Pacific Northwest Spring Nursery Shopping Guide

Spring Garden Center Highlights

Like a fine delicatessen, well-stocked Pacific Northwest garden centers offer a horticultural feast in spring: cool-season bloomers (English daisies, pansies, violas), bare-root fruits (apples, berries, grapes), and sprouting bulbs (begonias, dahlias, gladiolus).

Expert Recommendations from Dennis Saulsbury, Raintree Garden and Gift Center (Seaside, OR)

• Annuals: Violas offer unprecedented variety.
• Fruits and berries: 'Toro' blueberry (exceptionally fruitful); 'Seascape' strawberry (still the best for size).
• Perennials: Hellebores provide earliest spring blooms.
• Shrubs: Daphne odora and any sarcococca—fragrant flowers carry well in cold air.
• Vines: Evergreen clematis (C. armandii) covered in fragrant white flowers this month.

Raintree Garden and Gift Center: 84794 U.S. 101 (at U.S. 26), Seaside; (503) 738-6980.