From Bloom to Bouquet
One of my favorite shrubs I bought from Behnke’s is this Limelight hydrangea. Each summer I would see a giant plant blooming at Behnke’s as I walked from the back parking lot to the selling area. I just loved it…
Photo Of The Week: Winterberry, Ilex verticillata, A Native Deciduous Holly
Starting to think about Christmas decor. A couple of weeks ago I was visiting relatives in the U.P., which is the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, the part of Michigan that is sandwiched between Wisconsin’s northern border and the southern shore of…
Generations of Joy Under the Maples
I live next door to these beautiful maple trees, and I’ve enjoyed watching them change with the seasons for many years. My in-laws, Jane and Marshall, originally planted the trees in their backyard, and we spent many wonderful times under…
Memories Of The 1988 Oktoberfest At Behnke’s
The other day, I was trying to explain Behnke’s Oktoberfest in the ’80s and early ’90s to someone. If you were there, you know how special this event was to everyone who came out to Behnke’s in Beltsville year after…
Photo Of The Week: A Very Special Halloween Pumpkin
As many of you know, the late singer Eva Cassidy worked at Behnke Nurseries for a number of years before she left to devote herself to her full-time music career. We worked together at Behnke’s Largo location. In…
Fall Is The Time For Fun
Fall is the time for harvesting, and October is packed with so much going on! Just last week, I shared about the Northern Lights, and now, a few days ago, many of us were lucky enough to spot a comet…
Photo Of The Week: Fall Color Time
This photo is at my former Maryland home, taken November 5, 2006. It’s a Laceleaf Japanese Maple, Acer palmatum variety dissectum ‘Waterfall.’ A plain green cultivar, but with pretty golden fall color. I grew this as a container plant. It was potted in 2000, and…
A Bug Night By The Pond
A Bug Night by the pond in a nearby park… When I saw this in the park the other day, I was thinking of all the little folks going out for Trick or Treat. (My nine year old nephew reports…
Aurora Borealis ~ Northern Lights
Were you one of the lucky ones last week who got to see the Northern Lights? Around 8 pm last Thursday, Oct. 10, my husband came to and said to look across the street at the barn. It looked like…
Photo Of The Week by Larry Hurley: Tiny Houses
There are plenty of them in Hobbiton, although, technically, they aren’t real. The photos were taken in Matamata, New Zealand in November, 2013. Matamata is close to Auckland. This low-key theme park was originally the movie set of the Hobbit…
A Message From A Garden Center in Asheville, NC
Years ago, I was fortunate enough to travel to Asheville, NC, with a group from Behnke’s to attend the Garden Center Group’s annual event. Asheville was such a beautiful place, and I know it will be again. While there,…
Till We Meet Again
On September 19, 2024, Ele Behnke passed away, and Heaven gained another angel. I don’t even know where to begin expressing how much Aunt Ele meant to me. My earliest memories are of playing with her daughter, my cousin…