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A Confession…

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!  I don’t think I will ever be so far ahead in the springtime as I will be in 2012.  It makes me happy–really happy–so if you have been wondering if it’s OK for the plants, wondering what the neighbors think, etc….don’t!  Get out there and trim away!  The only shrubs to avoid pruning would be the early, early spring bloomers such as lilacs, azaleas, and forsythia.   If you trim them now, you’ll cut off the flowers for spring.  And depending on your point-of-view, you may want to skip pruning your ornamental grasses so you have some winter interest.  I trimmed some that flopped over with the icy conditions we had back at the start of December and left others that were still standing tall, such as the Karl Foerster Reed Grass.  Happy pruning…in January!

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Thank you, Indian Summer

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 mud next spring for these customers, no sir.

For that we say thank you, wonderful Minnesota Indian Summer!

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Green. for. Life! with Goodview Elementary

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 by planting a tree at Goodview Elementary with Ms. Jacobson’s third grade class.  Not only was this special because the whole school came out to see the tree get planted, but also because the tree was dedicated to Mrs. Grant, a favorite and long-time custodian, who recently retired.

Goodview Elementary gave us three cheers, and we say, “Right backatcha!”  Thanks for letting us visit with you, and thanks to the students for all their help shoveling, fertilizing, mulching, and watering via Bucket Brigade!

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