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Warren Roberts Manzanita

August 5, 2019

Warren Roberts is one of our favorite manzanitas for foliage color with its soft gray/blue and new growth that emerges a fiery red. Gorgeous!

Dr. Hurd Manzanita is a favorite old manzanita selection that’s proven itself a reliable and easy to grow variety for our climate. One of the most architectural manzanitas, the twisting mahogany stems make an incredible focal point in the garden.

Louis Edmunds Manzanita

May 18, 2019

If you’re looking for that classic manzanita look with the sexy peeling purple bark and contorted muscular trunks then Louis Edmunds is the Manzanita for you!

Jack’s Juniper

February 18, 2025

A unique and rare Siskiyou endemic, Jack’s Juniper grows only on ultramafic rocks in higher elevations of the Siskiyou Mountains, and also reportedly in a few places in the Cascades. It creates a beautiful slithering silvery ground cover that is absolutely breathtaking when covered in mountain mist and complements the manzanitas of the chapparal “overstory” perfectly. This is a very slow grower and should be given very sharp drainage, but has so far been amenable to nursery potting media, though a good bit of iron and magnesium once it’s planted in the ground should help it adapt to life outside of the mountains.

Looking back on spring ’21

June 18, 2021 ~~Around The Farm~~

Each spring seems to be busier and crazier than the last one. And each year we say it couldn’t possibly be any wilder than the last one but then find a hundred new varieties to grow and the madness starts all over again. These days our season really starts in...

Flowers in winter!

January 22, 2021 ~~OGW Growing Guides~~

Winter is usually the last season that comes to mind when thinking of plants in bloom, but adding winter interest to the garden does wonders in getting us through the darker months of the year. Too many gardens we visit in the winter look so bleak, dark, deciduous and grey...

Schott’s Agave

October 13, 2020

Schott’s Agave is a unique member of the Agave genus in the subgenus Littaea, classified as such for its lack of spines along its leaves. Though it still can give you a stab with the spine at the end of its leaf tips, giving it another common name of “shin dagger”. Schott’s Agave looks almost more like a yucca with its thin leaves and filaments curling off the leaves. Very drought tolerant and sculptural!

Growing Dry Gardens and Mediterranean Plants

September 14, 2020 ~~OGW Growing Guides~~

Although the stereotypical weather in the Pacific Northwest is grey, rainy skies, there is a surprisingly long period of drought every year. Though the skies can sometimes still be a bit grey in June and September, there is no significant rainfall for most of our growing season. If it wasn’t already known...

Broadleaved Evergreens with Sean Hogan

January 24, 2020 ~~OGW Growing Guides~~

This week we sat down with Sean Hogan, one of the country’s most brilliant horticulturists, and one that lives just down the street from us on Sauvie Island. Sean runs Cistus Design Nursery that specializes in unique climate adapted plants and broadleaved evergreens that thrive in our climate. He quite...

Nursery Happenings Summer of 2019

September 14, 2019 ~~Around The Farm~~

Summertime is one of our favorite seasons here at the nursery! After the madness of spring finally winds down a bit we can all take a breath, watch our plants grow, water from morning until night, propagate plants for next year and put plants in the ground here at the...