Why Halla Nursery Is Your Best Value!

WE ARE THE SOUTHWEST METRO'S LARGEST RETAIL GARDEN CENTER AND LANDSCAPE NURSERY!

Unmatched Service and Selection

Halla Nursery has a Registered Landscape Architect, eight Certified Minnesota Nursery and Landscape Professionals, and up to a dozen Garden Center Sales People to help you. We have over twelve acres of Garden Center and a total of 100 acres of trees, shrubs, annuals and perennials to choose from--all available for your personal selection. We have won both local and national landscape design and installation awards.

With Years of Experience

Since 1942, Halla Nursery has provided the Twin Cities with the finest products and services. We offer high quality at a fair price and we have the knowledge and ability to do the job right! Halla Nursery and garden center is dedicated to providing you with the most progressive and up-to-date services and materials. We focus on providing you the best value in your landscaping, not the lowest price. We have two resounding philosophies: First, we firmly believe 'you get what you pay for' and second, 'if you aren't going to do it right, it's better to not do it at all!' This is not to say we aren't competitively priced, in fact, with our buying power, we can often sell you better plants and materials at or below our competitor price on inferior products. However, we will not sell inferior plants or supplies just to compete on price!

We Take Pride In What We Do

When we install your landscape, whether it is one tree or an entire home, we do it with pride. We know that you will get the best materials and supplies available and that they will withstand the test of time. We know our reputation will not be jeopardized. We know that you will be happy not only at the time of completion but twenty years down the road as well! Landscaping is a competitive market. We know we must be competitively priced on everything we sell. It is our intention to save you money everywhere we can but at the same time use the quality of plants and materials you deserve. We promise you we will not sacrifice the quality of your project just to sell you the job. Purchasing your landscaping from Halla will be an excellent investment. The following items are things we consider vitally important to the quality and longevity of your landscape project.

Minnesota-Hardy Plant Material Is Best

We sell only Minnesota Hardy plant material. If a plant is marginally hardy or needs extra care, we will inform you of this before we sell you that plant. All of our plants are specially adapted to growing in clay soil. This is especially important with Balled in Burlap trees or Machine-Moved trees - if they aren't grown in clay, the percentage of loss is nearly double, and if they do live, they tend to look poor for many years while they adapt to the clay. Trees grown in other soils mature faster and thus may be less expensive, but the savings are not justifiable if they do poorly or die. Our potted plants are grown in a specially designed soil and have a 1-2 year slow release fertilizer right in the mix. The fertilizer mix in our perennials is so advanced that we have to contract directly with Scott's Fertilizer Co. not to disclose any details about its contents! If you have clay soil, we strongly recommend you do not purchase bare-root plant material - our experience has shown that up to 50% may die when planted in clay.

Use Only the Best Landscape Edging

We sell only Cobra Hi-Test landscape edging. This is the 'World's Best' edging. It is the industry's heaviest piece of edging and is fully guaranteed against cracking or lifting out of the ground and it doesn't require stakes. This edging is so good, it's patented! There are many grades of Cobra edging, with a wholesale cost differential of over 900%, so be careful to specify Cobra Hi-Test.

And the Best Landscape Weed Barrier

Halla Nursery sells DeWitt Pro 5 weed barrier. It is a full 5.0-ounce woven, needle-punched polypropylene fabric that has been proven in field trials to be the best weed preventative fabric available. It is UV resistant and will last you as long as you own your home! We will not use plastic in a landscape bed, unless you have a water problem, because it suffocates the soil and will not let moisture, nutrients, and oxygen penetrate the soil like fabric will. Most of our competitors use Typar landscape fabric because it is 50% less expensive. Typar is a 2.0-ounce non-woven fabric that we consider grossly inferior. We recommend weed barrier under rock mulches only. Using weed barrier under shredded hardwood mulch takes away the soil improvement benefits the mulch provides.

Using the Right Mulch is Critical

When it comes to wood mulch products, Halla Nursery installs only mulches that come from healthy trees forested for timber, not diseased trees like some of our competitors use. Our wood mulches will not transfer diseases to your soil or plants. Our rock mulches are all screen-cleaned or washed, not 'pit run.' We install all mulches 3-4 inches deep, not 1-2 inches like some of our competitors--this may mean you get 50% more material from Halla!