Our objective at Derby Canyon Natives is to grow native plants that meet our customers’ needs in both quantity and quality. Most of the plants we grow are planted in restoration projects, often in challenging environments east of the Cascades with little or no irrigation. A quality plant should survive, if not thrive, in these situations. […]
Paxistima
Over the winter I root cuttings of several species in heated beds, and we will be potting them up in the next week or so. One the main ones is Paxistima myrsinites, commonly known as mountain boxwood, Oregon boxwood or mountain lover. It’s a charming and often overlooked low, evergreen shrub. On the east side of the Cascades […]
CUTTINGS
Still cold out there and the native plants are dormant, which is good. I’m out collecting cuttings this week from a number of natives that we’ll use to propagate more plants. I’m cutting 1 and 2-year old shoots from willows (five species), black cottonwood, red osier dogwood and snowberry. I do most of the cutting […]