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APRIL SPECIALS Lantana 1 gallon $4.50 each Assorted Geraniums 1 gallon $4.50 Zonal and Ivy Geranium 15 GALLON JAPANESE MAPLES 30% off Regularly $110.00 to $145.00 Sale Price $77.00 to $101.50 Oshio Beni – 15 to 20 feet Arching branches Bloodgood – 12-15 feet Dark red leaves. Tolerates heat well Emperor One – 12-15 feet Dark red leaves. Black bark. Tolerates heat well Crimson Queen – 6 ft. tall and wide Laceleaf All Sale Prices Limited to Stock On Hand. Water Saving Techniques Clinics We will be holding clinics on water saving techniques for your landscape each Saturday this month starting this Saturday April 11th. The clinics will start @10 am. We will discuss mulching, drip irrigation, watering frequencies, time of day watering etc. The focus will be on ways to reduce the water used in your current landscape or any new plantings. We will also discuss drought tolerant/waterwise plants for the landscape. April Gardening Tips Vegetable starts are available now. We are receiving shipments of vegetable starts every week now and will continue to have them through the next month or two. We also have some vegetable and herb starts in the greenhouse that will be coming out soon. …

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Mark Your Calendar! No reservation necessary. Just show up. We will demonstrate pruning of peaches, nectarines, plums, pluots, apricots, pears. We will also explain dormant spraying and show how to mulch and use drip irrigation on fruit trees to water deeply and save water at the same time.  The clinic lasts about an hour. Free coffee and hot chocolate.  Bare Root Season Contnues Through February. We sell bare root through the end of February. About 3 weeks left for bare root fruit trees. Don’t wait too long. – Jeff

MARK YOUR CALENDAR. No reservation necessary. Just show up. We will demonstrate pruning of peaches, nectarines, plums, pluots, apricots pears and apples. We will also explain dormant spraying and show how to mulch and use drip irrigation on fruit trees to water deeply and save water at the same time.  The clinics last about an hour. Free coffee and hot chocolate.  Bare Root Season Now Through February. Large selection of fruit trees available as well as berries, vegetables, roses. Shade trees and lilacs and rose of sharon also available bare root in the next couple of weeks. We sell bare root through the end of February. Shop early for the best selection. Once a variety is gone it is gone for the season. We do not re-order bare root plants. Bare root fruit 2015  Roses 2015

Antique apples, pistachios, and fruiting mulberries and some walnuts have not yet arrived. Will be in soon. The rest of the fruit trees are here and ready for sale. Shop early for the best selection. Once a variety is gone it is gone for the season. Take advantage of the nice break in the weather and get your fruit trees in. Farmers Almanac predicts wet January and February. Bare root fruit tree list for 2015

Dormant Spraying After the rain and wind, the fruit trees should be losing there leaves. If you have not been able to get the first spraying done you should be able to soon. I know in the orchard here at the nursery, I have not done the first spraying yet. I’ll get it done soon. I have to check the status of the leaves. Get your first spraying done as soon as you can. The second spraying should be around Christmas and then the final spraying around Valentines Day. Spray with copper spray mixed with a dormant oil or Neem oil. The dormant oil will help it cling to the tree. Soak the entire tree including the trunk all the way to the ground. Be sure to clean up the leaves under the tree to help prevent fungus problems. Apples and pears are subject to fireblight. Spray them now and also when the newly forming buds show in the spring before the leaves come out. This will help to prevent the disease. I spray all dormant fruit trees in the orchard. It helps to reduce aphid problems on plums and pluots. Oregon Stock Our shipment from Oregon arrived the day …

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Dogwoods Living Christmas Trees Birdbaths All arrived on Wednesday 11/26. Now ready for sale. Also arrived: New selection of Hostas and Mugho Pines and Dwarf Alberta Spruce. Nice looking plants. Nice selection of birdbaths.