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New Offerings For 2018
Cashman Nursery has a wide variety of new cultivars that we are bringing in for the 2018 season! Many newly developed plants are bred to have improved disease resistance or a better growth habit that make them excellent substitutions to the industry standards we are all more familiar with. We have carefully selected the plants
Worthy (But Underused) Trees for the Gallatin Valley
Deciduous Trees Common Name Scientific Name Image Burr Oak Quercus macrocarpa Ohio Buckeye Aesculus glabra “Flame” Amur Maple Acer ginnala ‘Sensation’ Boxelder Acer negundo Amur Cherry Prunus maackii Saskatoon Serviceberry Amelanchier alnifolia Swedish Columnar Aspen Populus tremula ‘Erecta’ ‘Brandon’ American Elm Ulmus americana Oakleaf Mountain Ash Sorbus quercifolia
Flowering Crabapple Trees
For a quick overview, see the comparison chart/table below » Care and Planting Plant the graft (the bulge near the union of root and top) at soil level. Leave a depression around the tree for a watering well. Frequent watering (once or twice a week depending upon conditions) is necessary the first few years (and
Growing Small Fruits
Many small fruits can be grown in the Bozeman area. Although a small planting area may suffice, it should be an area that receives a lot of sun. Care must be taken to select varieties of fruits which are hardy in this climate and adapted to our soil type. All fruiting plants need generous quantities
ASPARAGUS
Asparagus is my favorite vegetable. I learned to love it when, as a child, I harvested ‘wild’ asparagus with my mother behind our house near a railroad tracks. The asparagus there wasn’t native, but probably remnants of an old patch or it grew there from seeds dropped by birds. Asparagus is native to the coastal
Growing Fruit Trees
Download this article as a PDF Fruit trees are a beautiful addition to your ornamental and edible landscape. Growing fruit trees can also be a rewarding hobby. Hardy varieties of apple, apricot, cherry, pear, plum, and plum-cherry trees do well in Southwest Montana. We carry select varieties for our high altitude and short growing season.