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 […]
Plant Features
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.
Nursery Operations
Oregon’s nursery licensing program aims to keep the entire industry healthy
The emergency fund is just one component of the ODA’s nursery licensing program. Other pieces aim to keep nursery plants healthy, whether they’re being grown here and shipped out of state or brought in from elsewhere.
Building trust is key to establishing clientele base for new nurseries
For new retail and wholesale nurseries, one of the biggest challenges is building your network of suppliers, sales leads and vendors from scratch.
Five owners share their experiences on what it takes to start a nursery businesses
There’s no one template for starting a retail or wholesale nursery. Each business is as unique the owners who start them, the locations they select, and their unique visions for their businesses. Digger magazine visited with five nursery owners who started their own businesses. Although they took different roads to their dream of starting their […]
Oregon Is Nursery Country
Welcome to Nursery Country 2023
With a record $1.37 billion worth of sales in 2022, Oregon’s nursery industry continues to grow. And if you want to know why, you can ask the families that are driving the growth.
John Holmlund Nursery
Nathan and Angie Holmlund continue their dad’s recipe for success: focus on people and plants.
Drakes Crossing Nursery
Jan Hupp and his wife Cindy use a team approach to nourishing his mother’s thriving dream.
Bentwood Tree Farm
Laura and Tom Dufala have taken their passion for cloud-pruned trees and turned it into a thriving business
