“It was the fastest hitting and departing storm I’ve seen,” said Grace Dinsdale, owner of Blooming Nursery in Cornelius, Ore. Last Thursday’s sudden squall raced its way through Western Oregon, bringing dust clouds, high winds, harsh rains, thunder, lightning, hail, and even flash floods, funnel clouds and tornadoes. Some 50,000 people lost power, and temperature […]
Green Communities Act introduced
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The Oregon Association of Nurseries, and numerous other green industry trade groups, are getting behind the Green Communities Act, a federal bill introduced recently by U.S. Rep. Alyson Schwartz (D-Penn.). The bill would direct the U.S. Department of Commerce to award matching grants to up to 80 municipalities towards improving their “green infrastructure.” This could […]
Breaking new ground
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Congratulations to Dan Heims and Terra Nova Nurseries, who were profiled in Forbes magazine!
Awaiting a sunnier spring
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How are nurseries coping with current conditions – both economically and meteorologically speaking? Dana Tims of the Oregonian spoke to three of them: Oregon Small Trees, Fisher Farms and Terra Nova Nurseries. Here’s his report, which appeared in some of Thursday’s editions.
A P. ramorum breakthrough
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Researchers probing linkages between the two North American strains and the European strain of Phytophthora ramorum – the pathogen that causes Sudden Oak Death – say they have found important clues to their origins. According to a USDA Agricultural Research service press release: Their evidence showed that the European lineage may be older than the […]
Royally resplendent
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Congratulations to the folks over at J. Frank Schmidt & Son, who have launched www.royalraindrops.com, a new Web site dedicated entirely to the Royal Raindrops® crabapple. Snoop around a little … you might find a link to a useful article (PDF) or two.
Retailers share outlook for 2009
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The Retail and Greenhouse chapters of the Oregon Association of Nurseries held a joint meeting last night to talk about current retail trends, and the relationship between growers and garden centers. And as seen in the above photo, the turnout was huge. People filled a large greenhouse at Little Prince of Oregon Nursery just south […]
Berried in committee
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A bill to name the Marionberry as Oregon’s official state berry appears to be dead in this legislative session.
Do you need a horticulture intern?
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The Oregon State University Horticulture Program is seeking summer 2009 internship placements for its students. These prospective interns have interest and talent in such areas as floriculture and facilities improvement. Employers who are willing and able to host a mutually rewarding and educational internship opportunity for an OSU student are encouraged to contact the university. […]
Control area established for filberts
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The Oregon Department of Agriculture has declared that the entire state is now a control area for Eastern filbert blight (EFB) (download the order: PDF). Officials took action because a new, more virulent strain of the blight was detected on the East Coast. As a result of the declaration, movement of Corylus nursery stock into […]