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… […]
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 […]
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 […]
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