Plugs are shipping this week and next.

[Western New York has] the largest Concord grape industry in the Eastern USA and second largest producer of Concord grapes in the country. The Lake Erie Grape Belt is home to more than 800 vineyards covering 32,000 acres... dyson.cornell.edu/wp-content/u...

I don't think I have them listed yet, but I picked up these neat Japanese maples known as Koto No Ito. They have long slender leaves and this really interesting red petioles and cataphylls

Nursery Confessional: I'll sell a plant in a pot. I'd rather you buy it bare root. I have to markup the cost of the pot+soil. Worse, I have to chop of half the root system to fit the tree in the pot. Pictured is Italian Plum. Just wait till you see what I have to do to a semi-dwarf cherry...

It occurs to me these are lichen.

I found this moss, and I like it.

In Person Tree/Shrub sales are starting now.

Unloaded a truck of trees and went down to the court house today: www.wgrz.com/article/news...

How to choose a sweet cherry tree. All of these are self fertile, hardy, and decent on disease/cracking resistance. Lapin - Highest yield and more 'rich' flavor Black Gold - Easy to grow, less yield than lapin, clean flavor Sweetheart - Late season. Rich flavor Stella - Early Season. Clean Flavor

Sometimes you write a letter to your Senator, and sometimes they respond.

Another great source of pepper seeds. NSS www.nativeseeds.org/collections/...

I learned the NM State University Chile Pepper Institute has an online store selling seeds. Very cool. cpi.nmsu.edu

Columnar Apples are a vertical type of apple tree that grows in an upright column. You can grow them in a pot, or you can grow them on a lot. You can grow them near a stoop, you can grow them by a coop. You can purchase them online, or in person come spring time.

Sugar Maple. (Acer saccharum)

Another year, another round of germination.

White phenotype of Salvia Azurea

Snakeroot (Ageratina altissima)

If you're in the USA, now is a good time to write to your representatives in the Senate. (Schumer/Gillibrand for me NY) There is an upcoming vote on funding for ICE/DHS. If you're not sure what to say, you can use my letter as a template. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

I'm doing some research in a manner that requires precise citations. I'm finding myself wanting to quote sources from the EPA, USDA, and Census bureau. At one point I would have been really confident in that. These days I'm not sure how much I can actually trust that as a source?

Spotted Joe Pye Weed (Eutrochium maculatum) Native to a wide range temperate areas in the united states. It often can be seen out in the wild forming large clumps and masses of plants. This is a late summer through fall bloomer. Grows rapidly, responds very well to nitrogen, and yeah just great.

This is Tall Ironweed (Vernonia gigantea) as seen at Tifft Nature Preserve. This herbaceous perennial is native to NE USA and blooms in the fall. Tall Ironweed has dramatic purple/pink blossoms, reaches up to 6ft tall, and is a valuable source of late season nectar during.

The North American Paintbrush Plant Castilleja coccinea is a hemi-parastic biennial. It does not require a host plant for it's lifecycle. However, it does greatly benefit by being able to steal nutrients from nearby hosts. In some areas of the country, there is also a yellow phenotype.

Did you know? Modern Peach and Apricot varieties are bred in... Ontario, Canada? Frost Peach is the best peach variety with disease resistance to Peach Leaf Curl a notoriously difficult fungal infection. Not to mention those spring pink blossoms

Lilac appreciation Post.

Magnolias are one of my favorite ornamental trees and I've got a few exciting varieties this year. Felix, Galaxy, Black Tulip, Kobus, Tinkerbelle, and Yellow Bird www.zubaplants.com/collections/...

The 2026 catalog is online and taking orders. Still a bunch to do (namely more/better photos) but the hard part is out of the way. Over 120 different products this year. Double the number of native plants and a wide selection of fruit and ornamental trees. www.zubaplants.com

"Seeds that germinate when exposed to light are called positively photoblastic" www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Seeds are sown

CLOSED For In person retail for the rest of the season. Online orders only

Meadow Blazing Star

"Buffalo officials largely ignored neighbors and violated state law in their rush to convert an abandoned community center near the Central Terminal into a training facility." www.investigativepost.org/2025/09/04/p...

In case you wanted some levity in your life this week. We made a low budget commercial with a butterfly www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVPN...

There is oppression in my neighborhood. Please share. I beg you. www.btpm.org/local/2025-0...

I grew it for the flowers, but I'm into the seedpods and foliage. (Rocky Mountain Penstemon)

Avant Garde

Canada produces more than 65% of the sphagnum peat moss used in the United States Imports of peat from Canada represent 97% of total United States imports and 85% of total Canadian production value of peat moss production in Canada is estimated at $337 million creneautourbe.ca/wp-content/u...

Service berries don't get enough love. People come in trying to buy blueberries. I like blueberries, but lets be real. Your soil PH is not 4.5-5.5 and you're probably not gonna throw down sulfur every year to keep that ph down. Just buy the service berry, but alas they keep asking for the blueberry.

True Inspiration.

Field trial of Spent Mushroom Substrate as a medium for ornamental container production. 100% SMS, 50/50, and 100% potting soil as a control.

Definitely putting rocky mountain penstemon back in the catalog.

This is mikado

Eastern Bluestar and Woodland Columbine

lol look at this lupine