It’s a sure sign that summer has officially arrived in Alaska!
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - It’s a sure sign that summer has officially arrived in Alaska.is ready to go into the ground. Senior Gardener Richard Lott says they grow 70,000 to 80,000 plants per year. Of that, about 1,500 are focused on making downtown more colorful.“It’s just a really exciting time because that’s just kind of the signal for every Alaskan, at least, that it’s time to enjoy the prolonged daylight,” Lott said.
“The geraniums, for example, are an excellent crop, very easy to grow easy to maintain, lots of vibrant color as you can see, and they’re pretty much a mainstay of our inventory,” he explained.“One of the more exciting things for my job in the winter at least, is you know being able to come to work and slowly watching the process and slowly watching this greenhouse just fill up with life and color,” Lott said. “It’s really exciting.
“We have the irrigation drip lines in our baskets that are intended to water an entire line of baskets, so we don’t have to individually water and check the condition of every single thing,” Lott said.“I always try and make it a point when I’m designing to bring in a new crop, but like at least a little bit of it, just to see how it does in the field,” he said. “See how it presents itself.
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