Columbia lewisia – cheerful and helpful!

Posted at May 13, 2012 | by Ted Alway | Comments Off
Central Washington has some gorgeous species from the Portulacaceae, among them the Western spring beauties (Claytonia lanceolata) that begin the season,
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Penstemons, penstemons, pentstemons…

Posted at May 06, 2012 | by Ted Alway | Comments Off
The first penstemons of the year are beginning to bloom in the nursery beds, with shrubby penstemon (Penstemon fruticosus) starting it
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The Queen of the Wildflowers

Posted at Apr 25, 2012 | by Ted Alway | Comments Off
For me, that has got to be Tweedy’s lewisia.  Known for years as Lewisia tweedyi, it was recently changed to Cistanthe
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Pacific dogwood – East of the Mountains

Posted at Apr 17, 2012 | by Ted Alway | Comments Off
Those who have traveled up to the head Lake Chelan in June may have spotted the startling large (4-5″ across), white
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Seedling identification – a pop quiz!

Posted at Apr 10, 2012 | by Ted Alway | Comments Off
We’ve got many thousands of seedlings emerging in the nursery, most just now getting their first true leaves.  See if you
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The lilies of spring

Posted at Apr 03, 2012 | by Ted Alway | Comments Off
Some of the very first flowers to appear each spring in the hills above Peshastin are two bright yellow lilies:  yellow bells
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At least it’s warm in the greenhouses!

Posted at Mar 27, 2012 | by Ted Alway | Comments Off
What a spring this hasn’t been.  March 27 and it’s snowing (again)!  Still, plant life continues, as hundreds of thousands of
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The oak of Central Washington

Posted at Mar 18, 2012 | by Ted Alway | 
There is but one species of oak native to Washington state, Oregon white oak or Garry oak (Quercus garryana).  It grows
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My favorite fungi – mycorrhizae

Posted at Mar 07, 2012 | by Ted Alway | 
When I started growing native plants I was unaware of how important a certain class of soil fungi were to the
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The first seedlings pop up

Posted at Mar 01, 2012 | by Ted Alway | 
It never ceases to thrill me; the snow begins to retreat from the seeded containers and there they are, the first
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