Nursery News

Big shade trees deserve a high five for the many benefits they provide. They cool our cities while delivering a suite of environmental and health benefits. A handful of reasons to plant trees like those featured here begins with the most obvious: Big shade trees reduce energy costs via direct shading of buildings and pavement […]

Every tree has a story, and some have more chapters than others. A handsome Jefferson Elm that graces the south lawn of Fairsted, the Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, is a living chapter in a story that began in about 1810, when an American elm sapling was planted on a farm near Boston, Massachusetts.

Cultivate’23, presented by AmericanHort®, showcases the best plants of North America and beyond. Held in Columbus, Ohio, it attracts exhibitors and attendees from around the world. We attend Cultivate each year to share what’s new in trees, to visit with customers, and to meet potential new customers. We’re among more than 650 companies that exhibited

The healing power of trees and gardens will be celebrated at the Portland Memory Garden in southeast Portland on Thursday, June 22. The 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. event marks the 21st anniversary of a public garden that is uniquely designed to serve people living with dementia, their families and the community at large. Located

Oregon urban forest managers gathered at Portland’s World Forestry Center on June 1 to plan for the dreaded invasion of emerald ash borer (EAB). On the march in North America since it was first identified in Michigan in 2002, the destructive wood-boring beetle has unfortunately found its way to Oregon. Galvanized by its discovery last

Pollinator Week is coming! Pollinator Week 2023 is less than a month away, June 19-25! Visit the Pollinator Partnership website to discover local events and activities that will feature pollinators during #PollinatorWeek.  If you’re like millions of gardeners, you’re probably on board with the international effort to protect and support pollinators. Why limit your pollinator

!Dereva – tse vidpovidʹ! ¡Los árboles son la respuesta! Trees are the Answer! Around the world, and in any language, “trees are the answer” to sustaining life on our fragile planet. That’s why more than 1,000 of our bare root trees are now taking root in a nursery near Kyiv, Ukraine. Maksym Petukhov, founder and

“What’s New,” is a favorite question of tree growers, specifiers, tree planters and gardeners. Our research and development department is in constant pursuit of new and improved trees. Many are developed through our own breeding, selection and performance trialing efforts. Other promising candidates are brought to us for trial and potential introduction by growers, tree

In honor of National Arbor Day, April 28, we present a six-pack of trees that are a perfect fit for volunteer planters and garden center shoppers. Easily handled by one or two people, these #10 and #15 containers are an ideal size for planting on Arbor Day or any day. Not too big, and not

Columnar, fastigiate, slender, narrow, or skinny: By any name, columnar trees are perfectly suited for today’s landscapes where real estate is at a premium. Big houses on small lots, street-hugging, multi-story townhouses, narrow planting strips between sidewalk and street, and postage stamp yards are among modern urban design and landscaping challenges. These columnar cultivars are

It’s Arbor Month! Across the continent, volunteer tree planters are digging into community  tree planting efforts. For many states, trees are celebrated with ceremonial plantings on National Arbor Day, recognized nationwide as the last Friday in April. States have the latitude to declare their own Arbor Days, with the dates varying according to the most

If you’re reeling from a cold spring and from snowstorms that seem never ending, we offer up snow of a different kind.  If you’ve had your fill of the cold, wet, freezing flakes that have been falling from the sky, we invite you to stock up on the fragrant, beautiful snowstorms of ornamental flowering crabapples