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Learn interesting facts about different tree varieties, proper planting techniques, and more information straight from your local tree farm.
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Practical tree advice from a Pacific Northwest nursery
The Garden Gate blog shares variety spotlights, seasonal planting guidance, and nursery updates written for landscapers, retailers, and homeowners who care about trees that thrive in Washington and the wider Northwest.
Browse recent posts below for maple and dogwood recommendations, fall planting tips, farm news, and ideas for shade and ornamental trees in Tri-Cities and beyond. When you are ready to specify plants for a project, visit the tree catalog or current availability.
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Variety guides, planting tips, and updates from our wholesale tree nursery.
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Dazzling Blooms with the Showtime Crabapple
The Showtime Crabapple is here to dazzle with bright, beautiful fuchsia blooms and colorful foliage. Leaves and flowers steal the show, bolstering accolades with low maintenance needs and excellent cold hardy-ness.
Experience Joyous Evergreen Lush with the Oregon Green Austrian Pine
Gorgeous color, perennial growth, low maintenance requirements, and consistent, natural expression are only a few reasons to grow the Oregon Green.
Break Away from the Ordinary with the Royal Raindrops© Crabapple Tree
With vibrant pink spring flowers, sophisticated mahogany foliage, a refined and broadly rounded shape, everything about this tree exhibits exceptional quality.
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How not to kill trees in your yard.
There are three main reasons why a tree could die after leaving the nursery. Weed-eaters, trees planted too deep, or if the trees get the wrong amount of water. Watch this video and ensure you don't lose your tree after you've purchased from Garden Gate Nursery.
The Lavender Twist Redbud Will Steal Your Heart
Exquisite lavender flowers adorn wispy branches of the weeping Lavender Twist Redbud tree. Perfectly compact, graceful, and bound to steal your heart, this tree sparks love at first sight.
The Crimson Sunset Maple Tree
Flourishing purple color of the Crimson Sunset Maple Tree paired with a classically upright, rounded crown makes this maple tree the perfect fall foliage tree.
How Planting Trees Brought Economic Development to Kokota Island
A dusty, barren landscape with no fresh water or shade is where the roughly 500 people of the islet of Kokota called home. For hundreds of years, the islanders lived off the land, harvesting trees and natural resources in order to survive, until the island was all but depleted.
Come Spend Christmas at Garden Gate!
We love spending time at our Oregon home, as we call it, and leaving our home open for visitors during much of the year when we’re not there. It is a pleasure to enjoy the quiet mornings and to light a fire in the fireplace.
Three Oak tree varieties that are quite simply beautiful.
Oak trees are the perfect legacy, as they are long-lived, practical, and provide a stunning aesthetic throughout any season. Their utility, hospitality in supporting wildlife, and striking magnificence are all great reasons to plant an oak tree today.
Five Maple Trees We Love and Won't Disappoint.
Maples adorn the autumn season with a spectacular radiance and color display. As the temperature begins to drop, lovely foliage color changes act as a reliable indicator that the holiday season is around the corner. Here are five maple trees that we love:
Happy Thanksgiving from the Wrays
“Gratitude doesn’t change the scenery. It merely washes clean the glass you look through so you can clearly see the colors” (Richelle Goodrich). With fall here bringing its magnificent change of leaf color, it is a good time to really stop, reflect and express our gratitude.
The Uniqueness of the June Snow™ Dogwood
The June Snow™ Dogwood tree is an incredible ornamental variety that quickly made it to our list of favorite trees this year when we started growing it for the first time. From a fast growth rate to its flowers, this tree is quite different than its Dogwood family members.
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