Greetings,
It’s been a tough growing season here in Allegan County. We have suffered a severe draught that seemed to last forever. I watched field crops turn brown by late August and the usual colorful fall foliage is early with muted colors and tinges of brown. I’ve never been so grateful for our powerful wells! Fortunately, we were able to keep everything watered, our plants grew well and look good. And we are now enjoying cooler rainy weather. What a relief!
Our offerings this year are mainly larger plants, especially the large leaf rhodies. I was hoping the ones we lined out 2 years ago would be saleable for spring of 2026 but they are too small. The draught probably had something to do with this. So, we are still not back to “normal”. We are very limited in the 18-24” range which unfortunately many of you order. We do have good numbers and smaller sizes of Pieris (remember the deer don’t eat these!), Dwarf Korean Azalea and some small leaf rhodies. We have very nice PJM and Roseum elegans in the 3-4’ range. And gorgeous Yaks. There are also some giant 6 footers on the list too.
Please take a look at the Availability List on this website and send in your order to Becky as soon as possible. You may call, email or mail your wish list. We will do our best to fill it. And as always, Rosie (RIP) has the last word “Get your orders in early. I don’t like freezing my patootie off trying to finish in the cold.”
All the best,
Linda, Lucci, Becky, David, Adan and all the Crew
