Eye-Catching Landscape Beauties
Trees offer near-countless benefits in the landscape. But let’s face it: eye-catching landscape designs call for specimen trees that can stand up to Mother Nature and still look good. Loma Vista Nursery’s website helps landscape trade professionals shop, plan and prepare for the upcoming growing season. Take a look at our catalog for perennials, ornamental…
Upright Junipers and Columnar Arborvitae
Upright evergreen trees are prized in the landscape for their reliability and stand-up coolness. Taylor Juniper (Juniperus virginiana ‘Taylor’) Like squirrels stock up on nuts for winter sustenance, upright juniper and arborvitae store water and nutrients in their roots. This enables them to slow their growth when the ground is frozen but not go dormant.…
Loma Vista Nursery Tree Farm
Ever wonder what really happens on a plant nursery? In this installment of our continuing Site Tour Series, we will take you on a blog tour of various aspects of the Loma Vista Nursery growing sites. We produce in-ground trees for business-to-business sales at our tree production nursery in Willow Springs, Kan. Loma Vista Nursery…
Majestic Maples
In addition to majestic fall foliage in hues of red, orange, yellow and burgundy, maple trees give us numerous benefits. They are a source of syrup for our pancakes, lanes for our bowling alleys and sweet notes from musical instruments like violins and cellos. Maples are considered “tonewoods” – a family of natural hardwoods that…
Intern's Experience Helps Shape Her Career Path
Loma Vista Nursery’s summer-long paid internship program is a win-win for the company, the industry and for college students and young professionals interested in exploring a green career. The rotation-based program, which began in 2018, has contributed to the growth of promising futures in all aspects of horticulture. Each year at the beginning of summer,…
Their Significant Journey from Fields to Communities
In honor of April Earth Month – and Arbor Day this Friday – we’re celebrating those oft-overlooked trees that we walk under, drive by and sit beneath. They are mainstays along our sidewalks and public thoroughfares, and in our community parks and public gardens. Their common name is “street tree,” but they stand up to…
Our New Plants for 2024
Every year, new plants pique the interest of trade professionals and consumers. We are thrilled to grow the following new plant varieties for the 2024 growing season. Pinky Winky Prime® Panicle Hydrangea (Hydrangea paniculata) – Proven Winners Photo Pinky Winky Prime® Panicle Hydrangea Plant Type: Flowering Shrub Shrub Type: Deciduous Habit: Upright Flower Shades: Two-Toned…
Here Comes Spring
When the soil starts to warm and plants begin unfurling their sleepy leaves, spring is just around the corner. And we’re busy as bees in summer. We caught up with Duane Huss, Loma Vista Nursery’s operations manager, for a behind-the-scenes look at February’s activities. With spring a handful of weeks ahead, Duane Huss, operations manager,…
Horti-futurism is Now
With the 2024 growing season at the starting gate, the question is naturally, “what’s new?” Experts (and history) tells us that trends are defined by the generations with buying power. Horti-futurism, they say, is now. While we value those Boomers who are still out there gardening along with their Gen X neighbors and Millennial children,…
Nine Questions with Duane Huss
First in Our “Behind the Scenes” Series In winter, thoughts naturally turn to spring, which makes us think about pruning – and this is a very good time to pick up the pruners and look at the trees. We caught up with Duane Huss, Loma Vista Nursery’s operations manager, for quick tips on how to…