Garden tour
Checking out our plants in the outside world
Shooting Star Garden Tour 2015! Our friend Tracy suggested we go on a tour of some gardens that she and her company- Sage Hill Landscape had design…
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…
Open house for Landscape Professionals
We don’t know about you, but this spring has so far been a blur. With the lack of rain it has been extra busy. But we would love to spend a morning with you to show off our plants and share a coffee…
Guide to Pruning, Planting & Training Fruit Trees
Including how to espalier (train flat) a fruit tree allowing you to grow fruit in a smaller space. Fruit trees require an annual pruning for optimal health and productivity. Come see demos on existin…
How to prune shrubs and trees for optimal health and beauty
Not sure how to prune that flowering Rhody, or want to make your Japanese Maple more open and striking? Let us show you the pruning tricks.
Registration fee-$5, you will also receive a 10% off gift c…
Master Gardener Spring Fair at the Expo Center- come see us at the fair!
We will have many unusual plants, edibles, and potted arrangements that you may not have seen at the nursery.
Landscape professionals open house
Come join us for coffee and refreshments and take a leisurely stroll around our nursery. We can’t wait to show you some of the new varieties we have this year as well as what is being grown and plann…
Pruning woody perennials
There seems to be a lot of confusion on when and how to prune back lavenders and other woody perennials. This is the safe time of year to get them pruned back- we will show you how far to prune and w…