Wordpress Author Cutting Garden Favorites for Mother's Day With Mother’s Day coming this weekend I started to think about the different flowers I could put into a floral display for my mother and my wife. My cutting garden is not ready yet, but I can easily f... May 11, 2017
Wordpress Author Hawthorns I have been working as a landscape maintenance professional now for more than 10 years and each year get more exciting. One thing that never changes is how my customers feel about their hawthorn trees... Apr 13, 2017
Wordpress Author Plants for Miniature Gardens Miniature gardens (often referred to as fairy gardens) are a very popular method of introducing gardening to those who do not have the space or time for large scale landscape, as well as helping to sp... Apr 6, 2017
Wordpress Author Time for early spring planting! As March 17 rolls around, here in northeast Kansas, people are getting excited about planting in their gardens and landscape. While the weather may be a little cold yet for planting flowers out, it is... Mar 16, 2017
Wordpress Author Rhizosphaera Needle Cast of Spruce Every year it amazes me how much information our brain can hold. The more landscapes I go to see, the more things I realize I have yet to learn. This past summer I started consulting in Atchison, KS a... Jan 26, 2017
Wordpress Author Kentucky Coffeetree Growing up in North Central Kansas, I developed a love for large, tough shade trees to give rest from the intense summer heat. Although originally a prairie, my grandparent’s land is dotted with trees... Jan 19, 2017
Wordpress Author Winter Blooms I asked my teenage daughter what she would want to read about if she were a gardener and her first response was: “What blooms in winter?” What does bloom in winter? In Kansas and areas north, very lit... Jan 5, 2017
Wordpress Author Winter Evergreen Maintenance This week I went to an old landscape along the Missouri River. It was filled with evergreens. Old, mature dwarf Alberta spruces, boxwood hedges, screens of arborvitae, and the occasional holly filled ... Dec 15, 2016
Wordpress Author Oak Itch Mites Oak Itch mite has become a serious pest over the last 3 years, with outbreaks in Kansas and 7 other states. First discovered in Kansas in 2004, they have become quite a problem for those working and s... Dec 8, 2016
Wordpress Author Groundcovers for the Garden Groundcovers are one of the most important plants groups in the garden. They play a crucial role in retaining soil on slopes, they can fill large areas of shady ground where grass will not grow, and t... Nov 30, 2016
Wordpress Author Twas the Night Before Snowfall ‘Twas the night before snowfall, when all through Grimm’s Gardens, Not a plant was stirring, not even a grass. The trucks were parked and washed with care, In hopes that a blizzard would soon be there... Nov 23, 2016
Wordpress Author Leave those Leaves! It is that time of year again, when leaves are falling from the trees and making a mess of your beautiful yard and gardens. They are littering up your sidewalks and drives, and piling up in your windo... Nov 10, 2016