Wild Ginger Farm News Blog

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394635451562185718Mon, 03 Nov 2025 02:51:03 +0000announcementWild Ginger Farm News BlogWelcome! Wild Ginger Farm is a mail order and retail nursery specializing in Alpine and Rock Garden Plants, select Western Natives and Woodland Plants from around the world. We are located near Portland, Oregon and ship plants to locations within the United States. Visit our <a href="http://www.wildgingerfarm.com">website</a> to learn more about us!http://wildgingerfarm.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Blogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394635451562185718.post-2694428093424140630Sat, 27 Apr 2013 15:41:00 +00002013-04-27T08:41:03.677-07:00Signs of Spring      Our online mail order catalog has been updated for the 2012 spring shipping season.  One of the advantages of having an online catalog, compared to a printed one, is the ability to update it throughout the http://wildgingerfarm.blogspot.com/2012/01/2012-mail-order-catalog.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394635451562185718.post-1920018937058482292Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:52:00 +00002012-01-05T08:52:06.640-08:00Garden Renewal  This is the time of year when we tend to take a moment to reflect on past accomplishments and plan for the future.  For avid gardeners, this can take the form of scouring plant and seed catalogs, placing http://wildgingerfarm.blogspot.com/2012/01/garden-renewal.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394635451562185718.post-3554555346407574040Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:13:00 +00002011-12-09T09:13:19.163-08:00Plant Lover  One of the joys of growing plants is that I get to fall in love every year.  Usually several times.  The object of my affection this time of year is the lovely Cyclamen.  It all starts in late http://wildgingerfarm.blogspot.com/2011/12/plant-lover.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394635451562185718.post-9120827261179142755Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:19:00 +00002011-11-21T08:19:51.377-08:00Best of 2011 - WGF on Facebook Wild Ginger Farm is now on Facebook.  We have selected a plant photo for each month of 2011 and posted them on our new Facebook page.  Check them out and let us know your thoughts!http://wildgingerfarm.blogspot.com/2011/11/best-of-2011-wgf-on-facebook.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394635451562185718.post-7355828292282187429Sun, 23 Oct 2011 16:33:00 +00002011-10-23T09:33:13.494-07:00‘Ling Ling’ Panda Face Ginger   Are you familiar with Asarum maximum ‘Ling Ling’, the Panda Face Ginger?  This very attractive evergreen wild ginger forms a clump of large dark green leaves that can be up to 8” long in mature plants.&nbsphttp://wildgingerfarm.blogspot.com/2011/10/ling-ling-panda-face-ginger.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394635451562185718.post-684369983503259158Sun, 09 Oct 2011 15:57:00 +00002011-10-09T08:57:15.846-07:00Pacific Coast Irises in Fall Iris douglasiana Fall is the time to move or divide Pacific Coast Irises.  PCI’s are very particular about the timing of root disturbance.  As many gardeners have learned, trying to divide them after spring flowering or during the summer months results in dismal failure.  Trust me on this, I’ve tried it and have been spectacularly unsuccessful.  What begins as a beautiful http://wildgingerfarm.blogspot.com/2011/10/pacific-coast-irises-in-fall.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394635451562185718.post-4483442678192625243Sat, 24 Sep 2011 16:03:00 +00002011-09-24T09:03:15.898-07:00Fall Update The Fall season always brings a flurry of activity around the nursery.  In addition to an array of plant propagation tasks, we will continue to have regular open hours through October until cold weather and rain close us down for the season.   You can always check our website for our current open hours. The late season flower of Crinum 'Ellen Bosanquet' We http://wildgingerfarm.blogspot.com/2011/09/fall-update.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394635451562185718.post-3808004799691456203Tue, 30 Aug 2011 15:52:00 +00002011-08-30T08:52:48.000-07:00Autumn Gentian Autumn Gentian One of our favorite fall flowering perennials is the Autumn Gentian, Gentiana sino-ornata.  It forms a low mat of rooting stems with grassy foliage from which upward facing, trumpet shaped flowers open in late summer to early fall. Autumn Gentian flowers most commonly occur in alluring shades of blue from sky blue to a deep marine blue.&nbsphttp://wildgingerfarm.blogspot.com/2011/08/autumn-gentian.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394635451562185718.post-542115611173956497Tue, 09 Aug 2011 14:59:00 +00002011-08-09T07:59:28.392-07:00Saturday Class "Plant a Succulent Container Lewisia longipetala hybrid Summer is the perfect time to enjoy drought tolerant and easy to grow succulent plants and we invite you to join us this Saturday, August 13th for a class entitled “Plant a Succulent Container”.  You can bring your own pot or buy one here.  We will provide potting soil, 4 plants and accent rocks.  The fee for this class is $15http://wildgingerfarm.blogspot.com/2011/08/saturday-class-plant-succulent.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394635451562185718.post-7961692534797757740Wed, 03 Aug 2011 16:15:00 +00002011-11-07T08:28:11.582-08:00Tufa - The ultimate crevice rock Tufa is a porous limestone rock useful in growing many alpine and lime loving plants.  Not to be confused with hypertufa, a cement-based imitation used to create troughs and other lightweight containers, authentic tufa is a calcium carbonate mineral precipitate that occurs around lime rich bodies of water.  We recently obtained a supply of tufa from the headwaters of the Columbia Riverhttp://wildgingerfarm.blogspot.com/2011/08/tufa-ultimate-crevice-rock.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394635451562185718.post-6335375510298556702Wed, 13 Jul 2011 15:21:00 +00002011-07-13T12:29:01.367-07:00Crevice Plants Dwarf forms of many rock garden plants make wonderful crevice plants.  Crevices are those intriguing gaps between rocks where plants can grow while seeming to defy all odds.  In rock gardens, we often intentionally create small spaces between rocks in which to tuck our plant treasures.  Alpines and other rock garden plants are ideally suited to grow in these spaces as they often http://wildgingerfarm.blogspot.com/2011/07/crevice-plants.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394635451562185718.post-2840267596390291509Thu, 23 Jun 2011 15:32:00 +00002011-06-23T08:32:45.403-07:00Alpines and Trough Planting Trough building has become very popular in recent years and most gardeners I know have at least a trough or two in their gardens.  We are no exception.  We have a collection of large and small troughs and have grouped them together into a trough garden.  Some of the larger troughs are new this year and we are still in the process of planting them. Planting a trough is a http://wildgingerfarm.blogspot.com/2011/06/alpines-and-trough-planting.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394635451562185718.post-2762440978903054807Sun, 12 Jun 2011 15:31:00 +00002011-06-12T08:31:28.251-07:00Vancouveria hexandra Vancouveria hexandra, Inside Out Flower, is a noteworthy N.W. native woodland groundcover.  It has pretty green foliage with interesting ternate leaves, giving it another common name, Duck’s Foot.  The delicate sprays of distinctive white flowers in late spring resemble it’s close relative, Epimedium.  Both are herbaceous members of the barberry family that also gives us other http://wildgingerfarm.blogspot.com/2011/06/vancouveria-hexandra.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394635451562185718.post-2397177014961507243Fri, 03 Jun 2011 15:43:00 +00002011-06-03T08:43:22.543-07:00Summer Classes We are offering a series of classes at the nursery this season.  The first class “ Western Native Plants” is scheduled for Saturday, June 11th at 1 pm.  We will be taking a closer look at the definition of native plants and how to evaluate your garden situation and select appropriate plants for it.  Site preparation, ongoing care and maintenance issues willhttp://wildgingerfarm.blogspot.com/2011/06/summer-classes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394635451562185718.post-1001892401896242196Sat, 28 May 2011 16:01:00 +00002011-05-28T09:01:03.858-07:00Lewisia cotyledon Lewisia cotyledon is a spring flowering, evergreen succulent found in the Siskiyou Mountains of Southern Oregon and Northern California.  Vigorous hybrid varieties have been developed with colorful spring flowering displays and an extended flowering period. Lewisia mound in rock garden Lewisias are found in rocky crevices in nature and work well in alpine gardens, http://wildgingerfarm.blogspot.com/2011/05/lewisia-cotyledon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)7