Japanese Maples and Ivory Silk Lilacs

Posted on June 11, 2012 by paohorticultural.com

Japanese Maples come in many shapes and sizes and of course many variances of colour. There are green varieties and red varieties, weeping forms and upright forms. Of course every tree had it’s own character and personality and it seems it depends one what time of day you look at the tree. They are slow growers and the red ones have an intense red colour in the fall.The green ones turn a beautiful yellow colour. The weeping varieties have lovely lacy foliage and mounding forms. Take a look at some of the pictures below and see if any tickle your fancy. The Ivory Silk Lilacs are in bloom and look spectacular against the blue sky!

What’s Blooming…

Posted on May 28, 2012 by paohorticultural.com

Driving around the yard and noticing something in bloom and then running back to get the camera! That has been me this week! I am always surprised one day you go by and it is green and then the next day it is in bloom. The Viburnam standards are a sea of white blooms. The Lilac Standards ‘Miss Kim’ are all in bloom. We have two by the front door and every time it opens the waft of Lilac fragrance comes in and it is wonderful. The peonies are just starting to open. There are white and pink ones but I am partial to the red ones. The rhododendrons are a fantastic show of colour and I am tempted to pull the one I have out at home and replace it the lovely red ones. It has taken me forever to write this blog, I just went out with customer and noticed the Dogwoods are in bloom – and you guessed it – didn’t have the camera. Next time I go out I will take the camera and come back to the them. They are one of my favourite plants. We have had some unique specimens come in and I will keeping adding a few every time I blog. Take a look at the Sculptured Pines we received! And the Japenese Maples…my next blog I will include more of the Maples…ahhh – so many plants – so many pictures…

Sculptured Pine

Japanese Maple

Rows of Viburnam Standards

Viburnam Standards

Viburnam Blooms

Lilac Standard

Lilac Blooms

Trunk Full of Blooms!

Rhododendron ‘Roseum Elegans’

Rhododendron ‘Nova Zembla’

Peony ‘Karl Rosenfield’

Sculptured Pine

The Perennials have arrived….

Posted on May 8, 2012 by paohorticultural.com

It is lovely to work in a nursery (some days – today being one of them). I love all the different vibrant colours of all the different leaves on the trees. The lime greens of the beech trees, the yellow green of the maples and the bright reds of the Japanese Maples. The light green new growth on the yews an spruce. I was out on the farm taking pictures of the Crabapple blooms and some Robins are busy building a nest nearby. They certainly didn’t want me near them as they were doing close fly bys around my head! I can move on you crazy birds – there are other photo ops out here! The tri-colour beech are starting to leaf out – got a neat picture of that. And the lilacs – I know there are a billion pictures out there of them but the frangrance lured me to them. Due to the mild winter everything is coming back so nicely. It is nice to see. However, along with the leaves and blooms – out come the bugs. I am not a big fan of flies.

Some of our perennials are doing their thing. I like the ‘Touch of Class’ Jacobs Ladder we received – as well as some cool sempervivums. See the pictures below. So many pictures to take and not enough time. The Hostas and the ground covers have arrived and and are now sitting beside the ferns that are just starting to show green.