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Cold damaged plants
Assessing winter damage
Does your Escallonia look like this?
Or your Rosemary like this?
The record cold spell we had this winter really made us realize what is truly hardy here. We don’t know abou…
Spirea thunbergii ‘Ogon’
Ogon (Gold Leaf) Bridal Wreath Spirea
A colorful and textural addition to the tough and easy to grow Spireas. Changing from bright yellow, to lime green, to vibrant orange in the fall, t…
Pollination of fruit trees
Making sure your fruit trees are pollinated
Very quickly, just came across this useful little website. Gives you a succinct rundown of pollination basics for fruit trees. I learned that…
Muhlenbergia capillaris
Pink Muhly Grass
Pink Muhly grass is the fairy dust of ornamental grasses. You have to wait until the end of summer for the haze of pink blooms to emerge, but it is so worth it. If you have spot th…
Bees and fruit trees
Fruit trees not fruiting?
Has this happened to you? Fruit trees with no fruit?! We had a recent customer with this problem, despite him taking loving care of his fruit trees. That is not only disa…
Help the bees
Plants for beauty and bees
Most of you know, the bees need our help. But we still get people coming to the nursery not wanting to get a plant with too many flowers so it doesn’t attract the bee…
Lobelia laxiflora v. angustifolia
Mexican Cardinal Flower
The sunset colored blooms of Mexican Cardinal Flower are truly one of my favorites. This long lived perennial starts blooming in June and goes strong most of the…
Cistus spp.
If your only exposure to Rockroses has been the Orchid Rockrose (Cistus purpurea), which can get a bit rangy and raggedy after a few years, you are in for a real treat!
There are some spectacular va…
Deer resistant plants class
New ideas to combat the deer from munching your beautiful plants
We had fun taking our class members on a tour of the nursery and showing off some of the new plants that are deer resistant. Like thi…