May is a wonderfully busy time for a native plant nursery. Plant orders are going out, customers are coming in, lots of transplanting is underway… and it is too easy to get wrapped up in the pressing needs to not see and appreciate the beauty that is developing all around. Blue flax (Linum lewisii) It’s […]
The 2018 Nursery Season is Underway!
Derby Canyon Natives is once again open for business! We are entering our 16th year of native plant propagation and sales; we’ve learned alot and continue to improve and grow. The snow has melted, the seeds are germinating and our plants are growing. Other than some pockets of vole damage (the pesky buggers!) the nursery stock […]
The Nursery gets all “Artsy”
This time of year at Derby Canyon Natives we have a lull in activity before fall shipments and propagation begin, so I have time for building projects, maintenance… and art! Last month I finished painting the new nursery building we constructed in late 2016. The expanses of white siding called out for something so I […]
Alpine Springbeauty – Wow!
I don’t get botanical “Wow!” moments often, but last week I had one of them. On Thursday I hiked to Van Epps Pass, past the Esmeralda Peaks at the head of the North Fork of the Teanaway River. This part of the Wenatchee Mountains has many areas of serpentine-derived soils, often covered with the rusty […]
Botanical Wonders in the Sawtooths
Alpine flora in the Sawtooths: alpine forget-me-not (Eritrichium nanum) and spreading phlox (Phlox diffusa) North Central Washington has a rich and diverse flora (best in the Northwest, I think!) and this year, 2017, looks to be a great one for wildflowers. If you are into native flora, as I am, there are so many great […]
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