Each winter, we offer plants at Seattle's Northwest Flower and Garden Show and Portland's Yard, Garden, and Patio Show.  These shows are an excellent opportunity to get favorable prices on fine plants that are

1) outstanding new introductions,

2)  in high demand and very limited
     supply, or

3)  hardly ever available.

We offer scores of choice varieties in clean, easy-to-carry packages.

Visit Sundquist Nursery for choice hard-to-find plants!

 Feb. 15-17, 2008 - Portland Yard, Garden, and Patio Show booth 1076 

Feb. 20-24, 2008 - Seattle Northwest Flower and Garden Show booth 2316

Easy-to-carry bare root plants at the best prices of the year!

Spend $50 at the show, get a free blooming-size Crocosmia Solfatare worth $8! 

Here are a few highlights of what we'll have at this year's February shows! 

Nils Sundquist is proud to offer Clematis alpina 'Stolwijk Gold'!  Sundquist Nursery was the first in North America to offer this sensational new plant, the only goldleaf clematis!  PPAF - plant patent applied for.   

Sundquist Nursery is a leading grower of epimediums, ferns, and fine shade garden companions that are fun, reliable garden plants.  We have some choice new epimediums this year, including 'Cherry Tart', 'Thunderbolt', 'Okuda's White', 'Purple Prince', and 'Black Sea'. 

Choice ferns at the shows include Chilean Palm Fern, Blechnum chilense.  This is one of very few plants that can "make a garden."  We'll have other great ferns, too! 

 

 

 Our designer foliage plants include shinybright  'Looking Glass' Brunnera, dusky Disporum 'Night Heron, a selection of hostas in outrageous colors and textures, and racy 'Imperial Banner' toad lily.  And this is just the beginning!

Check out sensational new Geranium 'Blue Sunrise'

- blue flowers over gold cutleaf foliage! 

Amazing Astrantia 'Ruby Wedding' is one of the best blooms for fresh or dried arrangements.  

Echinaceas from outer space are taking over our country.

                                            Echinacea 'Summer Sky' - butterflies held captive! 

Dierama, native to South Africa, is heavenly to hummingbirds. 

 And Agapanthus 'Stormcloud'.  Just for good measure! 

This is only the beginning.  We have about a hundred great varieties at the shows.  Whether your garden ideas are sublime or outrageous, we have a plant that you need.  Come see us!

     - Nils Sundquist

       Sundquist Nursery  

How to take care of your plants from the show

The most important thing to do with "bare root" plants is to get them out of the package and into soil.  Moisture buildup or drying can occur in the package or out of the package.  Too wet or too dry conditions are the enemies of plants.  Promptly getting plants into soil helps stabilize these variables.   

Plants left in the package too long will eventually rot and may even seem to disappear.  

When we get home from the store, we put perishables in the fridge.  When we get home from the garden show with living bare root plants, it's best to keep them away from heat and put them into soil within a few days.  If we do that, they're fine.   

Unlike us, plants aren't warm blooded.  They don't care if it's cold outside.  It's fine to plant outdoors even if overnight temperatures might drop well below freezing.  Cover your plant's crown with a little compost, and it should acclimate and come up fine.  The only exception to the rule of immediate outdoor planting would be east of the mountains where the ground is frozen or temperatures of 20 degrees or less are common through winter.  Here, gardeners might transplant into the ground or into pots buried in protected foundation beds, beside compost bins, or in coldframes or cool greenhouses, and wait for spring to transplant into garden beds.    

Dormant bare root handling of plants is a transplanting method that's been used successfully for thousands of years.  The material in our packages is formulated to help buffer against extremes of moisture, drying, or cold while the plants make the journey from our farm to your garden.  Your plants need to be processed promptly when they arrive at their new home.  Keep them cool, and plant them within a few days after purchase.  Prompt planting is necessary to help ensure success. 

Thank you!