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
Building a solid brand pays big dividends
A good logo and name can go far in helping a nursery carve out a name for itself. But there’s more to a solid brand than that.
Longtime employee buys Heritage Seedlings and Liners
Mark Krautmann has sold Heritage Seedlings and Liners to longtime employee Octavio Martinez. The sale was concluded June 1.
Achieving better soil with less toil
Growers using cover crops say they improve soil aeration and nutrients, resulting in better plants
Plant Features
Working with the ODA, nurseries develop sterile varieties of Buddleja
Butturfly Bush (Buddleja) is in high demand because it’s easy to grow and it’s a magnet for hummingbirds and butterflies.
Green drenching creates peaceful garden spaces
Gardeners are tapping green’s soothing nature to create peaceful spaces, and nurseries are following suit.
New frontiers for Japanese snowbells
Styrax japonicus is catching the eyes of gardeners and greater attention from growers