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Meeting demand for low-water plants

By Kym Pokorny — Posted November 1, 2016

Easy care and environmental benefits drive requests for drought-tolerant material.

Filed Under: Plant Features Tagged With: Digger, Digger magazine, Plants, Sustainability

The gilded garden

By Elizabeth Petersen — Posted October 3, 2016

Sun-dappled perennials, grasses, shrubs and conifers make green spaces sparkle.

Filed Under: Plant Features Tagged With: Digger, Digger magazine, Landscaping, Plants

The benefits of broadleaf evergreens

By Tracy Ilene Miller — Posted September 6, 2016

Landscapers are looking beyond conifers to these trees offering year-round foliage, flowers, drought tolerance and cold hardiness.

Filed Under: Plant Features Tagged With: Digger, Digger magazine, Plants

Expanding the tree palette

By Elizabeth Petersen — Posted August 2, 2016

Experts from near and far recommend options for diversifying — and strengthening — the urban canopy.

Filed Under: Plant Features Tagged With: Digger, Digger magazine, Plants, Trees

Where do new plants come from?

By Dan Heims — Posted August 2, 2016

Plant breeders, propagators and marketers: all perform crucial roles in the successful roll out of new plant varieties.

Filed Under: Plant Features Tagged With: Digger, Digger magazine, Plants

High time for low-maintenance landscapes

By Tracy Ilene Miller — Posted August 2, 2016

The trend toward drought-tolerant natives requires stewardship and a focus on form and function.

Filed Under: Plant Features Tagged With: Digger, Digger magazine, Landscaping, Plants

Generations of red maples

By Elizabeth Petersen — Posted July 1, 2016

Oregon is a key player in the breeding and production of Acer rubrum, one of the country’s most successful shade trees.

Filed Under: Plant Features Tagged With: Digger, Digger magazine, Plants, Trees

Bringing native habitats back from the brink

By Elizabeth Petersen — Posted June 1, 2016

Initiatives such as the Million Pollinator Garden Challenge
are spurring the movement to repair damaged ecosystems, one garden at a time.

Filed Under: Plant Features Tagged With: Digger, Digger magazine, Plants

Seeing green

By Elizabeth Petersen — Posted April 1, 2016

There’s growing appreciation for the excitement and entertainment value provided by flowers in shades from pistachio to pine.

Filed Under: Plant Features Tagged With: Digger, Digger magazine, Plants

Improving on the classics

By Kym Pokorny — Posted March 1, 2016

Repeat-blooming hydrangeas and hardy, more colorful echinaceas are just two examples of market-tested plants that found renewed life through varietal improvement.

Filed Under: Plant Features Tagged With: Digger, Digger magazine, Plants

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