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Grandfather's Garden
Harriette and Reuben "Gerald" HatchMy Grandfather “Gerald” Hatch and I get together about once a week and indulge in capricious escapades that usually revolve around plants. One day we visit an...
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Conifers in GH28
Our greenhouses are not necessarily arranged in order because they are numbered in the order that they were built, regardless of location. GH25, 27 and 28 are all about 100 yards away from each other,...
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A Plant Journey with Grandfather
Schreiner Iris field A few days ago my Grandfather and I headed down the Willamette Valley to inspect the riot of colors at the Schreiner Iris Garden. After that we went the short distance to Sebright...
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One person who will not be reading this blog is Paige. I received a heart-wrenching email from her after a recent Flora Wonder Blog on My Grandfather's Garden.Please, please delete me from your mailing...
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Our New Shade Garden
This past Saturday and Sunday we endured a couple of 100 degree days and both set records for the dates. David and Jose were charged with keeping the plants moist, and when I surveyed my realm on...
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The Terrific Tridents
Acer buergerianumAcer buergerianum is commonly known as the “Trident maple” due to its (usually) three-lobed leaves. I met its acquaintance rather late in life at the beginning of my nursery ownership,...
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The Master Plant List
Tsuga mertensiana 'Blue Star'The MPLI have my Master Plant List in notebook form which is easier for me to read than looking sideways at a computer screen, and for each plant I have listed my original...
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Photo Contest – A Buchholz Beauty Pageant
April came and went. May and June zoomed by. Monday is the 4th of July. Hurray America!It must be time for our biannual photo contest. I have gathered my favorite plant images from the past six months...
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Photo Contest Winner
Arisaema sikokianumWe have a Buchholz photo contest winner! The photo of Arisaema sikokianum received the most votes by far – which surprised me – and Marina M. was selected from that group. She will...
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Specimen Plant List
I recently finished compiling our specimen plant list, a process that requires me to methodically visit every section and greenhouse. I must count the potentially saleable and then decide how many of...
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The Hunt for Portland's Notable Trees
I was in a Portland bookstore a couple of weeks ago and noticed a new and updated edition of Trees of Greater Portland by Phyllis Reynolds. The book – yes, I bought it – features the largest of many...
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Coming Clean
Everything is comprised of somethings, and if one thing out of something does not go well then everything is compromised.The Flora Wonder Blog consists of my opinions – which are always correct – and...
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Sichuan: The Center of China
The world pretty much agrees that you now spell the Chinese province Sichuan exactly as I just did, though previously we encountered on old maps and in encyclopedias Szechwan, Szuchuan, Szechuanetc.,...
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Be Specific
Today I will assume the challenge to make a botany lesson as enjoyable as possible.Whoa, did I just hear a collective groan from the Flora Wonder readership? C'mon, I'll keep it simple and quick and...
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Mitsch Memories
The coffee/book roomOld Mitsch catalogsThe room that adjoins the office is lined with books and nursery catalogs. It also contains the coffee maker. I usually make a cup in the morning and then again...
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Maples On My Mind
I dream about maples this time of year. Maples in the morning, maples in the evening and maples in the middle of the night. We're in the thick of maple grafting, and almost three-fourths of the way...
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Stand By Your Maples
Acer palmatumRecently as I looked on the internet for information concerning a maple cultivar I found that I had stumbled upon a maple forumwhere two guys were corresponding about their various maple...
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California Conifers
Oregonians generally don't care for Californians, but I think our southern neighbors are not even aware of it. We have an unofficial motto that says, visit, spend your money but don't stay. I first...
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The Year in Trees
In the last Flora Wonder Blog I mentioned Dr. Kim E. Tripp, the woman who advised me to visit California's White Mountains to see the Pinus longaeva in their native haunt. At the time she was with the...
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Today I am in New York, a guest of the New York Botanical Garden. Last spring we shipped a lot of plants to them – in particular maples – and there will be a ceremony to celebrate the new maple area....
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