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Derby Canyon Natives

Native Plant Nursery – Serving Central Washington

Category: Restoration

Featured Natives / April 23, 2019

Planting for Climate Change

Young lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta var. latifolia) five years post-fire Our climate is changing at an unprecedented rate, with far-reaching impacts in our…

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Life at the Nursery / March 21, 2017

Live stakes and cuttings

In late winter, before any seeds have germinated in the nursery, we are out in the snow with loppers and clippers in hand.…

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Native flora / October 1, 2015

Collecting conifer cones… and thinking of wildfire

September is the month I collect cones from both Ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) and Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii).  I won’t sow the seeds…

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Life at the Nursery / May 14, 2015

Plant Quality and Containers

Our objective at Derby Canyon Natives is to grow native plants that meet our customers’ needs in both quantity and quality.  Most of the…

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Native flora / April 24, 2015

Native Plants for Native Bees

Anthophora bee on phlox A few weeks back I attended a talk by Don Rolfs, who spoke about the over 700 species (!) of…

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The nursery will be open for retail sales from April 4th – June 14th; Fridays 9-5, and Saturdays 9-1. Email Mel – [email protected], or call with any questions!

(509) 240-9792

 

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Mel Asher, Owner

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