Clinton Smay and Travis Burke are taking their nursery to the next level with new plant innovations
Oregon Nursery Country
Profile: Palmer Creek Nursery
Rufino Reyes and his son Jimmy stay nimble to focus on customer needs while maintaining quality.
Profile: Gold Family Farms
Steve and Joe Gold are focused on providing value and quality for their customers through efficiencies and scale.
Profile: Krueger’s Tree Farm
Richard “Dick” Krueger is building a legacy of innovation with a eye toward solving tomorrow’s problems
Nursery Operations
New USDA Census of Hort arriving in mailboxes this month
Watch your mail: The 2025 USDA Census of Horticulture Specialties is being mailed this month to more than 2,000 horticultural operations in Oregon and some 40,000 nationwide. The census asks questions about crops grown, their value, the square footage used for growing them, production expenses and more. Deadline: Responses are required by law. They are […]
Sound planning and strong communication helps complex loading processes run more smoothly
Careful planning, good communication and loading efficiency are critical steps to getting a truck in and out of a nursery and back on the road as quickly as possible.
It’s prudent to stay wise to freight-related scams
Be wary of sharks and their double brokering, ID theft and other freight-related scams.
Plant Features
New boxwood varieties shore up defense against spreading boxwood blight
As boxwood blight was spreading in the U.S. in the 2010s, executives at Plant Development Services in Loxley, Alabama, and Saunders Brothers Nursery in Piney River, Virginia, were looking for solutions. Plant Development Services looked to Europe, where blight had been a major issue since 1998, while Saunders Brothers looked to germplasm it had on […]
Nurseries follow demand in developing evergreen alternatives to boxwoods
While there’s still demand for the rounded, hardy boxwood (Buxus), growers and retailers are responding to a shifting trend toward evergreen alternatives that don’t face the same pest and disease issues as boxwood.
Nurseries making it easier for homeowners to create urban habitats for critters
While pollinators are getting a lot of attention the green industry is increasingly looking for ways to support wildlife to shore up our ecosystem.
