by Sean Sherrod | Dec 23, 2025 | Landscape
We’re excited to share a very special project that’s close to our hearts here at Del’s Garden Center. Together with the Clay County Fair, we’ve helped design Plant the Future— a 10-year tree planting plan that will restore beauty, shade, and natural spaces all across...
by Sean Sherrod | Oct 28, 2024 | Garden Center
This invasive plant has been around for quite some time. This plant was brought here from Eastern Europe and was used as a hedge and for landscaping. There was a well-maintained hedge of this shrub on West Fourth Street in Spencer for years that...
by Sean Sherrod | Oct 26, 2024 | Garden Center
Asparagus is an amazing plant. It abounds along fence lines and in prairie areas and seems to be resistant to any chemical drift it may get in the country. It produces a yummy crop of spears in the spring that can be harvested and lightly boiled,...
by Sean Sherrod | Jun 26, 2024 | Garden Center
We have had a call about eating garden produce regarding the recent flooding. Attached below is link to an Iowa State University Extension and Outreach article dated June 25, 2024, answering this question. Due to the amounts of contamination with the June 2024...
by Sean Sherrod | May 28, 2024 | Garden Center
Should you be worried about this plant? Heck no! This tough perennial plant is finding a home all over the Iowa Great Lakes! Golden Spikenard is being planted under the Burr Oak canopy in the Okoboji area and is becoming a common landscape plant. Also known as...
