Sun-dappled perennials, grasses, shrubs and conifers make green spaces sparkle.
The benefits of broadleaf evergreens
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Landscapers are looking beyond conifers to these trees offering year-round foliage, flowers, drought tolerance and cold hardiness.
Expanding the tree palette
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Experts from near and far recommend options for diversifying — and strengthening — the urban canopy.
Where do new plants come from?
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Plant breeders, propagators and marketers: all perform crucial roles in the successful roll out of new plant varieties.
High time for low-maintenance landscapes
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The trend toward drought-tolerant natives requires stewardship and a focus on form and function.
Generations of red maples
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Oregon is a key player in the breeding and production of Acer rubrum, one of the country’s most successful shade trees.
Bringing native habitats back from the brink
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Initiatives such as the Million Pollinator Garden Challenge
are spurring the movement to repair damaged ecosystems, one garden at a time.
Seeing green
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There’s growing appreciation for the excitement and entertainment value provided by flowers in shades from pistachio to pine.
Improving on the classics
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Repeat-blooming hydrangeas and hardy, more colorful echinaceas are just two examples of market-tested plants that found renewed life through varietal improvement.
A bright future for urban food forests
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Growers and landscapers stand to gain when community members create edible-friendly green spaces on public lands.