Summer 1997
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They are rare, unusual and hard-to-find, to be sure.
Over 106 new varieties are now available in Greedhouse 4, all never seen in this area before our introduction of them, ranging from Androsace to Trillium, some in very limited quantities due to their earthly rarity. Combined with our current 75 cultivars of rare and unusual miniature conifers, Alpine Trough Gardens, Rockeries and Scree Gardens are now an easy reality for anyone interested in Rockeries and Trough Gardens.
We now offer these very special and rare plants to you from Oregon, Montana and Washington State for your own Planted Gardens with the knowledge and foresight that you will use them wisely. Other expert gardeners will marvel at your skill in acquiring and growing these rare gems. Their inherent beauty and diversity will absolutely stun you and everyone who sees them in your garden. They're so very unusual and spectacular.
Another of many firsts for this Garden Center & Nursery.
Under Stress: Plants That Can Take It
If a plant is healthy (and happy), it's doesn't flower or set seed or cones. Very true. The desired (by us) flowering comes from us stressing-out a plant by incorrectly planting, fertilizing and caring for it. Then we're happy the plant is flowering and and the plant isn't because it is. A nonsequitur? Not really, just People vs Nature.
When any plant goes into stress, it gives you notice that something's very wrong. There are signs to watch for prior to this occurrence: shoots suckering from the bottom, heavy flowering and then the setting of abnormal amounts of seed or cones, leaves curling and dropping, limb or stem die-back, and finally, complete dormancy prior to death.
Achillea (Yarrows of all colors), Artemesia (four varieties), Buddleia (Butterfly Bushes in 7 colors), Sedums (dozens of varieties), Hardy Cactus (60 varieties to date), Shasta Daisy, Thyme (dozens of possibilities here), ornamental grasses and bamboos (3 varieties available), Pennstemmons (six varieties), Arum, Rudbeckia (Black-Eyed Susans and Gloriosa Daisy), Echinacea (Pink, Purple and White Cone Flowers), and hundreds more can be found in our Production Greenhouses 3 & 4.
The above-mentioned plants, and hundreds more in our Greenhouses, are especially adept at drought and heat survival.
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Beat The Heat With Drought-Resistant Plants
Planning For The Fall Garden
Mulch Well and Water Less Often
Milk Jug Watering
Page2:How Much Mulch Do I Really Need?
Page3:Newly-Released Plants
Under Stress: Plants That Can Take It
Page4:Hardy Cactus Garden
Year 'Round Container Herb Gardens
1997 Workshops & Seminars Schedule and Updated
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