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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

A bright future for urban food forests

By Tracy Ilene Miller — Posted February 1, 2016

Growers and landscapers stand to gain when community members create edible-friendly green spaces on public lands.

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

The green rush

By Elizabeth Petersen — Posted February 1, 2016

With marijuana now legal to grow in Oregon, the state government and established agricultural industry are attempting to get cannabis production under control.

Filed Under: Nursery Operations Tagged With: Digger, Digger magazine, Plants, Regulations

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

Oregon Association of … Cannabis?

By Leigh Geschwill — Posted February 1, 2016

OAN’s president wonders whether cannabis growers belong in the organization.

Filed Under: President's Message Tagged With: Digger, Digger magazine, OAN Members, Plants

A tale of two lilacs: Part I — Syringa

By Jason Lattier — Posted January 5, 2016

Among the six series of lilacs, two clades are as different as they are important to the horticulture industry — Syringa and Pubescentes.

Filed Under: Blights, Growing Knowledge, Plant Diseases, Plant Pests and Diseases Tagged With: Digger, Digger magazine, Oregon State University, Plants

Oregon is Nursery Country

By Curt Kipp — Posted January 5, 2016

Take a tour of some of the state’s top nurseries and greenhouse operations in our annual Nursery Country issue.

Filed Under: Oregon Nursery Country Tagged With: Digger, Digger magazine, OAN Members, Plants

Tree Frog Nursery

By Curt Kipp — Posted January 5, 2016

In 1994, an ambitious college student named Carson Lord started his nursery. Today, the OAN past president ships container and B&B material to 20 U.S. states and Canada.

Filed Under: Oregon Nursery Country Tagged With: Digger, Digger magazine, OAN Members, Plants

Brooks Tree Farm

By Curt Kipp — Posted January 5, 2016

Dave and Kathy LeCompte have found a niche in growing seedlings for Christmas tree farms and timber operations, and native plants for restoration and remediation projects.

Filed Under: Oregon Nursery Country Tagged With: Digger, Digger magazine, OAN Members, Plants

Schiedel Nursery

By Curt Kipp — Posted January 5, 2016

Mike and Lori Hanson are proud, third-generation growers of conifers, broadleaf evergreens and deciduous trees and shrubs in Aurora, Oregon.

Filed Under: Oregon Nursery Country Tagged With: Digger, Digger magazine, OAN Members, Plants

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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

From the pages of Digger

May 2025: Sustainability Issue

April 2025: The Tree Issue

March 2025: The Perennial Issue

February 2025: The Greenhouse Issue

January 2025: The Retail Issue

More issues of Digger

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

More articles

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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