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 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!
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...
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...
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...
Adaptation in the Age of Warming As gardeners and nursery workers we have a keen eye on what we can expect from our local climate and what kind of weather we get in a season. While weather is constantly fluctuating our climate was historically thought to be relatively stable on...