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Locally Grown
Plants are one area where it makes sense to ‘Buy Local’
Locally Grown
by Christie Mackison, co-owner and designer at Shooting Star Nursery
(this article is originally published in Southern Oregon Ma…
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…
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…
Portland & the Willamette Valley
Just got back from a jaunt from the Willamette Valley where we got to eat our way through Portland and hand select some of our favorite plants to share with you this season. We can’t wait to show yo…
Bignonia capreolata ‘Tangerine Beauty’
Tangerine Beauty Cross Vine
The cross vine offers lovely salmon to orange flowers with evergreen leaves and a non-aggressive habit. Perfect if you are worried about a trumpet vine (Campsis radicans…




