Spring is rejuvenating and reassuring, for both me and the nursery. March and April set the stage for the year; the overwintered plants begin growth, the seedlings emerge and the cuttings take root. Above you can see new snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus) seedlings, and just below are snowberry cuttings about to leaf out. We grow most […]
Baby Birds Need Native Plants
This is the time of year when birds are quite busy raising their young. At our nursery there are at least eight species nesting on the grounds this year: house wrens, violet-green and tree swallows, catbirds, robins, rufous hummingbirds, house finches and Brewer’s blackbirds. Some are nesting in houses we’ve put up (wrens and swallows), […]
Nursery Scenes during the Shutdown
Shrubby penstemon (Penstemon fruticosus) – I spotted this pink form on a hike five years ago and snapped off a shoot on the way back down. I rooted it and can now propagate more of this lovely shrub from my mother plant. We are all adjusting to living and doing business during this COVID-19 time. […]
The 2020 nursery season fast approaches
Tweedy’s lewisia (Lewisiopsis tweedyi) will make its stunning appearance before long In fact, the nursery season for Derby Canyon Natives is well underway! With the lack of snow at our elevation and fairly mild temperatures we began nursery operations earlier then ever in late February. Much of the next three+ months will be taken […]
The best native plants for native bees
A leafcutter bee on a native mallow flower We are in the midst of National Pollinator Week (did you know?) and it seems most appropriate as every day I’m seeing many species of native bees on the native flowers in the nursery. I often listen to podcasts as I water plants, a daily task in a nursery, […]
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