Stop four on our State of Perfection Tour was at Alpha Nursery in Salem, Ore., a multi-generational family business. As always, we asked them about a favorite plant and Josh Zielinski identified a Photinia fraserii variety that happens to be the nursery’s only patent (so far):

Come back next Friday for the final installment in this series, at Champoeg Horticulture in Aurora, Ore.