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Green drenching creates peaceful garden spaces

By Emily Hoard — Posted April 21, 2025

Gardeners are tapping green’s soothing nature to create peaceful spaces, and nurseries are following suit.

Filed Under: Plant Features Tagged With: Consumer trends

New frontiers for Japanese snowbells

By Erica Browne Grivas — Posted March 25, 2025

Styrax japonicus is catching the eyes of gardeners and greater attention from growers

Filed Under: Plant Features Tagged With: Flowering trees

Breeders respond to rising demand with an Echinacea explosion

By Erica Browne Grivas — Posted February 24, 2025

The iconic native plant with star appeal has become the emblem of the pollinator gardening movement, and the cultivars just keep coming.

Filed Under: Plant Features Tagged With: Perennials, Plants

Some annuals are better than others when it comes to attracting pollinators

By Kym Pokorny — Posted January 27, 2025

With concern for pollinators on the rise, the demand for annuals that provide nourishment for bees, hummingbirds and butterflies is growing.

Filed Under: Plant Features, Uncategorized Tagged With: annuals, pollinators

Nurseries capitalize on fondness for grasses

By Debbie Teashon — Posted January 7, 2025

The increasing popularity of ornamental grasses is fueling a drive for new varieties and innovations.

Filed Under: Plant Features Tagged With: Grasses

New boxwood varieties shore up defense against spreading boxwood blight

By Mitch Lies — Posted September 10, 2024

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 […]

Filed Under: Blights, Boxwood Blight, Plant Features, Plant Pests and Diseases

Nurseries follow demand in developing evergreen alternatives to boxwoods

By Emily Hoard — Posted July 29, 2024

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.

Filed Under: Plant Features

Nurseries making it easier for homeowners to create urban habitats for critters

By Erica Browne Grivas — Posted June 25, 2024

While pollinators are getting a lot of attention the green industry is increasingly looking for ways to support wildlife to shore up our ecosystem.

Filed Under: Plant Features Tagged With: pollinators, Wildlife

With new cultivars and year-round coloring, Nandina has taken root

By Jon Bell — Posted May 28, 2024

They can be a fiery red, a pretty pink or a deep, dark burgundy. Some are golden or amber depending on the season, while others nearly glow in soft peach tones.

Filed Under: Plant Features Tagged With: shrubs

New shrub offerings won’t outgrow smaller spaces

By Emily Hoard — Posted May 28, 2024

Landscape designers face the challenges of smaller lot sizes and density of homes when choosing front-yard shrubs. Growers and nurseries are meeting these challenges with more shrub options that stay true to size and will not outgrow the spots where they are planted.

Filed Under: Nursery Operations, Plant Features, Retail Garden Centers Tagged With: Landscaping

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NURSERY NEWS

In Memoriam: Melvin John Steffenson

New USDA Census of Hort arriving in mailboxes this month

Oregon Association of Nurseries honors the industry’s best at 2024 Convention

Eason Horticultural Resources is now employee-owned

Oregon’s nursery licensing program aims to keep the entire industry healthy

Building trust is key to establishing clientele base for new nurseries

Five owners share their experiences on what it takes to start a nursery businesses

Bailey hires new CFO and chief HR officer

More Nursery News

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June 2025: Shrubs issue

May 2025: Sustainability Issue

April 2025: The Tree Issue

March 2025: The Perennial Issue

February 2025: The Greenhouse Issue

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Pests and Diseases

Prioritizing nursery pest challenges

New tools in the battle against thrips

Aiming for precision in pest control

Oregon’s nursery licensing program aims to keep the entire industry healthy

$250,000 shifted to P. austrocedri research

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FARWEST SHOW UPDATES

Sense of excitement prevailed at Farwest as nursery industry ‘Meets the Future’ 

Farwest Show attendees select favorites for the Retailers’ Choice Awards

Starway to Heaven™ Japanese Snowbell wins People’s Choice balloting at Farwest Show New Varieties Showcase

Hopper Bros. wins Best in Show booth award at 2024 Farwest Show   

Starway to Heaven™ Japanese Snowbell wins Judges’ Best in Show at Farwest Show New Varieties Showcase

More Updates from Farwest

The Value of Membership

Meet the leader: Sam Pohlschneider

OAN honors the industry’s best

Oregon Association of Nurseries honors the industry’s best at 2024 Convention

More member stories

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