree Hasn’t Bloomed Yet
This is from Janet, who says “My healthy Meyer lemon tree has not bloomed yet. Is there anything I can do to get it to blossom before I bring it back indoors? Last year [...]
Big Boy Tomatoes Aren’t Getting Big!
Fred in North Canton asks, “My tomatoes are just small, they're not getting big. They're all big boys, and I don't understand what's going on as far as the size of it.” I'm not [...]
Monarch Butterflies Are Loving This Milkweed
Al in Plain Township had something to say about the milkweed plants he bought at the nursery. I love butterflies, hummingbirds, and now my granddaughter, she loves butterflies. Well a couple years ago, I [...]
Why Aren’t Your Tomatoes Producing More?
Bev in Plain Township wants to know, “our tomato plants this year are going crazy. They're between six and seven feet tall. They are huge. We can't even stake them anymore. However, we don't [...]