Winona, Minnesota
Am I the only one? Please tell me I’m not the only one. Looking at the bright side of this thus-far virtually snowless winter, since Christmas I have been, gulp, trimming back shrubs and perennials that I didn’t get around to in October and November. Yikes. It’s embarrassing to admit. But it feels so good! [...]
Fall is usually a decent time to seed, so if you ask our opinion, we always say go for it. The results are almost always good. But this fall was particularly landscape-friendly; just look at these pictures of some mid-fall seeding we did on a soccer field and a pretty steep slope! So cheerfully green only 3-4 weeks later. No [...]
Most of the sprinkler system service calls we get are relatively small problems with easy fixes. And sometimes they are not. Tree roots are very persistent!
Talk about a great time! The Minnesota Nursery and Landscape Association (MNLA) has initiated and Governor Dayton approved another statewide “Green for Life” day of service, this year’s being on September 22, 2011. This volunteer project’s purpose each year is to plant trees at over 100 schools across the state, and Winona Nursery participated [...]
…but we are holed up in the toasty office for the winter. On these cold, short winter days, you will find us on top of our design game, just plugging away and dreaming of baby green leaves and the warm days ahead.
In this industry, the-outdoors-is-nature’s-canvas-we-are-the-artistés references abound. Depending on the context, it either sounds good or cheesy. But we have some bona fide artistry going on in some of our landscapes, thanks to the classy little My Monet Weigela. When this plant was first introduced a few years ago, we were was skeptical. The name seemed [...]