Get Rid of Nutsedge!
Want Mosquito’s To Bug Off? Try Planting Mosquito Repelling Plants!
What Earl May Marvel Lawn Seed Can Do For You
Reliable Shrubs To Replace A Winter Damaged Landscape
Top 5 Varieties Of Ornamental Grasses For The Midwest
Kick off to Summer! Make your outdoor space great!
Attract Birds This Winter With Open Water
Reliable Shrubs To Replace A Winter Damaged Landscape
Reliable Shrub Solutions To Replace A Winter Damaged Landscape If you are like many here in the Midwest your landscape may have trees and shrubs that didn’t leaf out this spring. This last winter and early spring took a toll on many items. A relatively dry winter followed by a cold spring can provide a [...]
Top 5 Varieties Of Ornamental Grasses For The Midwest
Ornamental grasses are a popular low-maintenance landscape option here in the Midwest. Grasses add visual interest to your landscape all year, durable winter-hardy, and easy to grow. Ornamental grasses are excellent landscape accents that compliment flowering shrubs, perennials, or even flowering annuals. We love our grasses in how they can vary in style, color, and [...]
Create your own bee and butterfly habitat
Have you been thinking about bees and butterflies as you make plans for your garden, landscape and outdoor spaces? We have been… and think you should be too! Pollinating insects are responsible for every 3rd bite of food we eat, and 75% of all plants require animals for pollination. Insects making up the largest numbers. [...]
No Digging Required for these Berries!
These are not your Grandma’s Berries! Don’t get me wrong…we all love the fresh berries from Grandma’s. The ones she cultivated and covered, picked and pruned. No one is knocking Grandma (or Grandpa’s) berries! But these new varieties from Bushel and Berry are far from what your Grandma had! No more hiding your berries at [...]
Not sure if your plants survived the winter?
"Give them some time", that’s the message from our Nursery experts. April’s record cold temperatures were not only brutal on us, but they didn’t do the plants in our landscape any favors either. This season plants are coming out of dormancy 2 -3 weeks later than previous year’s with some just now showing signs of life. [...]
Beware of Cheap Mulch: 4 Things To Know Before Your Next Mulch Purchase
How Box Stores Are Cutting Corners At Your Expense - Many discounters promote mulch at what appears to be bargain prices. While these offers look great and may be hard to resist, there are several things you should know before purchasing. Loose Labeling Laws: Regulations regarding how mulch is labelled for content are very weak. [...]
The Top 5 “Must Have” Flowering Shrubs
Varying bloom times with flowering shrubs adds depth and drama to your landscape. Design a great look of bountiful blooms to enjoy season after season with these Earl May favorites: Rhododendron Rhodos for short. This is a super bloomer has large leaves and contrasting big, beautiful blooms, some varieties are as large as softballs. [...]
Our Best Picks for Fall Planting
Aww, fall. One of our favorite seasons. Summer heat slipping away, replaced by brisk mornings becoming sunny afternoons, and leading to cool nights. The change in temperatures puts us in the mood for fall colors. What better way to keep the color, depth and design you worked so hard to have in your landscape by [...]
Improve your clay soil with Structure
If you're reading this you’re probably like most of us…. Real plant lovers that appreciate a healthy, beautiful plant wherever it’s growing and whatever its purpose. But you also know the secret to a heathy plant is more than the sunny or shady spot it finds itself growing, it is the soil that it is [...]
The pros and cons of clover in your lawn…
White Clover in bloom can really stand out in a lawn this time of year. While some homeowners have no problem with a little clover growing in the lawn, others would like to get rid of it and keep a weed free lawn. If your one of those insistent on getting rid of the clover [...]