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New Plants for 2015
Exciting new varieties and ones we wanted to highlight
Shooting Star Nursery- New Plants for 2015
Abies concolor ‘Fastigiate’- this columnar fir has really interesting thick blue needle…
Cornus mas
Cornelian Cherry
Cornelian Cherry is a dogwood relative that is a beacon of light in the gloomy days of early spring. It is rare to find a yellow blooming tree and since Cornus mas bloom so ea…
Pinus thunbergii ‘Thunderhead’
Thunderhead Dwarf Japanese Black Pine
‘Thunderhead’ Japanese Black Pine is a wonderful compact specimen conifer. Like most pines it is drought tolerant and deer resistant but what sets it apar…
Waterwise Gardening- Lawn Replacement Incentive
City of Ashland Lawn Replacement Program
City of Ashland utility customers! If you haven’t seen this offer you are missing out. Especially if you were wanting to create a more waterwise garden any…
Geranium x cantabrigiense ‘Biokovo’
This versatile and easy-to-grow hardy geranium is a great choice for an evergreen perennial that is deer resistant, drought tolerant in part shade, and even gets fall color.
When looking for deer re…
Baptisia australis
Blue False Indigo
Baptisia or Blue False Indigo may not be all that familiar but it should be for it’s striking purple flower stalks and refreshing blue-green foliage. It has what we always lo…
Daphne transatlantica
‘Summer Ice’ and ‘Eternal Fragrance’ Daphne
By far, one of our most asked about plants!
This species of Daphne blooms throughout the spring, summer and fall, and is less fussy than some of the other…
Pulsatilla vulgaris
Pasque Flower
Of all the flushes of new growth and bright flowers of spring, Pulsatillas are my favorite harbinger of this vibrant season. Among the earlier of perennials to bloom, Pasque flow…
Pyrus pyrifolia
We’re on a fruit tree kick, so here’s another good choice for the Rogue Valley climate- Asian Pears! Pears in general do well in the valley, as history has shown, and asian pears are an espec…