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Fall Favorites: Trees & Shrubs

Fall Favorites: Trees & Shrubs

Each season, our plant buyers seek out the most beautiful and interesting plants from our local growers. Fall is the time not only to find trees and shrubs with gorgeous fall foliage and flowers but also those that offer year-round interest (think colorful spring growth, flowers, and interesting branching structure). We talked with our tree and shrub buyer to see what he likes right now and this is what he said.

The Bare Necessities: Everything You Need To Know About Bare-Root Plants

The Bare Necessities: Everything You Need To Know About Bare-Root Plants

February is “bare-root" season at Swansons and this means now is the best time to find an extensive selection of fruit trees and berries at a great price. Many of the varieties of fruit trees and berries that we have in stock now won't be available later in the year!

The Virtues Of Charity

The Virtues Of Charity

Imagine Puget Sound in winter. Dark in the morning. Dark in the afternoon. And it's mostly dreary in between. As a saving grace, our relatively moderate winter temperatures offer a hospitable climate for a dazzling array of winter-blooming shrubs. And there is no better winter-blooming shrub for greater Pugetopolis than Mahonia x media 'Charity'.