With deep crimson, almost purple skin, Arkansas Black is a striking apple. It is very similar to the Arkansas Black Apple except the Arkansas Black Spur offers a much more compact size and growth habit due to the buds and branches growing more closely together. This apple is crunchy in texture, with smooth waxy skin, and well balanced sweetness to acidity. It is great for baking, fresh eating and is a favorite of cider makers. Another benefit of this apple is the wide range of temperatures it can handle, from icy winters to blazing hot summers. This tree also blooms late, avoiding frost bitten blooms.

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Latin Name: Malus sp.
Site and Soil: All apples like 1/2 day to full sun and well-drained soil.
Rootstock Description:
M-7 is considered a semi-dwarf rootstock growing 12-16 ft. in height. M-7 is very hardy and adapted to most soils. Vigorous, drought tolerant, and well anchored, trees on M-7 should not require staking.
M-26 is considered a dwarf rootstock, growing 8-12 ft. in height. M-26 induces early bearing, usually in 2-3 years after planting, and grows well in most soils, except very wet and poorly drained ones. On windy sites, trees grafted on M-26 may need staking.
Pollination Requirements: All apples need another variety nearby for pollination. Neighboring trees often offer sufficient pollen for good fruit set. Consider Mason Bees to help pollinate and increase fruit production.
Hardiness: Hardy to minus 30° F or below.
Bearing Age: 2-3 years after planting.
Size at Maturity: Dwarf 8-12ft. / Semi-dwarf 12-16 ft.
Taste: Aromatic, sweet-tart
Fruit Skin: Dark purple to almost black
Fruit Flesh: White
Bloom Time: April
Ripening Time: October
Yield: 30-50 lbs.
Pests & Diseases: Arkansas Black can be affected by Apple Scab. Apple Scab is more prevalent in regions with wet springs, like we have in the Pacific Northwest. While it doesn’t seriously affect the eating quality of the fruit, it can cause black spots on the apples and foliage. Apple Scab can be controlled by sulfur and other sprays. Codling Moth can create wormy apples and aphids can damage the foliage of apple trees.
USDA Zone: 4-8

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This juicy Nectarine features a deep red and amber skin with golden orange flesh and some freckling once sun kissed. The Freckle Face Nectarine has a very high sugar content that’s balanced by its acidity. This is a newer variety that has already won a few California taste tests.

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Latin Name: Prunus persica var. nucipersica ‘Freckle Face Nectarine’
Site and Soil: Peaches and Nectarines like full to 1/2 day sun and well-drained soil.
Rootstock Description: Our Peaches and Nectarines are grafted on Lovell Peach rootstock. Lovell Peach is well adapted to different soil types.
Pollination Requirements: Self-fertile but bigger crops when planted with another cultivar.
Bearing Age: 2-3 years after planting
Size at Maturity: 15 ft. in height.
Fruit Skin: Red
Fruit Flesh: Golden
Taste: Very sweet with good acidity
Bloom Time: March – April
Ripening Time: Late June to early July
Chill Hours: 400-600
Yield: 50+ lbs.
USDA Zone: 6-9

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Chalkdiki is a famous olive from Greece that produces particularly large olives that have an excellent meaty texture and great flavor.

Latin Name: Olea europaea
Site and Soil: Olives like a warm, protected location with 1/2 day to full sun and well drained soil.
Pollination Requirements: Arbequina is self-fertile, though crops will likely be heavier with another variety nearby. Olives are wind pollinated and should be planted no more than 20 ft. apart. You can assist pollination by moving pollen from flower to flower with a small brush.
Hardiness: Arbequina olive is hardy to 10° F. or below.
Bearing Age: 1-2 years after planting
Size at Maturity: 8-10 ft. in height (20 + feet without pruning)
Bloom Time: May
Ripening Time: October
Yield: 20+ lbs.
Pests & Diseases: Our Olives have not been bothered by pests or diseases
USDA Zone: 8

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An old selection from the famous and prolific plant breeder Luther Burbank. His namesake Chilean Guava was selected for its larger, sweeter berries and prolific crops. Still an excellent variety for the home garden and it’s fun to have a little piece of horticultural history growing in your backyard.

A very attractive shrub, Chilean Guava produces profuse, fragrant, small white flowers followed by pretty red berries. Sweet with a sprightly, Guava-like flavor and fragrance. Fruit are delicious for fresh eating and for making jams and jellies. Makes a nice container plant and can be brought inside when severe cold threatens.

Latin Name: Ugni molinae
Site and Soil: Guava likes 1/2 day to full sun in cooler regions, partial shade in hot regions, and well-drained, acidic soil.
Pollination Requirements: Self-fertile.
Hardiness: Hardy to about 10º F, possibly lower once established.
Bearing Age: 1-2 years after planting
Size at Maturity: 3-4 ft. in height.
Bloom Time: May-June
Ripening Time: October
Taste: Sweet/sweet-tart
Fruit Skin: Bright red
Flower Color: White
Yield: 1-2 lbs.
Pests & Diseases: Not bothered by pests or diseases.
USDA Zone: 8
Sunset Western Zone: 14-24
Sunset Northeast Zone: Not listed

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A raspberry named for a true great in the plant breeding world. Finnberry was named for Chad Finn, a plant breeder with a focus on small fruits whose introductions have benefitted commercial growers and home growers alike. Berries are large, productive and have a unique delicious flavor and the plants themselves are incredibly robust. Canes grow vigorously and the plants as a whole are more resilient to pests and diseases, requiring less sprays for commercial growers and easy harvests of huge delicious fruits for home gardeners. Finnberry is a primocane, or fall bearing, raspberry. A cultivar named for a legend in his field.

Raspberry plants can fruit on different types of canes, and these are categorized into primocane and floricane. Both primocane (first year) fruiting and floricane (second year) fruiting raspberries have both primocanes and floricanes growing from the plant after the first year. Floricane fruiting varieties have primocanes that grow throughout the first year and do not produce fruit. Primocane fruiting varieties have primocanes that produce flowers and fruit the first year, and then the remaining cane will overwinter and fruit again the second year. Pruning needs differ for these types of plants to be productive.

Primocane:
Primocane fruiting raspberries, commonly called Everbearing raspberries, produce flowers and fruit on first year canes. Primocane varieties will produce a moderate crop in June and a much larger crop from late August until frost. Primocane varieties can be mowed to the ground after harvest and require less trellising than June bearing varieties.

Floricane:
Floricane fruiting raspberries, or June-bearing, produce flowers and fruit on second year canes. Their fruit ripens in June or July, depending on the location and conditions. These varieties will require a permanent trellis or support to grow on.

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Latin Name: Rubus idaeus
Site and Soil: Raspberries like 1/2 day to full sun and well-drained soil.
Pollination Requirements: Self-fertile.
Hardiness: Hardy to minus 20 F or below.
Bearing Age: 1-2 years after planting.
Size at Maturity: 4-6 ft. in height.
Ripening Time: July
Type: June bearing
Taste: Sweet
Yield: 2+ lbs.
Pests & Diseases: Raspberries are generally free of insect and disease problems.
USDA Zone: 4-9

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An excellent new blackberry introduction from the late great plant breeder, Chad Finn. It is similar in a lot of ways to one of its parents, Triple Crown, but with a thicker skin that adds a different texture for fresh eating and also allows these berries to be shipped easier. It is also ripens earlier than Triple Crown expanding the fresh fruit season.

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Latin Name: Rubus sp.
Site and Soil: Blackberries like 1/2 day to full sun and well-drained soil.
Pollination Requirements: Blackberries are self-fertile.
Hardiness: Blackberries are hardy to minus 10º F.
Bearing Age: 1-2 years after planting.
Size at Maturity: 6 ft. in height on trellis.
Bloom Time: April
Ripening Time: July
Yield: 10-15 lbs.
Pests & Diseases: Blackberries do not suffer from significant pest or disease problems.
USDA Zone: 6-9

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A newer release from Washington State University and Oregon State University, Cascade Harvest is a June bearing raspberry that produces some of the largest raspberries you will ever see. Fruits have a delicious flavor and the plants are vigorous and very easy to grow.

Raspberry plants can fruit on different types of canes, and these are categorized into primocane and floricane. Both primocane (first year) fruiting and floricane (second year) fruiting raspberries have both primocanes and floricanes growing from the plant after the first year. Floricane fruiting varieties have primocanes that grow throughout the first year and do not produce fruit. Primocane fruiting varieties have primocanes that produce flowers and fruit the first year, and then the remaining cane will overwinter and fruit again the second year. Pruning needs differ for these types of plants to be productive.

Primocane:
Primocane fruiting raspberries, commonly called Everbearing raspberries, produce flowers and fruit on first year canes. Primocane varieties will produce a moderate crop in June and a much larger crop from late August until frost. Primocane varieties can be mowed to the ground after harvest and require less trellising than June bearing varieties.

Floricane:
Floricane fruiting raspberries, or June-bearing, produce flowers and fruit on second year canes. Their fruit ripens in June or July, depending on the location and conditions. These varieties will require a permanent trellis or support to grow on.

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Latin Name: Rubus idaeus
Site and Soil: Raspberries like 1/2 day to full sun and well-drained soil.
Pollination Requirements: Self-fertile.
Hardiness: Hardy to minus 20 F or below.
Bearing Age: 1-2 years after planting.
Size at Maturity: 4-6 ft. in height.
Ripening Time: July
Type: June bearing
Taste: Sweet
Yield: 2+ lbs.
Pests & Diseases: Raspberries are generally free of insect and disease problems.
USDA Zone: 4-9

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A very cool cross of two lovely low growing manzanitas, the commonly seen bearberry, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, and the very rare San Bruno Mountain manzanita, Arctostaphylos imbricata. This one is easy to grow, tolerating some summer water but still prefers a well draining soil. Cool geometric pattern to the foliage, and it makes an excellent thick mounding ground cover.

Latin Name: Arctostaphylos uva-ursi x imbricata
Site and Soil: Full sun and very well-drained soil.
Pollination Requirements: Self fruitful
Hardiness: Hardy to about 5° F.
Size at Maturity: 2 ft in height and 6′ or so in width
Bloom Time: Late winter
Pests & Diseases: No pests or diseases that we’ve seen on our plants here in Portland
USDA Zone: 7b

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A West Coast native mint that is valued as a medicinal herb and makes a great tea. Yerba Buena is Spanish for “good herb” and the name applies to a few different plants, but this species grows throughout the West Coast and is quite easy to grow. Great little ground cover that roots as it spreads but isn’t too agressive.

Growing Info:

Latin Name: Clinopodium douglasii
Site and Soil: 1/2 day to full sun and well-drained soil.
Hardiness: Hardy to approx. -10° F, possibly lower when established.
Size at Maturity: usually 3-4 ft. wide
Pests & Diseases: We’ve not noticed it being bothered by pests and diseases.
USDA Zone: 6

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A beautifully striped fig that has a very stable variegation on its figs. Very similar to Panache, and many folks say they’re the same, but we’ve always had our stock plants labeled different and it does seem like the Bordissot Blanca Rimada ripens a bit earlier than Panache.

One of the easiest fruits to grow, and a true gourmet delight, you should not live your life without feasting on this sweet, delectable fruit. To fully enjoy fresh Figs you must grow your own. When fully ripe and at their tender, shipping them long distances is virtually impossible. Another plus for Figs – deer don’t like them (most of the time)!

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Latin Name: Ficus carica
Site and Soil: Figs do well in a variety of soils, but require at least 8 hours of sunlight during the growing season.
Pollination Requirements: Self-fruitful.
Hardiness: Hardy to between 0° & 5° F.
Bearing Age: 1-2 years after planting.
Size at Maturity: 10-20 ft in height, smaller with pruning.
Taste: Sweet berry
Fruit Skin: Green and yellow striped
Fruit Flesh: Red
Bloom Time: Flowers are not noticeable as they are inside the fig.
Ripening Time: Breba starting in July, and main crop in August through September
Yield: 10-15 lbs. or more per plant.
Pests & Diseases: Figs are not bothered by pests or diseases in our region. Cover plants with netting if birds are a problem. Fig Mosaic Virus is a benign virus that exists in all cultivated fig trees. Yellow spotting of the leaves is a cosmetic symptom that shows more in container culture, but is quickly outgrown once trees are planted in the ground. The presence of FMV in all cultivated figs has become widely accepted, as even the national germplasm repository for figs maintained by the USDA has Fig Mosaic Virus. If the presence of FMV is a concern, then purchasing fig trees may not be the best option for you.
USDA Zone: 7
Sunset Western Zone: 4-9, 12-24
Sunset Northeast Zone: 31, 32

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