Nandina ‘Gulf Stream’
‘Gulf Stream’ Heavenly Bamboo
Nandina ‘Gulf Stream’ is a workhorse of a plant. It provides year-round interest in the garden, but really starts to shine during the fall and winter months.
If you’re l…
Ribes odoratum ‘Crandall’
Here is a stellar plant that is beautiful, fragrant, and delicious – as well as being good for the birds!
‘Crandall’ Blackcurrant is woefully under-utilized, perhaps people haven’t eaten a curr…
Asian Persimmons
Persimmons are the fruit you didn’t know you needed. So decorative! So versatile! And fall color as a bonus in an edible tree. Asian Persimmons are the main type for home gardeners to grow, even t…
Hydrangea quercifolia
Oakleaf Hydrangea
Oakleaf hydrangea offers a lot more four-season interest than its showier mophead cousins, and can be considered deer resistant due to its courser leaves. In its native habitat as…
Viburnum trilobum and V. plicatum var. tomentosum
There are a lot of Viburnum species out there and these are two of our favorites. Simply elegant and easy, the Cranberry Viburnum (trilobum, photo at bottom) and Doublefile Viburnum (plicatum…
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…
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…
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…
Punica granatum
The Rogue Valley climate allows us to get away with growing Pomegranates; with the possibility of getting fruit! Unlike the Pacific Northwest, which generally doesn’t get enough heat to ripen Pomeg…