Cedar Grove Nursery

Spring Color From Cedar Grove Nursery
June 2011

Every spring brings colorful new plants to the market from Cedar Grove Nursery. This spring hasn't been an easy one, but nonetheless Joel Daeschel is bringing a delectable array of plants to whet the planting desires of any gardener. Joel deals primarily in color, glorious in-your-face color that convinces even the most careful buyer that "Oh, I need that!" So even though there are small herb and vegetable plants down in front, it's the mounds of glowing roses, lilies, salvias, annuals and
perennials, that draw people as if they were busy pollinators.

Where do all these happy plants come from? Joel has several greenhouses located between the hamlets of Stanley and Cedar Grove out in the plains east of the East Mountains, to which he commutes daily from his family's home in Eldorado. It's a long hike, for sure, and even more so from there to Los Alamos. But Los Alamos has lots of serious gardeners, so it's a trip worth taking each week. His daughter Micaela frequently comes along when she is not in school, and once in a while we get to see his wife Marie as well. Joel will have plants available as long as people want them, and until the end of planting season in September we will have a beautiful and changing color spot every week at the market.