Jeff, Erin and Lulu preparing the wildflowers for sale The spring may have been slow to appear but it is here at last and, by the efforts of many, Derby Canyon Natives has opened for business for 2019. Come on by! Retail sales Fridays 9-5 and Saturdays 8-12 noon. Vine maple (Acer circinatum) seedlings emerging […]
Signs of Spring
Where is spring? A bleak March 12th in the nursery Winter has been hanging on late this year in the Wenatchee Valley, leading to the latest start we’ve ever had. Those overwintered plants are fine under their snow blanket (unless the voles are eating them!) but we are anxious to get the season underway. So… […]
Insects Under Threat? – Native Plants Can Help
In the past year disturbing news has emerged about the decline of insect populations around the world. Many of us are aware of the falling numbers of some larger or more charismatic species, including the monarch butterfly or the rusty-patched bumblebee, a candidate for listing as an Endangered Species. What I hadn’t realized was that this decline […]
Fall planting, Fall flowers and Fall hours
Pacific nine bark (Physocarpus capitatus) with fall color in the nursery With the lowering of the sun’s angle, and the yellow school buses on the roads, we have signs that fall will soon be here. This is a great to time to plant natives, especially in the “golden” period from mid-September to late October. The soil […]
May Flowers at the Nursery
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 […]
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