Weather or not – we are moving the trees out…

Posted on April 5, 2013 by paohorticultural.com

Boxwood Sprial – Nice bright green

Japanese Maple buds coming along!

Japanese Maples

The evergreens starting to come out cold storage

Blue Spruce – Still a nice blue colour

Beech Trees – Still looking winterish

Lilac Std -The buds are there

More stock coming out

Specimen Spruce

Pine Topiary – Looking good

More stock slowly starting to come out

You will notice him throughout the season

My dog enjoying the dry field!

Redbud in bloom

I dunno where you live in southern Ontario but this past week has not been spring like it all. It can be sunny one minute and then a blizzard the next. Like literally – snow squalls! But enough about the stupid weather – we our starting our Spring regardless. We are moving plant material out of the poly houses All the Japanese Maples have been moved out as well as all the large boxwood and pine topiaries. It is still cold and blustery out there and it is funny to see the machines hauling trees in what looks like a snow storm and poof – it is sunny again. It is happening here again today sun and snow. Some of the fields are still too muddy to get into but as soon as we can, we will get into them and start snapping pictures. I have been viewing other nursery sites and they have pictures of plants in full bloom – but we do reality here – so you see things as we get them and as they come into bloom. Here is a few pictures of what is starting to happen here…

June Bloom!

Posted on June 4, 2012 by paohorticultural.com

I know I said I would blog about Japanese Maples next time around and I will post some pictures of them soon -but there are some really good pictures of perennials that I took this week. The red peonies have popped and look so bright in the morning light. The red ones I like are the variety ‘Karl Rosenfield’ and are a brilliant red and double variety. The lovely Geranium ‘Rozanne’ has beautiful cup-shaped soft violet blue flowers – good for edging or containers. The Baptisia ‘Solar Flare’ has lemon yellow flowers and is a profuse bloomer. A mature plant can produce more than a hundred stems of flowers. The boxwood topiaries are a vivid bright green. I took a picture of the spiral one but there are many more forms. In the lower yard the Black Lace Elderberry caught my eye with its black lacy foliage and the bright pink turning to white flowers. And course them beside them there was the Cheyenne Privet in bloom as well as the massive ones he have in the back of the yard. The lilacs have finished their spectacular show and I miss the fragrance coming through the doors. The yard is alive with birds nesting away and doing their thing. To my knowledge we haven’t sold a tree yet with bird nest in it! The tri-colour Beech are a must see! A customer came in on Saturday and saw one that had been dug for another client and wanted to know if there was more. I took them to the field and they tagged one immediately. They are literally a bright neon pink. I took some pictures today but it is cloudy and they don’t seem so bright – I will take some more when it is sunny. Don’t mind the rain – the trees all look greener and happier for it.

Peony ‘Karl Rodenfield’

Peony ‘Immacule’

Peonies and Salvia

Baptisia ‘Solar Flare’

Spiral Boxwood

Black Lace Elderberry

Cheyenne Privet

Geranium ‘Rozanne’

Huge Privet

Tri-Colour Beech Foliage

Beautiful Tri-colour Beech Trees

Our 50′ Purple Beech Tree Has Moved To A New Home..

Posted on May 24, 2012 by paohorticultural.com

In March we had the privledge of hand digging a large Weeping Purple Beech tree and saving it from being chopped down. This lovely specimen came into our yard and graced us with its beautiful purple foliage, and became a focal point in our nursery. I watched it come in our yard naked of foliage – tall and stark in the horizon. I would view it everyday out of my office window. I watched the tender leafs emerge a perfect lime green and then turning to a dark maroon. But alas, it was not to be here for long. It is now gracing one of our customers’ backyards and looking like it had been there forever. The picture in one of my previous blogs shows the arrival of this huge tree. I took over 100 pictures yesterday of what we call ‘The Weeping Beech Tree Move’ and have narrowed it down to a few to give you an idea of the process. In this particular case we had to use a large crane truck and had to lift the tree over an existing fence and other trees to place it in the hole. The guys make it look so easy but I know that manipulating a root ball of 23,500 lbs is not an easy feat!! As I mentioned before, watching a huge tree fly through the air is sight that is truly spectacular. And it all happens so fast! Each tree is different – and where it comes from – and where is goes to – is always unique. Just another day at the office!