Garden mums will soon be bursting with color throughout the mid Atlantic region.  Our garden mum story begins around Mother's Day.  Groupings of unrooted cuttings arrive to our greenhouses throughout the month of May while most people are busy planting their flower and vegetable gardens.  Once each week, we promptly stick these cuttings into small

Kalanchoe blossfeldiana is one of our top selling indoor blooming plants.  This popular blooming houseplant has many attractive qualities.  It features succulent leaves and a bright inflorescence or cluster of flowers.  They are traditionally available in 4" or 6" pots and recently 2" pots have become popular for miniature gardens.  Flowers are available in shades

Fall is just around the corner and it is second only to the Christmas season for decorating. Garden mums are the perfect flower to decorate porches, pots, flowers beds, and more for the colorful Fall season.  How do these blooming beauties produce their flowers and why aren't they "hardy" anymore?  Read on to learn more

Thomas Jefferson first introduced geraniums to American horticulturist John Bartram in 1786.  Since that introduction, geraniums have become a staple in American landscapes. There are many types of geraniums to choose from. Here at Musselman Greenhouses, we grow three types of geraniums including Zonal Geraniums (Pelargonium x hortorum), Interspecific Geraniums (Pelargonium x hortorum-interspecific), and Martha

Spring officially arrived on March 20.  Longer and warmer days have many folks ready to get their hands dirty in their gardens.  While we have had some warm days, there is still a danger of frost until May 15 in south central Pennsylvania.  Early spring is a fantastic time to decorate your home with indoor

Have you ever wondered how we start all of the beautiful spring plants we grow? Many of our annuals, perennials, and herbs are rooted in our own greenhouses. Each year we begin to receive unrooted cuttings in early December for spring sales.  Unrooted cuttings continue to arrive throughout the winter and spring for pots, baskets,

If you were ever curious how an Easter lily is grown, read on. Easter lilies have a very small market date unlike many other flowers. Since Easter Sunday varies each year, the timing of our crop is very important.  Most of the Easter lily bulbs are field grown in Northern California and Southern Oregon. In

Easter 2016 is Sunday, March 27.  We have been busy preparing for this early Easter for months!  Tulips, hyacinths, and daffodils were all planted in early October to allow the bulbs plenty of time to mature for Easter Sunday.  On December 1, we had 8,000 Easter lily bulbs arrive.  Between poinsettias orders, we planted these

32,120 pots of poinsettias planted, watered, pinched, spaced, sprayed, shipped, and sold. Thank you for each and every order you gave us the opportunity to fill this holiday season. May your New Year be full of happiness, health, and blessings!