Located in beautiful Skagit Valley,
we offer a wide variety of
common and uncommon plants,
garden accessories, antiques, and gifts.
Open Daily
9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
|
|
9th Annual La Conner Daffodil Festival
While the tulips are Skagit Valley's most famous blooms, there’s nothing quite as cheerful as entire fields of bright yellow daffodils against our Mount Baker backdrop. During the month of March, La Conner is buzzing with activities for visitors, making it a fun and scenic destination to include in your visit to see the fields of daffodils. Did you know that more tulip, iris, and daffodil bulbs are produced here in Skagit County than in any other county in the United States? The 9th Annual La Conner Daffodil Festival celebrates these sunny harbingers of spring throughout March.
|
|
Spring Orchid Festival
Free Admission
March 4th & 5th
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Complimentary class at 2:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday in the Schoolhouse
Enjoy strolling through our Propagation House and experiencing the diversity of orchids on display by the Mount Baker Orchid Society. We will be offering a diverse selection to shop from, as well as 'Orchid Doctors' available to answer your growing and re-blooming questions. There will also be re-potting services by donation toward the Mount Baker Orchid Society. This will be a judged show by the American Orchid Society, with awards and ribbons being presented in the afternoon on March 4th.
|
|
Last call for bare root plants!
Christianson's bare root season continues through the end of March. All bare root plants are located in the south beds by our 1888 Schoolhouse where you'll find a great selection of fruiting and flowering shade trees and shrubs. If you need suggestions or assistance, we are happy to help!
Our bare root plant sale runs from March 1 - 12, when all bare root plants are 15% off already low prices.
If you're looking for some great tips on how to plant bare root, check out our informative videos on our website.
|
|
Growing Great Roses
Saturday, March 4th
11 a.m. - noon
reservations required
call to reserve, 360-466-3821
class fee: $10
please check in at the Garden Store
before class
The rose is America's most popular flower and is also one of the oldest in cultivation. There are thousands of rose varieties known for their fragrance, color, bloom time, and hardiness.
Take notes from Christianson's rose buyer, Nancy Stewart, on our favorite tried-and-true varieties that are fragrant, disease-resistant, easy to care for, and thrive in the Pacific Northwest.
|
|
Pruning Spring Flowering Shrubs for Year-Round Beauty
Saturday, March 11th
11 a.m.-noon
reservations required
call to reserve, 360-466-3821
class fee: $10
please check in at the Garden Store
before class
It can be more than disappointing when flowering shrubs don't bloom as we expect them to. In many cases, well-intentioned pruning gone awry may be the culprit. Pruning too severely, pruning at the wrong time of year, or not pruning enough can all lead to poor bloom performance. Join
Christina Pfeiffer, Horticulture Consultant, and Educator, as she offers some simple techniques to take the confusion out of pruning, and to prune spring flowering shrubs for optimal spring display and year-round beauty in the garden.
|
|
|
|
Sunday, March 19th
11 a.m. – noon
reservations required
call to reserve, 360-466-3821
class fee: $10
please check in at the Garden Store
before class
Join Sarah Wagstaff, owner of SUOT Farm, an urban flower farm, in making dried wreaths from her collection of dried perennials, boughs, and seed pods that will hold up well indoors and bring joy for years to come. Choose from an array of her dried ornamentals and give your arrangements a re-fresh as we head into spring. Along with the botanicals, she will provide a wonderful selection of shells and feathers to choose from.
|
|
Starting Dahlias
Saturday, March 25th
11 a.m.-noon
reservations required
call to reserve, 360-466-3821
class fee: $30
please check in at the Garden Store
before class
Starting a dahlia field of your own can feel both exciting and overwhelming. Learn how to grow popular dahlia varieties from tubers with Anne Long, owner of The Dahlia House. She will guide you through fool-proof methods for getting your plants off to a great growing season of amazing blooms.
|
|
March Specials
March 1-12
Bare Root
fruit, flowering, and shade trees, berries, lilacs, hydrangeas, and more!
15% off
March 13-31
Camellias
winter and spring-flowering beauties, many in bloom.
15% off
|
|
“Blossom by blossom the spring begins"
– Algernon Charles Swinburne
|
|
This year it seems we are especially ready for longer, 50-degree, gardening weather days. We are eager for earlier sunrises and the sweetness of fresh blooms opening and filling the air with the familiar scent of spring. We are excited for the Nursery to wake up, and our doors to be open all day long as customers stroll in and out.
As inter surely fades into spring, the shop, too, has undergone some big changes. We have new wood floors, we are bringing in more curated antiques, and making an effort to constantly keep the shop new and exciting with seasonal displays. With a few new staff members, it has been exciting to see how everyone's individual interests influence the shop in such lovely ways. Sally, Carrie, and SaraJo all have an eye for the rare and unique antiques that bring charm and warmth to the store. Angie, our food buyer, is bringing in local treats from Water Tank Bakery (their biscottis were made to compliment your morning latte), local chocolates, and cocktail supplies. Eve, our head buyer for gifts, has brought in an enticing selection of inspiring and relevant gardening books, cards, linens, and one-of-a-kind gifts that so perfectly find a place in people's homes or as thoughtful gifts.
The shop is bursting with spring inspiration and we look forward to seeing you stroll in.
|
|
|
|
Plant Spotlight: Pieris japonica
These low-maintenance evergreen shrubs flower in white and pink in drooping clusters (panicles), in spring, and they are beginning to look stunning in the landscape right about now. They prefer sun to part shade and do best in moist, well-drained, acid soil with ample organic matter. However, not as demanding for acid soil as many other ericaceous plants. Responds to fertilization, especially in high rainfall areas. Keep a look out for yellow foliage, as this may indicate the need to fertilize, which they respond well to.
Hardy to USDA Zone 4b or 5
|
|
March – The Nursery is gearing up for spring!
March is a big month in the Nursery as we are ordering up a storm preparing for the spring season ahead. We begin to receive vegetable starts and bedding plants, including geraniums which fill the Propagation House come mid-March. We also begin planting our custom hanging baskets and moving plants from the greenhouses back out into the Nursery. It is a transformative month and we are looking forward to seeing you in the Nursery!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
