Colorful Pallete

Perennials in bloom!!! These are our hot pics at work for the week....everything is so colorful!

Abies concolor

Abies concolor (White Fir) is flushing it's new growth right now!  Their newly flushed growth feels very soft and somewhat rubbery.

The old barn....

An old barn on our container farm.... I like it because it has character...

Rhodies.....

The Rhodendrons at work are in full bloom!  Here are some of the varieties and their showy color....

Maroon & Gold

This line of Barberries and Spiraea from Yamhill reminds me of college days... UofM's college colors!  Rather bright and eye catching! 

Little White House

Recently on the Container farms, a little white shed appeared. To some, it looks like a fish house. This is our new photo booth! Each week, a list is generated listing which plant varieties look spectacular. This list gets sent to our customers, and each plant on the list gets a photo taken of it so that the customer can see and purchase if they wish a plant off this list. Here, along with some of our "hot pics" of the week, is the photo booth on our farm.

Cham nookatensis pendula Alaskan Cedar in the foreground, waiting to be photographed.  I was nominated and given the responsibility to take the "hot pic" photographs on the container farms.  Happy I am!!  :)

An example of a "hot pic" photograph, taken in the photo booth for the company website.  This is Sp. Renianasance.

Well blow me down!!

Today we have very high winds in Minnesota and on the farm!!  Like these #1 gallon Barberries, many of our plants are taking a beating from the 40mph wind gusts.  Most of Production will have to tip these back up (physically) tomorrow morning.

The blustery wind brought in some interesting weather today.  Here, a rather beautiful contrast between the sky and our Barberry and Buxus crops.

An overview of one of the fields on the farm.  This is field 26.