Winter Landscapes

Ornamental grasses add a lot to our winter landscapes and you'll notice all kinds being used more often around town. The orange winter hue of this mystery grass reflects the tawny color of pine needles and adds a warm punctuation on snowy, dull days. Hardy to zone 4 and a member of a large popular family, it has white fluffy plumes. Specimens have caught my eye along OB Riley Road.

Nursery Mystery Game

As landscape designers, we're always 'plant watching' around town. It's a little like being a bird watcher. Trees, shrubs or flowers seem to catch our eyes for one reason or another at different seasons and we just NEED to know more about their identities. So here's a way for everyone to play along. We'll post some clues on one day and supply the answer in the following days. We'll try to identify Central Oregon plants that are currently showing off around town. Add a comment if you want to guess the answer!

Mystery Tree in Winter

This deciduous tree really stands out in fall and winter with its reddish-orange persistent berries. Hardy to USDA Zone 3, it grows 20-40' tall.
Birds love the berries. It sports white blossoms in spring, yellow orange fall color and has few pest issues. Older trees can sometimes appear gnarly. Can be spotted on Simpson Ave in Bend.

European Mountain Ash Tree

Oh such clever Central Oregonians! Thanks for the comments and the positive feed back. This will be fun. Yes- it's the European Mountain Ash. Sorbus aucuparia (SOR-bus aw-ku-PAH-ree-a) The OSU web site (see the link in the side bar) says that aucuparia comes from the Latin word aucupor 'to go bird catching'. It refers to a way to use a sticky gum-like substance to catch fowl. I know that I've seen a Mt. Ash tree that looked like it was decorated for Christmas it was so filled with blue Pinyon Jays and Cedar Waxwings munching on the berries.

Fall Celebration Specials This Weekend

Save on the plants and trees that are happy to live in Central Oregon this Friday and Saturday, September 4th and 5th. Heartsprings Nursery is located in Tumalo on the corner of Collins Road and Walton Road: 18430 Walton Rd.

Don't miss out on Perennial, Vine and Select Grass specials Buy 2- get 1 Free!
This includes some hard to find and usually expensive varieties. Look for Echinacea and the cutest groundcover Bleeding Hearts- just to name a few.

Bring cash or checks and carry home shrubs, grasses, trees- everything that you need to enjoy your garden this Fall. The nursery is open 9 - 4 both days.

Closeouts SAVE UP TO 50% OFF
Beautiful healthy plants that we will discontinue

Heritage River Birch (Bronze Birch Bore Resistant)
Rocky Mt. Glow Maple (Sugar Maple Native to Rockies)
Marmo Maple (Similar to Autumn Blaze Maple)
Washington Hawthorn

Blowouts SAVE UP TO 75% OFF
Funky, Frosted, Floppy and Free Spirited Plants!

Ponderosa Pine (Awesome for naturalizing)
Scotch Pine, Columnar Scotch Pine (A dream price for that tall skinny evergreen need)
Fraser Fir, Nordman Fir (Both perfect for live Christmas Trees)
Colorado Spruce, Engelmann Spruce (another native for naturalizing)
Nannyberry Trees- (Floppy and berry laden - perfect for an arbor)
Tulip Tree -please adopt this one so it can live in a downtown banana belt!
Move'em Outs SAVE UP TO 50% OFF
Healthy plants that will be happiest in the ground by Winter!
These shrubs...buy 1 get 1 free-
Nishiki Dappled Willow ( Grows to 6' pink, white and green leaves-lovely)
Mt. Fuji Spirea ( Sprays of white spring flowers- red orange Fall color)
Knockout Red Rose (Hardy and carefree prolific bloomer)
Firehill Flowering Almond (Pink spring flowers, red fall color, almond like nut)