Sawtooth Botanical Garden, Spring Plant Sale 2012

We welcome you to join us Saturday, June 9th, 2012 at the Sawtooth Botanical Garden spring plant sale!   “Each spring the Sawtooth Botanical Garden sells a unique variety of native and drought-tolerant plants that are often unavailable at local nurseries. Purchase plants that are readily adaptable to the Valley’s high desert conditions, including some tried [...]

Colorado Blue Columbine

Colorado Blue Columbine, Aquilegia caerulea, now blooming in the CSR Nursery!

Welcome Home CSR Ruby Pipeline Restoration Crew!

The CSR installation crew recently completed the native plantings on the Ruby Pipeline. This project comprised of planting sagebrush species, wetland native plants, antelope bitterbrush, ponderosa pine, and mountain mahogany across 670 miles of pipeline. The CSR crews began in Utah in the spring of 2011 and then planted in Wyoming in the fall. They [...]

CSR Farm Tour with the WRNF

Following an impromptu tour of the CSR Colorado Nursery facility (formerly known as Rocky Mountain Native Plants) CSR’s Tom Glass was invited to participate in an informal roundtable discussion put together with members from the USFS, BLM, O&G, and the Restoration Community regarding restoration within and without the White River National Forest. Pictured here from [...]

In the Greenhouse: Epilobium canum, Firechalice

Growing in the CSR Southern Idaho greenhouse: Epilobium canum, also known as Zauschneria, is a species of willowherb native to dry slopes and in chaparral of western North America. An important food source for hummingbirds.

Planting Project in Yellowtail CRM, Wyoming

The CSR WY Crew recently finished installing 500 Silver Buffaloberry shrubs (provided by CSR’s nursery in Rifle, CO) and 90 Cottonwood trees in the Yellowtail CRM area for the WY Game and Fish near Lovell, Wyoming. Vexar (compostable tree protectors) and biodegradable weed barriers around each plant were included in the installation.

Ruby Pipeline Restoration

The last shipment of native plants destined for the Ruby Pipeline Restoration project made their way to Oregon last week. 42,000 ponderosa pine, mountain mahogany, and bitterbrush arrived for planting, which brings the total to approximately 125,000 native plants shipped and installed across Wyoming, Utah, Nevada and Oregon this spring.  This in addition to the 125,000 plants [...]

Native Seed Issues Workshop in Casper, WY.

CSR’s Steven Paulsen and Rich Drick attended the Native Seed Issues Workshop in Casper, WY. The objective of this workshop was to explore ways to promote and further develop the native seed industry and availability of high quality native seed in Wyoming. It proved a great opportunity for land managers, government agencies, and conservation groups [...]

College of Western ID Native Plant Sale

CSR and the College of Western Idaho’s Horticulture Program put together a native plant sale this past weekend. CSR donated half of the proceeds to the Horticulture program to help make informational signs for their native plant garden.

4th Annual Native Plant Species Seminar and a Pocket Guide to the Native Plants of Teton County, WY

(photo of Pulsatilla patens by Doug Sherman) “With the onset of spring, the local landscape comes alive with an array of color. The variety of plants in Teton County is undeniable. Knowing which plants are native and nonnative is essential to managing a successful ecosystem and healthy landscape. On Friday, May 4th 2012 from 8:30am [...]