Welcome ‘Mr. America’ Whitebud
New trees for Kansas and Kansas City landscapes have arrived at Grimm’s Gardens! As I mentioned earlier, Doug Grimm has developed a number of trees for the landscapes of the Central Great Plains region, from Nebraska City, NE to south Kansas City, KS and MO, from Marysville, KS to Maryville, MO. The first tree […]
Late Summer Pollinators
As summer winds down in late August and September, we see a rush in the number of pollinators visiting our gardens. The butterflies and bees and everything else have all come out of the woodwork so it seems. Every Sunday afternoon I take a stroll through some shady woodland or sunny meadow, looking for unknown […]
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 they collected seed for in their travels across America. They had me identify and catalog their tree species one year and […]