Author: Christie

Drought tolerant

Arbutus unedo ‘Compacta’

Compact Strawberry Tree Compact Strawberry Tree is one of our favorites for so many reasons: it can tolerate sun or shade, is drought tolerant, provides fall flowers for the hummingbirds, has...

Deer resistant, Drought tolerant

Distylium

Distylium isn’t a ‘household name’ sort of plant yet – but it should be! It offers Rogue Valley gardeners a great alternative to some of the standard (but often overused) evergreen shrubs like...

Plants for the Rogue Valley, Trees

Large Conifers

Full-sized Conifers: For Christmas and Beyond! This week, we’re going to talk about the big guys: iconic conifers that will reach over 60′ tall at maturity. Most of these conifers are...

Plants for the Rogue Valley, Trees

Compact Conifers

A Selection of Dwarf and Compact Conifers Compact conifers – which range in size from 6′ to 20′ tall – are the perfect-sized plant for a small to mid-sized yard....

Plants for the Rogue Valley, Trees

Selecting and Caring for your Live Christmas Tree

‘Tis the Season for…Conifers! This year, instead of bringing home a cut Christmas tree that was cut weeks ago and kept in cold storage or putting up one of those “trees in a box”,...

Deer resistant, Drought tolerant, Perennials

Euphorbias

Another plant we love to sing the praises of: evergreen, usually compact, deer resistant and drought tolerant – with flowers that last 3 months or more. The only thing you have to do to...

Drought tolerant

Calocedrus decurrens

Incense Cedar If you have room for even one large conifer in your yard, Incense Cedar (Calocedrus decurrens) would top our list of recommendations! Incense Cedars are native to the West coast;...

Deer resistant

Prunus lusitanica

Portuguese Laurel Evergreen hedges are a great way to create a privacy screen, a windbreak, or even a ‘green wall’ to use as a backdrop for a selection of vibrant, colorful selection of shrubs and...

Deer resistant

Rhus aromatica ‘Gro-Low’ is another one of those plants we like to feature here in our Plant of the Week column, because it checks all our boxes: a native plant; deer resistant and drought tolerant...

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