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I love Mock Oranges. I love the smell… I love the color… just love em. However, they do their own thing, much like other plants in your landscape. I’ll try to remember to get video of the potted mock ranges in my nursery so you can see the differences.

I know I say this all the time, but it’s true. I love walking around the nursery and my property and seeing all my plants and seeing what is still asleep and who might need a drink and just what everybody is doing. The Japanese Magnolias (both Ann and Jane) are just forming blooms.

If you’ve been scrolling through my 2026 catalog or visited the nursery last year, you might have noticed something a bit “wonky” about one of our favorite shrubs. It’s a question I get every single season: “If this is called ‘Java Red,’ why are the flowers so… pink?” It’s a fair question! In the world…

If you’ve spent any time gardening here in the Black Hills, you know it’s a labor of love that requires a certain amount of “grit.” Between our legendary spring snowstorms, the persistent prairie winds, and soil that can range from heavy clay to rocky shale, our plants have to be as tough as the people…

If you’ve lived in this corner of the world for more than a week, you know the old saying: If you don’t like the weather, wait five minutes. But even for us seasoned South Dakotans, this winter has been—for lack of a better word—wonky. As I sit here in the nursery office, AKA the living…