By Jan Cashman Haskap is a very hardy shrub with an edible blue berry. Other common names include honeyberry and yezberry. The shrub, and its berry, are also called blue honeysuckle because it is in the honeysuckle genus—Lonicera, species caerulea. It is native to northern hemisphere countries including Canada and Russia. The name Haskap … Read more
by Jan Cashman This year we have had a beautiful, long fall. The first freeze at our house was as late as I can ever remember, October 14. The fall leaves have been beautiful. Quaking aspens, maples, birch all have stunningly colorful leaves that have stayed on the trees, not fallen off prematurely. The leaves … Read more
by Jan Cashman This spring, many deciduous trees in Bozeman are not leafing out. We were hoping the trees were just slow because of our extremely late spring. But now it appears some of the green ash, especially the commonly planted cultivar of green ash called ‘Patmore’, and other deciduous trees, including quaking aspens, cottonwoods, … Read more
by Jan Cashman We want our houseplants to be easy-care. Even if we forget to water them or are traveling or don’t have fertilizer handy, we want them to thrive. Peace lily (Spathiphylim) and Spider Plant (Chlorophytum) are two houseplants that are easy to care for. But there is no houseplant easier to keep in … Read more
The cool, moist weather we had this June attributed to the exceptional display of flowering shrubs. Mockorange, a native shrub that was discovered in Western Montana and Idaho by Meriwether Lewis on the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 1804-1806 named for himself: Philadelphus lewisii. The selection of Mockorange we sell now is called Blizzard. It … Read more
By Emily Talago A tough winter, an abrupt end… Record breaking lows, high winds, heavy snow pack, a rapid thaw, and hungry wildlife: it was another tough winter and we’re seeing associated symptoms manifest throughout the valley. Over the past few years, temperature fluctuations, including early freezes in fall, and warm Chinook thaws in February, … Read more
A Great Way To Plant At Cashman Nursery we offer most of our deciduous trees and shrubs in bare root form during March, April, and May. ‘Bare root’ means the plants are dug and stored without soil around their roots, and kept in our climate controlled “root cellar”. The 2024 Bare Root Season is HERE … Read more
By Jan Cashman 7/20/20 Pollination is one of nature’s most important functions; it is the way many plants reproduce. Pollinators assist plants with reproduction; they take pollen from one plant to another. If plants aren’t properly pollinated, they can’t bear fruit or produce seeds to grow new plants. Many plants are wholly dependent on the … Read more
Pollination is one of nature’s most important functions; it is the way many plants reproduce. Pollinators assist plants with reproduction; they take pollen from one plant to another. If plants aren’t properly pollinated, they can’t bear fruit or produce seeds to grow new plants. Many plants are wholly dependent on the presence of pollinators to … Read more
Entering the new year for many of us means making resolutions to do better by exercising more, losing weight, volunteering with a favorite charity, etc. We all have ideas of how we could be better gardeners. Why not make a gardening resolution? Here are 11 possibilities. You could adopt one or two of these for … Read more