As I write today’s blog, I remember sadly in 2001 of the terrorist
attacks on New York and Washington, DC along with the downed airliner in
the field in Pennsylvania. At the time I was visiting nurseries just
south of Portland, Oregon watching the television in disbelief as the
World Trade Center burned and then collapsed changing the world forever.
On a more pleasant note, more needed rain is in the forecast to
supplement the two inches of rain that fell a week ago. Chrysanthemums
are budded and blooming in quite an array of colors along with the still
blooming hydrangeas that just are not ready to give up. In fact, the
Bloomstruck and Endless summer Hydrangeas will continue to bloom right
up until a hard frost that will subdue them sometime in October to go
into their long winter nap.
This past week’s 50% sale went well as much of the overstocked plants
have been sold although there is still quite a selection of herbaceous
perennials that includes some nice grasses that have been brought up
from the back stock area. A few large white pine and Red Sunset Maples
still remain with some nice rhododendrons and deciduous azaleas. While
the sale will continue until the end of the season around November, more
and more of the selection will be depleted as time goes on.
Next week on Saturday, September 19th, will be the Fall Festival with
music, hayrides, crafts and food! Then on the 26th and 27th is the 25th
Mum Festival in Barberton that features water ski shows, crafts, lots of
food and of course thousands of blooming mums at the northeast corner of
Lake Anna Park. Mega amounts of planning, planting and much other work
goes on behind the scenes to put on such an extravaganza. As for the
nursery, some of the mum madness spills over as always some out of town
visitors stop by.
On Ready, Set, Grow on Saturday, September 26th beginning shortly after
8 a.m. be sure to tune your radio dial to 1590 WAKR as I will grill
several key players on the Mum Fest including Mayor Judge with his views
and aspirations for this important event for the City of Barberton.
Tom
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