As spring fast approaches, we renew our energies and to begin to focus and concentrate on what we know best.  Our trees and nursery are what we have spent our whole 40 year career doing and it still has the same magic effect every spring when the sun tells us it is time to start to grow again.

Last year we moved around 16,000 large trees to our new farm, 5592 Trafalgar Road, 1/2 kilometer north of where our main farm has been for 28 years.  The new farm has much more rolling land with meadows.  A beautiful old iron bridge straddles the 16 Mile Creek that cuts through the farm and nursery that leads to our newly laid out fields of mature root pruned trees.  The new farms are laid out with fresh grass planted between every row to allow us to take you to see all the trees and pick exactly what you want.

Having all these trees moved has given us the opportunity to be able to dig pretty much anytime during the 2015 season.  On very hot days in the summer, digging might be delayed until cooler weather permits.  The nursery is designed for production of heavier caliper specimen trees for commercial and residential projects that demand more.

Our experience in the past 40 years in horticulture has provided us with unique  one of a kind projects.  This knowledge and insight provides results on the most difficult demands that any horticultural situation can provide.  Please come and visit or email us with your needs and inquiries for 2015.

Paul Offierski

Row of Gingkos October 2014

Well it finally feels like spring is coming.  I am not going to write about the weather, everybody knows it was horrible.  Instead I am going to focus on 2015!   A lot has happened at PAO since I have last written, the first big news is that we finally moved!!  We are now at our new location 5592 Trafalgar Road just ½ kilometre north of our original location.  It was no easy feat moving 15,000 trees!  The good news is they are all now root pruned and ready to grow and sell and now we can sell throughout the summer.  The new location is nice and we invite you to come for a tour.  The new farm is laid out with wide roads for easy viewing and tagging. We are still in the construction phase at the front of the yard but once the weather breaks we will start that in earnest.  Our other farm has now produced some larger specimens as well this year and we will have another 8000 trees for sale.

In late spring we plan to have a couple of shipments in from the west coast which will bring some specimen material that we are known for.  We are specifically focusing on Japanese Maples, Boxwoods and some other topiary specimens.  As spring unfolds I will keep you posted on the blog as what is news and some pictures.  We cannot get into the field yet…but soon!

August 2014 – the First half of the office leaves old PAO

Our new shipment has arrived with some beautiful trees and shrubs.  We received 5′ Hollies that are gorgeous.  Some beautiful Tri-colour Beech 15′ – 18′ tall – 3″ Caliper.  Some 20′ Dawykii Purple Beech and some Red Obleisk as well.  The Boxwood Spirals are 54″ tall and so green and lush.  We also received Some beautiful Columnar Pine – perfect for those tight places.  And lots of Japanese Maple have arrived with more on the way.  The Japanese Bloodgood Trees look so good people were buying them right of the truck without them being untied.  We got some Acer palmatum dissectum ‘Emporer’ that are lovely as well.  We also received some specimen Pinus sylvestris topiaries in different shapes and sizes.  The lower yard looks beautiful with all the new colour as compared to fields that are emptying and weedy.  I took some pictures of  plants that arrived but they don’t do the trees any justice, I guess the sun isn’t right.  I will take some more in the morning when the light is Better.  Here are the pictures to wet your appetite.

Emporer Japanese Maples

Sculpted Pine Topiary

Tri-colour Beech in the background. Some Endless Summer Hydrangeas in bloom.

Japanese Bloodgood Maples with the Purple Beech in the background

Japanese Bloodgood Maple

My blogging has dwindled lately but with all that is going with the yard being moved and all the planting it is a lot to keep up with.  Our nursery looks so sad with all the trees being moved – we are 70% done.  The fields are all weeds and holes.  Sadly, there are casualties, damaged root balls, and death of trees that are dug at the wrong time.  There is also the issue of drought when the trees have been dug and placed on top of the ground waiting to get to the nursery.  There have been losses and many of them but we move on.  It is really overwhelming that there is so much to do.  There is still all the statuary to move and the potted plant material and the office.  I don’t think we will make our deadline but it certainly hasn’t been for lack of effort.  We have been working 7 days a week since March at least 12 hour days.

On a happier note the new nursery looks great and finally becoming a reality.  We have our first shipment from Oregon arriving n Monday which is exciting.  Lot’s of Japanese Maples, large Boxwood Spirals, Hornbeams and Beech trees and more.  We are all ready to order our second load but holding on until we see what happens with the move.  But I will post pictures of the new product once it arrives.

This is where are Crimson King Maples were. Notice the Crab Apples dug up on the side.

This is where the Princeton Gold Maples once stood.

This where the Serviceberries were

Norway Maples ready for the new nursery.

Trees lined up along the roadway for pick up

Maples and Gingkos ready for the new nursery

Weeds and holes

Wagon Loads of Trees to be moved

Ivory Silk Lilacs just planted in at the new nursery

Beginning to take shape – there are our Princetons!

Another row complete