Last week mother nature decided to begin her tease into the spring season. It was 60 degrees and sunny through out the Puget Sound and everyone had huge smiles plastered across their faces. Of course we then promptly received several feet of snow in the...
Lemon balm, Melissa officianalis, of the mint family, Lamiaceae, tends to be in the “love or loath” category for many gardeners. Around here we love our weedy plants if they are edible and utilitarian, making themselves worthwhile around the farm and kitchen. A few of...
Want edibles but only have a small patio? Live on a house boat? Have very limited space? Who says you can't have apples? Columnar Apples are the answer. These wonders will do surprisingly well in a large pot and produce 50+ lbs of fruit on one...
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="149"] Transplanting some healthy Horseradish.[/caption] Horseradish: an interesting herbaceous plant, with a pungent, mustard like root usually enjoyed as a condiment for a nice piece of steak or a hot Ruben sandwich. Some Ruben aficionados would even consider it a necessity to have...
[caption id="attachment_2945" align="alignright" width="300"] Hippophaë rhamnoides. Picture from wikipedia[/caption] Here at the Nursery we have a ton of interesting berry shrubs but one of the useful berries in stock is the Sea Berry or Sea Buckthorn. Our favorite of the Sea Berry is the Titan. It...
Sometimes you find an interesting new (to you) plant that seems too good to be true. Here at the Nursery we have been a little too excited about the Silver Vine, Hot Pepper Kiwi and can't wait to try to the fruit, first hand. This little...
Common Mugwort: Artemesia vulgaris (Available in our nursery in one gallon size) It sounds like something from Harry Potter doesn't it? Well we certainly think it has many magical medicinal properties, and is something you can easily grow in your own food forest! I first found out...
Here at the NW Bloom nursery we have always had an "Orphanage". This is where all of the unwanted plants come to live and get the chance at a new beginning, in a new garden. In the majority of our projects there are usually plants that...
It has not always been easy to find a good selection of edible plants to buy in the Seattle area - they have either only been available through catalog sales or during a small window of time throughout the year. So...
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