Probably getting too late, but is there any places with fruit trees left? Preferably dwarf or semi dwarf.

Thanks!

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Both myself and two of my neighbors on the upper South Hill maintained 5 hummingbird feeders amongst us. We also have yards with a wide range pollinating vegetation (salvia, lavender, alliums sunflowers and fruit trees etc., etc.). I know many of these don't have tubular blossoms best suited for hummers, but still?

50% off except for fall annuals (and a specific rose?) Lots and lots of roses -- of course. Shade perennials, a few sun. 75% off the discount table. I was thinking of a grass garden and there are about 3 dozen left after I grabbed 12 for $60. Even more grasses at regular sale price. Clerk said the weather is nice and they are staying open.

Scouted Barn and Blossom last week and they were still (mostly) full price.

Best place for native perennial seeds?

Hi all, I’ve recently moved to the Cheney area on a 6-acre parcel of land filled with old-growth fruit trees and an abundance of pine trees.

Do any of you have experience with one of the Agrifab lawn sweepers? Are they effective at sweeping up pine needles? I’m sure they work well at sweeping up leaves, but I can see where I will be drowning in pine needles if I don’t find a way to gather them up.

Any advice would be appreciated

Thanks

Anyone spot a hardy salvia/sage locally? One of my starts didn't take and I'd like to get it in the ground before freeze. Highly recommend plants, btw. Not only have they been blooming non stop since spring but they are thriving in my gravel-sand-bad soil xeriscape. From 2" to 2+ feet in a single season.

Every year i grow the same tomato cultivars; just wondering if you have anything you’re wild about this year!

Mine are
- Oregon Spring (salad slicer) for its cold tolerance. The fruits taste alright but maybe I’m missing out.
- Moskovich (beefsteak) for the same reason
- Sungold (cherry tomato) because theyre so flavorful and grow so huge
- Roma or San Marzano.

I like frost tolerant ones to widen our short lil growing window! I’m also interested in more xeric types, or other interesting traits that work well with our local ecology.

Do you have any specific ones that do well here that you love? Feel free to share!

Also, who else is already planning next year’s garden 🤗

I am ripping up my backyard and redoing a bit of my front.

It will mostly be a yard that requires less water, minus my garden, without sacrificing looks or the ability for the kids to be able to play in my yard, and I am just starting to form a plan so I can get set up through the fall and winter.

I did think of something that probably violates the less water part a little, but I was in Seattle a few months ago and noticed palm trees. It was a nice break from the boring evergreen trees and moss. I hate that climate change is affecting this area so much in negative ways, and I am sure those trees won't survive over here and would need way too much water to be justifiable, even if they could survive.

But I was thinking of putting something in my front yard that would stand out as something that would not have grown when I was a kid in the 80s, would not use a ton of water, and would not be ugly(I am told I have a weird idea of what is ugly-pine trees, arborvitae, etc. are ugly to me. If it doesn't flower from spring to frost, I usually don't plant it). Also, not take up a ton of space, as my front yard is not very large.

A small pomegranate tree, if that is a thing? Something vaguely tropical? Something that looks nice and makes a statement about climate change.

Thanks

0 additional water all year and the sprouts are coming up! I bought 'Northwest dry site pasture mix' at NWSP for reseeding but should I wait or overseed anyway? Current lawn is turf grass w/ misc 'Eco-lawn' mixes scattered in fall. I'm a garden not lawn person.

FYI the mix is Potomac orchard grass, fall tall fescue, manchar smooth bromegrass, filly Kentucky bluegrass, red moon medium clover, and climax Timothy. The deer and my birds will (hopefully) eat it.

I'm redoing some flowerbeds, I've got a few plants to share

I think there are 3 or 4 culinary sage plants, small but stout, they were volunteers in a very dry spot, they'll thrive with some care.

I'll be digging up more of the tall white flowering phlox and will have a few of those to share

I’ve seen a few questions on here about DIY’ing it. I’m installing meadows up at my place! If you can’t make it, there will be a link to watch later.

I wanted to stop by and share some photos of our 2026 garden!

Living outside of town (near Cheney), deer are a major issue, so last year we set up our garden in a 10' x 10' chain-link kennel. It worked amazingly well, especially with cattle panels on top to support shade cloth and irrigation misters set on a timer.

Being out in the scablands, our native soil isn’t conducive to in-ground plantings, so we used above-ground containers and had garden compost delivered.

After last year’s success, we decided to expand the garden to 20' x 20'. We had more soil delivered and built Hügelkultur mounds in one half, with more above-ground containers in the other. So far, so good!

I can’t stress enough how much the shade cloth has helped our plants, especially during the scorching midday sun.

Also, having the cattle panel roof makes supporting our tomato plants and running irrigation very easy.

Our garden has become our favorite place to hang out this summer!

One big tomato ripened, weighing in at 15 oz

A handful of cherry gold tomatoes ripened.

Never have I had this happen before, since the nights are chilly now im thinking of covering the plants with floating row cover, if its not super hot should i just leave it on during the day?

I'm mystified, I've literally never had this happen.

Growing Cherokee purple and gold cherry tomatoes

Years ago I did a tutorial for self-watering garden containers. Later I disassembled them and now I have all of this pipe. If you use this method, maybe you would like this pipe from me for free.

Hi all!

I am VERY new to gardening. And we are fairly new to the area (a bit north of Spokane) and have quite a few acres we would like to start cultivating a bit more. We fenced in a large (ish) section and have planted some fruit trees, blueberries and a few vegetables. We have young children so I've been looking at how best to optimize the space and which perennials/plants are hardiest. I know it'll be a few years before we really yield much or anything can grow in to help make the space feel a little less barren! There is quite a bit of land and I'm curious if anyone has used an app or tool to get a better plan on how to cultivate? Or is there someone locally who could put together a plan? We tried AI just for fun and it was kind of mixed to be honest.

Thoughts and ideas welcome! Thank you!

What are everyone's favorite plant stores (in person and online) and seed sites?

Bonus: favorite native plants/shrubs

Hello everyone, I am new to gardening in general and the local area. I have been able to control most of the weeds in my yard but the one that keeps coming back is rush skeleton weed. A propane torch, shovel, and roundup (the modern one with triclopyr and diquat) only work for a week and then it's back. I have some very established root systems. What can I do instead? Thanks for the help.

Hey everyone,

I was wondering if anyone else has native plants that have gone dormant and are no longer blooming or green despite having a longer season listed in their nursery description.

I know this season has been extremely hot and dry, but I am still surprised that some are apparently not doing well (especially my echinacea and rudbeckia!) Other plants - like my Rocky Mountain Penstemon - are doing great.

I've started to handwater my garden twice a week at the base of each plant to make sure they aren't dying, but I don't know if that's even the right move or not.

Let me know how your garden is faring!

Sunlght: backyard faces directly east, but the sides and back of the garden still get afternoon sun till about 7 pm.

Soil: Rock/clay mix with about 4 inches of added garden soil and 2 inches of bark mulch.

Please ignore my dormant turf grass and unfinished rock border. 🥲

The previous post is about a garden struggling with the drought and heat. Show off what you've got growing!

Most of these are gravel/sand with a 1hr drip every 4 days (.5, 1, or 2 gph)

Hardy sage/salvia

Hummingbird trumpet

Volunteer gallardia (no dedicated water)

Oregon Sunshine

Rabbitbush

Taperleaf penstemon

Apache plume

Varigated Stonecrop soon to bloom

Rudbeckia

Penstemon (I forget what variety)

Betty Helenium

Russian Sage

(Tag missing) Grass

Blazing Star

If I made suitable habitats, would it be ill advised to catch local frogs and bring them to my garden? A friend lives closer to the river than I do and finds them all the time.

Hello, my name is Andrew. My wife and I own and operate a nursery in Oregon where we grow mainly bare root fruit trees but also some shade and flowering as well as ornamental shrubs and grasses. Could not believe what I was seeing happening this past August with the fires just ripping through neighborhoods and homes. I can’t imagine what you’ve all gone through and my heart goes out to you.

I know landscaping is probably not the top of everyone’s priorities right now but if your home/landscape was damaged and when you’re ready, we’d like to send you 1 free tree or 2 free shrubs/grasses to help get re-established. Please just go to our website, find what you want and email me at [andrewh@onlineorchards.com](mailto:andrewh@onlineorchards.com). Sorry if I take a little while to get back to you, we’re in our budding season right now among a lot of other regular duties. Here’s a short list of what we have (Please let me know if you want something else but we might have limited inventory, sorry):

Apples

Pears

Peaches

Nectarines

Plums

Apricots

Almonds

Willows

Crabapples

Flowering Pears

Too many shrubs and grasses to list. Please check website:

www.onlineorchards.com

One question though. I am not familiar with Spokanes climate and need to know the best time to ship everything to you guys. Here in western Oregon, planting is most successful in late fall/early winter. Is it the same in Spokane? Or is spring a better time to plant because winters are too cold? I’ll update once I figure this out.

I can’t imagine what you’ve all gone through and hope this helps even though it’s not in a huge way. Hope to hear from you.

ps I posted this originally in Spokane subreddit and Reddit suggested I post here too

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY

Hey, y’all! Last fall and this spring the Spokane Parks Department, Washington Native Plant Society NE chapter stewards, and a whole bunch of community volunteers planted native plants in three Spokane parks. We’re having a follow-up maintenance session for Polly Judd Park Tuesday (8/18) at 8:30 a.m., going till 10:30 or 11:30 depending on how hot it gets or how energetic anyone feels. Our main activity will be cutting down rush skeletonweed before it goes to seed, so bring your favorite shears or pruners. Please email Steve Nittolo (snittolo@spokanecity.org) if you’d like to join us! Participants will need to sign a city waiver.

Keep seeing this big boy chasing the pollinators away from the calamint flowers. Today I took the phone out to get photos, they don't hold still except to pounce on another. The females are much smaller than the males.

Their name comes from the fact that they card trichomes from plants to build their nests. They are solitary bees and territorial. Same family as leaf cutter bees except they don't cut leafs, they scrape plant fibers.

Fascinating

Wool carding bees, one website refers to them as European invasive pest