2025 Fruit and Berry List 2025 Fruit Tree & Shrub List: Great Varieties, Bare Root Bargains & Why Winter is the Best Time to Plant As we move into 2025, we’re excited to share our updated list of fruit trees and shrubs for the upcoming growing...
The 2025 Rose List offers a carefully curated selection of rose varieties designed to thrive in a range of climates and garden settings, with a particular emphasis on roses suited for the Pacific Northwest (PNW). This list includes a rich variety of modern hybrid teas, English roses, climbers, and groundcover roses, each known for their exceptional color, fragrance, and resilience.
The delicate beauty of Galanthus, commonly known as snowdrops, signals the arrival of hope in late winter and early spring. These small, white, nodding flowers thrive in the mild, moist climate of the Pacific Northwest, making them a favorite for gardeners eager to...
Starting your gardening journey is easier with the right tools. Here’s a short list of must-have gardening tools to get you started, whether you're planting flowers, vegetables, or houseplants.
Starting your gardening journey can be both exciting and overwhelming, but the good news is that with just a little knowledge, you can grow a thriving garden! Whether you’re growing flowers, vegetables, or houseplants, these plant care basics will help you build confidence and ensure your plants stay healthy and happy.
The Pacific Northwest (PNW) offers a diverse climate that can support a wide variety of trees, from those with stunning fall foliage to those that bloom with beautiful flowers or offer striking shapes year-round. Whether you're looking to add seasonal color or a unique form to your landscape, here’s a list of some of the best trees for the PNW that deliver on all fronts: fall color, beautiful blooms, and distinctive shapes.
If you love the idea of a garden that keeps giving season after season, planting perennial herbs is a fantastic option. These herbs not only offer fresh flavors for your cooking but also return year after year, making them a low-maintenance choice for your garden. Here are a few of our favorite perennial herbs that thrive in a variety of climates, including the Pacific Northwest.
Growing succulents and cacti in the Pacific Northwest can be a rewarding experience if you understand their needs and make some adaptations for the region’s unique climate. While these plants are typically associated with warm, dry environments, they can thrive in the PNW with the right care. Here's your go-to guide for growing succulents and cacti successfully in our cooler, wetter climate.
Welcome to your ultimate guide to outdoor gardening in the Pacific Northwest! Whether you're a seasoned gardener or just starting out, this page will help you grow a thriving garden with plants perfectly suited to our unique climate. From rainy winters to temperate summers, gardening in the PNW requires a little extra care and knowledge, but the rewards are worth it!
A - Acidic Soil: Soil with a pH below 7, common in the Pacific Northwest (PNW). B - Beneficial Insects: Predatory insects that help control pests naturally. C - Composting: Decomposing organic matter to create nutrient-rich soil. D - Drought-Tolerant: Plants...
Now through the end of March is the best time to buy fruiting, flowering, or shade trees and shrubs in bare root. What does purchasing bare root look like? In our south field, near the 1888 Meadow Schoolhouse, we have row after row of ornamental trees and shrubs,...
Geraniums are here, which signals warm weather plants are starting to arrive in earnest. It's still too early to put them outside, though. Go by the weather, not the calendar, and be sure to wait until the evening temperatures are 50 degrees or so. Geraniums, or...
May signals the time of sowing seeds in the garden and creating containers to dress up our outdoor living spaces. The evenings are warming up, meaning most annual plants can be left outside through the night. With the spring enthusiasm we have seen from our...
Hello Rose enthusiasts and welcome to the 2023 rose season! Another wonderful year is ahead of us, full of new varieties to evaluate for our gardens. Much thanks to the tireless hybridizers out there in the world who do the splendid work of putting new roses...
“Spring adds new life and new beauty to all that is.” — Jessica Harrelson Fall is the best time to shop for and plant your Spring blooming bulbs. Our Garden Store is overflowing with varieties of Tulips, Daffodils, Crocus, Allium, Iris, and Snowdrops and these Fall...
It's exhilarating to be outdoors gardening again! Were you one of the many new gardeners or gardening families that got your hands in the dirt last year to raise homegrown vegetables? If you're like the rest of us who got "bitten by the bug," you've been making...
It is a joy to pick whatever is in bloom and bring inside. June is an exciting month because so much is growing and blooming, and it seems the choices in creating a fresh cut bouquet are only limited by what grows in or around your garden. ...
Here in the Pacific Northwest the blooming of hellebores is a favorite late winter reminder that spring is right around the corner. Hellebores are perennial and largely evergreen. Their flowers provide color and interest in the shade garden when other plants are...
It must be January. Stacks of seed catalogs clutter the kitchen table along with new seed packets from the Nursery. All of them needing consideration for when to be planted. With so many choices, it can still be somewhat overwhelming. Thankfully, there are two...
Well-fed plants are healthier, more productive and more attractive. Plants need to be fertilized because most soils do not provide enough nourishment to keep them healthy and beautiful. Even the best soil will eventually become depleted in nutrients leaving the...
When is a Christianson's custom hanging basket like a flower arrangement? When it's designed and planted by one of three women (Laura, Elissa or Toni) who have over fifty years of combined experience with flower arranging and basket planting. We are careful to...
trees and shrubs • rose list 2017 • perennials • vegetable starts and herbs annuals • annual baskets • indoor plants our plant...
Ready to start planting? 2017 Fruit Tree & Berries Please contact our Garden Store to check availability: (360) 466-3821. We have acres of trees and shrubs, including: ornamental and fruiting trees, many with brilliant fall color; conifers from compact to...
“I’d rather have roses on my table, than diamonds on my neck.” - Emma Goldman Roses are our passion. We carry over 600 varieties of roses with diversified groups of top rated roses for our climate. The groups include hybrid teas, grandifloras, floribundas,...
Perennials are those satisfying, reliable plants that return to our gardens year after year. We strive to carry the unusual as well as grandmother's tried and true favorites. We have a vast collection of perennials for every garden situation; wildlife habitat,...
We carry both organic and traditional veggie starts to help you get a head start in your vegetable garden. You will find both the tried and true varieties as well as new introductions. We have everything from artichoke starts and asparagus roots, to seed potatoes...
We grow and sell basic annuals such as petunias, lobelia, impatiens, begonias, and over 10,000 geraniums, along with the newest introductions and the hard to find such as; Fuchsia 'Blacky', Rhodochiton, Spilanthes 'Peek-a-Boo', Petunia 'Black Velvet', Lobularia...
Our Front Greenhouse and Propagation House are lined out with both traditional flowering hanging baskets for sun or shade and also our more unusual veggie baskets and herbal baskets. Most of our annual hanging baskets are grown in extra large 14-inch containers...
