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Trees in the woodlands, wildflowers and landscapes around houses have finally shed winter’s dormant cloak.
Around the nursery, the azaleas are radiating their beauty in shades of red, purple, pink and white to be followed a little later by the exbury azaleas and catawbiense hybrids of rhododendron in even more of a kaleidoscope of color including orange, yellow and melon colors in addition to the colors of the evergreen azaleas.
One of the newer flowering trees you have to see is the eastern redbud called ‘Appalachian Red’ in that when it blooms beside the naturally occurring Redbud, the Appalachian variety seems to be electrified as it is a glowing neon pink!
You may have even picked out a gift already for your mother but in case you haven’t, you’ll be sure to find something on the grounds or in our greenhouses full of annuals and perennial flowers just waiting for a new home. Be sure to check out our roses too as the rose lady will be here (if the weather’s nice on Saturday) to give you her advice from her many years of gardening.
If you have ruled out a living gift for mom, bring her to the nursery to just look around as our selection is vast and she may just enjoy walking around to breathe in a deep sense of spring.
Because of the large number of customers in our nursery in May, it is very difficult at times to make sure everyone has his or her questions answered. That’s why we have an item called auxiliary signs on many of our tree and shrub basic signs that give you more in depth details on the plants you should know.
Every year my goal is to write 100 additional auxiliary signs to add to our library of 300 already so that hopefully many of our customers questions are answered if we are unable to serve them right away.
I’ve got to check the watering in the greenhouses and scout for bugs. As with any job not all things about it are glamorous, just a lot of hard work!
Happy Spring!
Tom
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