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Positive signs for garden centers

By Mike Darcy — Posted December 1, 2016

Retailers are looking to build on last year’s strong sales by capitalizing on the key trends for 2017.

Filed Under: Mike Darcy Tagged With: Consumer trends, Digger, Digger magazine, Home gardening, Plants

Trees and shrubs for fall color

By Mike Darcy — Posted October 3, 2016

With the Pacific Northwest’s superb growing climate, fall is a great season to plant something.

Filed Under: Mike Darcy Tagged With: Digger, Digger magazine, Landscaping, Plants

Warning about the downside to insecticides

By Mike Darcy — Posted August 2, 2016

Gardeners who use pesticides should take heed about the potential harm they could be doing to beneficial insects.

Filed Under: Mike Darcy Tagged With: Digger, Digger magazine, Pesticides, Plants

The middle number

By Mike Darcy — Posted June 1, 2016

Fertilizers high in phosphorus have surprisingly little value for some Northwest gardens.

Filed Under: Mike Darcy Tagged With: Digger, Digger magazine, Home gardening

Interest in tender perennials heats up

By Mike Darcy — Posted April 1, 2016

Brugmansia, Lantana and other not-so-winter-hardy plants offer gardeners seasonal interest, while spurring repeat buyer sales potential.

Filed Under: Mike Darcy Tagged With: Digger, Digger magazine, Plants, Retail Nurseries

Gardens beautiful enough to eat

By Mike Darcy — Posted February 1, 2016

Retail garden centers, take note: edible landscaping is
one of the hot trends for 2016.

Filed Under: Mike Darcy Tagged With: Digger, Digger magazine, Edibles, Plants

Preserving a collector’s dream

By Mike Darcy — Posted December 1, 2015

The Clematis collection amassed by Brewster Rogerson lives on,
thanks to the support of numerous volunteers and donors.

Filed Under: Mike Darcy Tagged With: Digger, Digger magazine, People, Plants

Low- and no-water plants

By Mike Darcy — Posted October 1, 2015

Despite a summer that shattered records for heat and lack of rain,
some plant varieties thrived.

Filed Under: Mike Darcy Tagged With: Digger, Digger magazine, Plants

Sustaining pollinators

By Mike Darcy — Posted August 1, 2015

Retailers can take advantage of the buzz that’s been building about the benefits of gardeners who provide habitat for honeybees, hummingbirds and butterflies.

Filed Under: Columns, Mike Darcy Tagged With: Digger, Digger magazine, Plants, Retail Nurseries

Attracting hummingbirds — and customers

By Mike Darcy — Posted June 1, 2015

Certain plants can act like magnets for hummingbirds,
and where they fly, gardeners flock, too.

Filed Under: Mike Darcy Tagged With: Digger, Digger magazine, Plants, Retail Nurseries

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