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Read MoreNative Plants that Feed Bees and Other Insects
Author: Tim Heelan
Tulipa linifolia February 2018 Know What You Grow
Soon spring will finally arrive in Minnesota after a very long winter. The warmer and longer days trigger spring flowers to reawaken. One of my favorite spring flowers are tulips but the dutch hybrid varieties are either dug up before emerging or buds are nipped by deer just as the
Read More2018 Color of the Year – Ultra Violet
Every year Patone Color Institute selects a ‘Color of the Year’. 2018 color is Ultra Violet. The following are a few selections in bringing Ultra Violet into your landscape.
Leatrice Eiseman, Executive Director of the Pantone Color Institute, says: ‘We are living in a time tha
Read MoreCrocus vernus March 2018 Know What You Grow
Every spring I head to the University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum to see the alley of crocus located by the Grace B. Dayton Wildflower Garden. Crocus flowers with their array of colors is just what the soul needs after a long monochrome winter. They are also an early source o
Read MoreAnemone americana March 2018 Know What You Grow
One the of earliest blooming perennials in Minnesota is the Roundlobed Hepatica (Anemone americana) which can emerge as early as April thus providing on of the first sources of food for pollinators. Always a delight when you discover a colony of Anemone on early spring wood
Read MoreRibes rubrum ‘Rovada’ March 2018 Know What You Grow
Even though we have had twenty inches of snow in the last two weeks here in Minnesota spring arrives March 20th. Everyone is looking forward to some colors other than the drab grays, browns, and whites with a free dark green evergreens. Since I missed the past few months of posting
Read MoreIlex verticillata ‘Afterglow’ December 2017 Know What You Grow
With Christmas less than two weeks away I was thinking what plants in the landscape really make the spirits bright. Winterberry or Ilex, is the hands down first to mind with its persistent red berries that hang on long after the fall leaf drop. Well at least they are per
Read MoreGRID collection by Gloster
DESIGNING YOUR DREAM Since I was a very young child, I have loved the outdoors. I am still very active in a variety of pursuits that keep me outside, enjoying nature year-round. On any given weekend, you might find me camping, competing in a triathlon, or kayaking. Drawing and building
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