A worker loads plants at Monrovia nursery. The company is one of several plaintiffs in a lawsuit against South Carolina, which last year imposed regulations that limited shipments of plants from the West Coast.
Nursery groups from California and Oregon have filed suit against South Carolina, seeking to overturn regulations that limit plant shipments to that state.
Plaintiffs in the case -- the California Association of Nurseries and Garden Centers and the Oregon Association of Nurseries -- filed ...
Saturday, March 13, 2010 10:09 AM
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Geraniums may hold the key to controlling the devastating Japanese beetle, which feeds on nearly 300 plant species and costs the ornamental plant industry $450 million in damage each year, according to scientists with the Agr ...
Saturday, March 13, 2010 11:08 AM
Two nursery groups have announced they've filed suit against South Carolina, seeking to overturn regulations that limit plant shipments to that state.
The California Association of Nurseries and Garden Centers and the Oregon Association of Nurseries filed the federal lawsuit against the state of S ...
Sunday, March 07, 2010 1:09 PM
Located more than 30 miles from Portland, Ore., Bauman Farms can't depend on gardeners from the state's largest metropolis to discover the nursery by accident.
For that reason, Bauman Farms' booth at the annual Yard, Garden and Patio Show in Portland is a critical marketing tool, said co- ...
Saturday, March 20, 2010 9:28 AM
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Like his father, grandfather and great-grandfather, David Niklas feels the quickening of spring as the season ramps up at his wholesale nursery in a farming community south of Portland. Niklas and his workers busily package plants for shipment.
These days, his flowe ...
Thursday, February 18, 2010 10:07 AM
WOODINVILLE, Wash. -- At Molbak's Nursery, environmental control is a set-it-and-forget-it operation.
As head grower Ken Rundle explained to a group of Farm Bureau members, computers monitor exterior and interior conditions, then adjust for temperature, light and water for whatever is gro ...
Thursday, March 11, 2010 6:29 AM
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Oregon's nursery and greenhouse industry, long the leading light of the state's agricultural economy, is in the depths of a historic downturn that is shedding jobs, causing bankruptcies and eroding the state's reputation as the best place in the country to grow pl ...
Wednesday, December 30, 2009 9:09 AM
MAGALIA, Calif. (AP) -- The state's only nursery devoted to replanting areas destroyed by wildfires and battered by erosion is shutting down because of the budget crisis.
The state Legislature cut $3 million from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
Agency spokeswoman ...
Thursday, December 24, 2009 1:34 PM
HONOLULU (AP) -- Some Hawaii residents are finding it hard to find Christmas trees this season.
Vendors have cut back on shipments from the mainland because its costs them about $20 to bring in each tree by ship.
Ipo Waiwaiole sells trees in Kailua. He says he and other vendors have ord ...
Friday, December 18, 2009 1:18 PM
About five years ago, Robin Cross came across some financial paperwork that provoked a strong sense of deja vu.
As a part-time chief financial officer at Kraemer's Nursery in Mount Angel, Ore., Cross noticed that a major client -- a mass merchant retailer -- had begun sending along famili ...
Thursday, March 11, 2010 6:50 AM
DURHAM, N.H. (AP) -- The 700 red poinsettias lined up in a University of New Hampshire greenhouse are sort of the horticultural version of hybrid cars: they're being grown at different temperatures in hopes of creating a more fuel-efficient plant.
Growing the perfect poinsettia has always ...
Friday, December 04, 2009 12:03 PM
CRESCENT CITY, Calif. (AP) -- Californians who travel to Oregon's Curry County to get Douglas fir trees for Christmas won't be able to bring them back.
The California Department of Food and Agriculture says it will confiscate the trees at the agency's Smith River Border In ...
Thursday, November 26, 2009 12:49 PM
Another nursery in Oregon's Willamette Valley has filed for bankruptcy protection in the midst of the industry-wide downturn.
D. Wells Industries, a 200-acre nursery based in Aurora, Ore., has filed for Chapter 12 bankruptcy, which allows family farmers and fishermen to continue operating while ...
Thursday, March 11, 2010 6:50 AM
Nursery owner Tom Fessler was recently caught off guard by out-of-state plant regulations he didn't even know existed.
A few days after sending some azaleas from Oregon to South Carolina, Fessler's company, Woodburn Nursery, was notified the shipment was out of compliance with that state' ...
Thursday, March 11, 2010 6:50 AM
WENATCHEE, Wash. -- Profits weigh heavily on the minds of tree fruit growers as the 105th annual meeting of the Washington State Horticultural Association approaches, Dec. 7-9 in Wenatchee.
Close to 600 people had signed up for the conference by Nov. 13, which prompted association Execut ...
Thursday, March 11, 2010 6:50 AM
Once the U.S. economy regains its footing, Art Anderson still doesn't expect to feel much of an impact.
As the general manager of Northwest Shade Trees in Brooks, Ore., Anderson knows that it will take a while for increased housing construction to boost his tree sales.
"It's going to ...
Saturday, October 17, 2009 10:04 AM
SALEM, Ore. -- Orchardist Stuart Olson was struck a few weeks back with the sudden appearance of what he thought was brown rot on his peaches.
The late-maturing Elbertas were clean just days before the sudden arrival of the rot and there was no indication rot was developing.
Olson pu ...
Saturday, September 26, 2009 10:04 AM
Everybody knows weekend weather strongly affects nursery sales, but up until now, that conventional wisdom hasn't offered much practical guidance to producers.
Though producers can't manipulate the weather, they can control where and when they ship nursery stock.
A new computer p ...
Saturday, September 19, 2009 10:34 AM
OAKVILLE, Wash. (AP) -- Dan Pearson started selling his family's dahlias by the side of the road; today, a large portion of his business comes from the information superhighway the Internet.
"I'm doing the same job today as I did when I was 10 years old," Pearson said. "Not many people get to make ...
Sunday, September 13, 2009 12:03 AM
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Tuesday, September 01, 2009 1:38 PM
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- A Fraser fir from West Virginia will be the Christmas tree displayed inside the White House this year.
Tree farmers Eric and Gloria Sundback were selected this month as grand champions of the National Christmas Tree contest.
It's a record fourth win for the Sundba ...
Tuesday, September 01, 2009 1:38 PM
PORTLAND -- The Oregon Association of Nurseries and the Oregon Environmental Council last week launched a Climate Friendly Nurseries project supporters say will provide environmental and economic benefits.
U.S. Rep. Kurt Schrader, D-Ore., who spoke at the launch, said the project could help gro ...
Tuesday, September 01, 2009 1:38 PM
To be profitable under current economic conditions, nursery producers need to start acting like manufacturers.
"Think like a factory," said Mark Buchholz, former chief operations officer at Monrovia Nursery.
Buchholz and Allan Elliott, COO of Carlton Plants, explained their managemen ...
Tuesday, September 01, 2009 1:38 PM
PORTLAND -- The Oregon Association of Nurseries and the Oregon Environmental Council last week launched a Climate Friendly Nurseries project supporters say will provide environmental and economic benefits.
U.S. Rep. Kurt Schrader, D-Ore., who spoke at the launch, said the project could he ...
Tuesday, September 01, 2009 1:38 PM
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Teufel Nursery Inc., one of the area's largest nursery and landscaping operations, is fighting for its life after its longtime lender withdrew financing in May.
Textron Financial Corp. demanded immediate payment of the $5.3 million owed by Teufel, which forced ...
Tuesday, September 01, 2009 1:39 PM
The Oregon Association of Nurseries' transportation company had barely plunged into the water before the tide turned against it.
Advantage Oregon was conceived in a much different business environment, when nursery stock sales were booming and trucks were hard to come by.
When the si ...
Tuesday, September 01, 2009 1:40 PM
