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 […]
Ernst Nursery & Farms LLC
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PRODUCTION:Field-grown 75%Container-grown 25% KNOWN FOR:Field-grown conifers, shade trees and shrubs, including arborvitaes, boxwoods, maples, rhododendrons and others PEOPLE:Bruce Ernst, owner; Kim Stone, controller; Karl Neering, nursery manager. CONTACT:Mailing address: P.O. Box 460St. Paul, OR, 97137-0460Physical address:6180 Gearin Rd. N.E.St. Paul, OR 97137-0460 PHONE:503-633-8366 EMAIL:sales@ernstnursery.com LISTINGS:125 Nursery Guide listings There’s an old slogan many businesses have […]
Swan Island Dahlias
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Founded: 1927 PRODUCTION:Wholesale 10%Retail 90% KNOWN FOR:Dahlia production and the annual Dahlia Festival PEOPLE:Nicholas and Linda Gitts, owners, and Heather Gifts-Schloe, marketing manager CONTACT:Mailing address:P.O. Box 700Canby, Oregon 97013Physical address:995 NW 22nd Ave.,Canby, Oregon 97013 PHONE:503-266-7711 or 800-410-6540 EMAIL:info@dahlias.com ONLINE:www.dahlias.com Listings:1 Nursery Guide listing They grow nearly 400 different dahlia varieties at Swan Island Dahlias, […]
Advanced Ornamentals
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PRODUCTION:Field-grown 80%Container-grown 20% KNOWN FOR:Broadleaf evergreens, conifers and grafted maples, including a large production of arborvitae PEOPLE:Dean, Kelly, Sarah and Daniel McKay, owners. Tami Miller, manager. CONTACT:Mailing address: P.O. Box 519, St. Paul, OR 97137Physical address:19172 French Prairie Road, St. Paul, OR 97137Phone:503-633-2833 or 877-633-2727Email:sales@advancedornamentals.comOnline:www.advancedornamentals.comListings:160 Nursery Guide listings Advanced Ornamentals Inc. is a relatively young […]
Oregon is Nursery Country 2021
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For Oregon’s growers, the 2020 shipping season started with uncertainty due to COVID-19. But with people staying home more, the demand for plants and trees just kept coming, well into summer. And coming. And coming. With all the changes that happened this year, one thing didn’t: The nursery and greenhouse industry continues to be the […]
Can-do conifers
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As home gardening booms, these unheralded trees shine as wise, low-maintenance investments In a northwest region surrounded by forests of Doug fir, Ponderosa pine, grand fir and hemlock, people could easily take conifers for granted. However, many gardeners recognize the versatility and minimal care that make them a staple in the landscape. Even before COVID-19 […]
Growing with the industry
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The Farwest Show has brought attention to the Oregon nurseryindustry over the years, along with more business It all began 47 years ago with high hopes and a little bit of hype. “All roads lead to Portland, September 11–13, for the Farwest Nursery, Garden and Supply Show: the biggest, boldest nursery show ever staged in […]
White and woody
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This palette of white-blooming trees and shrubs provides strong design options White blooming plants can provide balance in the garden or landscape, and landscape designers’ plans. “I do find clients who have an approach of a modern or more formalistic garden, that tend to go for white [blooming plants],” said Roxy Olsson, a landscape designer […]
Growing in a new way
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Nurseries modify processes on the fly to protect their workers from COVID-19 COVID-19 created a game-changing societal threat — a deadly pathogen that can spread easily for up to 14 days without the carriers showing symptoms. Nurseries and greenhouses responded quickly by implementing social distancing to prevent transmission. They looked at every facet of their operations, […]
Mastering the merge
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Nurseries share the benefits of integrating wholesale and retail in one operation It was 38 years ago and Grace Dinsdale had just launched Blooming Nursery, a wholesale nursery in Cornelius, Oregon; just west of Hillsboro. Her goal from the get-go had been to operate as a wholesale nursery that could supply the industry with a […]
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