Japanese Maples

Tree #1

This is the Red and White tree.

Tree #2

The second of the Christmas trees is up as Janet and Lorelei transform the building into a holiday showpiece. This is the Red and Gold tree.

Japanese Maples

A large shipment of beautiful Japanese maples has come in, so many sizes, shapes and colors to choose from…

Fat Albert

The baby robins from above the speaker in the shade house have left the nest. Heather named this one Fat Albert for obvious reasons!

Paver Demonstration

Our landscape crew gave a demonstration on how to lay pavers yesterday. Hot work!

Water Plants

Water plants

A large shipment of water plants came in this morning, including water hyacinths — people have been waiting for these!

Windy weather

So windy in Carson today, we’ll be standing trees up tomorrow all over the nursery. The pear tree next door is just one of the badly damaged trees I saw on my way home.

Plants keep coming in

Plants coming in

Elderberry Love

Black Lace Elderberry

I love these shrubs! As beautiful as Japanese Maples but so much easier to grow, Black Beauty and Black Lace’s foliage are a dramatic deep purple – Black Lace’s leaves are finely cut. Sutherland Gold also has finely cut leaves but in a bright gold. All have large flat clusters of pink flowers in early summer followed by edible black berries which can be used for jams and wine or just left on the shrubs for the birds to enjoy. Rapid growers, they will reach 6-8 feet tall and wide, thrive in full sun and are very cold hardy.

If you’ve always wanted to have Japanese Maples but don’t have the shade and protection they need in our Northern Nevada climate, give these great new shrubs a try.

Sutherland Gold Elderberry