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A spruce for any landscape

By Debbie Teashon — Posted June 22, 2022

Versatility and deep selection have made the genus a top seller for Oregon growers With about 35 species, a plethora of cultivars, and all its uses that shape our world, it’s not surprising that trees in the Picea genus are a popular landscape plant and top sellers over other conifers. What’s more, Oregon sells 35% […]

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A new day for crabapples

By Erica Browne Grivas — Posted March 18, 2022

This flowering tree is on the upswing, thanks to disease resistance and all-season beauty Crabapples have enjoyed a bumpy history. Originating in the mountains of Kazakhstan, crabapples’ spring flowers landed in Chinese palace gardens and were carried along the Silk Road to Europe.  Beyond their beauty, crabapples can act as a blanket pollinator for an […]

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Unsung perennials

By Tracy Ilene Miller — Posted February 22, 2022

A treasure trove of options is available for those who want to go beyond the staples Thousands of books are written about them, as are poems, and there are even songs sung about the flowers we know as perennials. Perennials are the backbone of most garden designs and some container gardens, as well. Consumers adore […]

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Nature is in the house

By Kym Pokorny — Posted September 22, 2021

A back-to-earth ethic fuels the lust for new, classic and collectible house plants In the 1970s, it seemed like everyone decorated their indoor space with a pothos (Epipremnum aureum) winding around the ceiling and a dusty-looking Coleus on the windowsill, but houseplants fell out of favor during the more technology-driven ’80s. Now they’ve come roaring […]

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A tree with a peel

By Kym Pokorny — Posted August 27, 2021

Despite some pest issues, birch trees provide a distinctive, well-loved look Sales of popular birch trees in Oregon plummeted in the early 2000s when the bronze birch borer made its way across the country and began attacking susceptible plants up and down the Willamette Valley. The voracious insect had been plaguing states in the Midwest […]

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The impervious barberry

By Tracy Ilene Miller — Posted July 29, 2021

These top-selling shrubs are durable, beautiful and deer resistant Oregon is the number one producer of barberry, selling $7.7 million worth in 2019, according to the USDA Census of Horticultural Specialties. That’s 39% of a nearly $20 million national market, mostly attributed to Japanese barberry (Berberis thunbergii), a plant that has taken a hit with […]

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A hotter trend

By Kym Pokorny — Posted June 28, 2021

Widespread wildfires prompt greater demand for fire-safe plants and landscaping As the wildfires of Labor Day 2020 tore through Oregon, the impacts on homes and forests were sevbere. The flames devoured a million acres of forestlands, and destroyed more than 4,000 homes. The impacts are something foresters, landscape professionals and nursery operators must pay attention […]

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A hearty appetite for edibles

By Tracy Ilene Miller — Posted May 27, 2021

Growers find they can’t grow enough edible plants, and retailers can’t keep them in stock In March 2020, U.S. governors began rolling out stay-at-home orders, including in Oregon, because of the coronavirus known as COVID-19. Not long after, Americans in lockdown turned their attention to edible gardening any way they could — in containers, in […]

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Flowering cherry trees then and now

By Tracy Ilene Miller — Posted February 25, 2021

Flowering cherry trees remain popular, from old mainstays to new selections, with more on the way It’s March, and soon showy displays of Japanese flowering cherry trees will trumpet their annual announcement that spring has arrived. Thus, consumers will be prompted to head to garden centers with hopes of adding the ephemeral beauty of these […]

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Tough and beautiful

By Tracy Ilene Miller — Posted January 25, 2021

Spireas are mainstays of the shrub world, thanks to their gorgeous blooms and steadfast demeanor Timing is everything with Japanese spirea (Spiraea japonica). The time is now — as in no later than early March for a hard pruning — for this tough, summer-flowering shrub that blooms on new wood. Yet, pruning can be a […]

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