Orange honeysuckle
You can find orange honeysuckle (Lonicera ciliosa) climbing trees and clambering over the ground in the woods on both sides of the Cascades;…
Derby Canyon Natives is 10 years old!
2012 marks the 10th year for my nursery business. What began as a part time addition to my work with Washington State University…
Alpine wildflowers – a little quiz!
July and August in the nursery are slower times – very little plant propagation and a lot of watering – so it’s a…
Seed collecting time
I enjoy the cyclical nature of nursery work: sowing seeds, germination time, thinning, transplanting, watering… even weeding! All of these plants begin with…
Wildflower quiz!
I made time last week to venture up to Colockum Pass above Wenatchee. There is a rough road leading to this area at…