I was really excited to stop in and visit one of Behnke’s closest Independent Garden Centers, Meadows Farms Nurseries in Burtonsville, MD. Besides checking out how former Behnke Best Greg is doing there I wanted to share some of their story with you. I hope you enjoy the videos and article and find time to stop in to visit them.
Great news! Helmut Jaehnigen is doing great and is back walking around after a bad fall last May.
Larry Hurley explains why he is planning on using more Caladiums in his garden next year.
After Labor Day, and all the children go back to school it is time to start planning your Fall decorating ideas.
Larry Hurley’s thoughts on the perennial Vernonia ‘Iron Butterfly’ which is a selection of a short ironweed native to Arkansas and Oklahoma.
One would like to think that there never is a good time to cut down a tree. However, for this beautiful Norway Spruce that was given to us in 1985 by my grandfather, Albert Behnke time was up.
Alice, who many of you might remember working in our sunny annual department every Spring loves to share photos of her beautiful gardens, and she lately has been fascinating us with videos and pictures of all of her butterflies hatching.
My wife and I just got back from an Alaska trip, and we started out by spending several days in Juneau, staying on the north end of town and renting a car to visit some of the parks.
A customer wrote and mentioned her daughter told her that she has so many memories in her yard, all that were #bornatbehnkes! So in keeping with that theme, I wanted to share with you something I finally got to my home and got up.
As most of you know, I have been going through many of my families records and photos. One got me to thinking of the times my grandparents would take us on long summer vacations out West as we called it.
One of my favorite perennials is Perovskia atriplicifolia, common name Russian sage. Russian sage has a lot going for it. Upright growth, pretty blue flowers, and a long blooming period…
Sometimes there is something that just makes everyone smile when they see it. That was the case a week or so ago