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… […]
A Good Season Winds Down
Colorful fall leaves on red osier dogwood (Cornus sericea) With autumn weather (rain!) and colors upon us it’s good to take some time to look back at the season that is winding down. It is gratifying to see loads of plants leaving the nursery; the plants we’ve grown from seeds and cuttings and nurtured for […]
Blanketflower – and NPAW!
What is NPAW, you ask? Why Native Plant Appreciation Week, an annual event organized by the Washington Native Plant Society to recognize and celebrate the beauty and diversity of our native flora. The photo featured in the poster above, of blanketflower (Gaillardia aristata), was taken at Derby Canyon Natives a few years back. I keep a camera handy for […]
2016 – Up and Growing Again!
Derby Canyon Natives is now open for business. Through March we open by appointment Monday through Friday. Beginning Friday, April 1 (no joke!), we resume our regular retail hours of Fridays 9-5 and Saturdays 8-12 noon. A lovely little yellow bell enduring a mid-March snowfall It’s great to be back at it, regardless of a […]
Color on display!
Sulfur buckwheat (Eriogonum umbellatum) in full bloom NOTE- I’ve been unable to connect to Facebook for months, but that has finally been corrected. This is outdated, first put on my web site in May, but I thought the pretty flower photos were still worth sharing!) At this time of year many of the wildflowers planted […]
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