You see them everywhere in Central Oregon!! Crabapples are popular trees closely related to apples, but with smaller edible fruit. They may also differ in leaf color, growth habit, flowering [...]
As we all know this past couple of years our rain fall and snow pack has been scary low!! Bachelor struggled to get a full season in, this year the pole pedal paddle is changing things up due to [...]
Xeriscape If you are like everyone else and have noticed your water bill is climbing every year, you should consider xeriscaping. Xeriscaping is defined as “quality landscaping that [...]
Central Oregon is known as the High Desert, and our natural trees and landscape reflect that. Look around, we have so many pine and juniper trees and sage brush grows abundantly. I love [...]
A superb native rose, Rosa woodsii (woods rose) has rose-pink flowers in early June. The bright red hips persist throughout winter, and are used as food by birds. A fast grower, the Wood’s [...]
Idaho fescue is native to the short-grass prairie habitat. It can be used in a xeriscape design along with Buffalo grass and Blue grama. Adding junipers, Rabbit brush and Sage, enhances such a [...]