Humble Roots Farm & Nursery

05/23/2026

The white-stemmed frasera (Frasera albicaulis) is the belle of the ball right now! Absolutely buzzing with life and pollinators of all shapes and sizes.

We are excited to have this beautiful native perennial in the nursery for the first time!

With its distinctive, white-lined leaves and intricately tinted flowers, this drought tolerant pollinator powerhouse attracts not only us, but a vast array of native pollinators.

05/15/2026

We are often shocked how few people know about the fabulous online tools for planning a native plant garden and picking native plants specifically suited to your garden and ecoregion that OregonFlora provides!! If you live in Oregon, this is an invaluable resource!

You can find these fabulous tools on the OregonFlora website:
https://oregonflora.org/garden/index.php

On Thurs, June 11, 7pm (via zoom) the Native Plant Society of Oregon-Portland Chapter will host Jeanne Standley to talk about using OregonFlora online garden planning tools.

Register here:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/fDuYV3N1TamodT0K4WFrcA #/registration

“Jeanne will share her expertise working with the Oregon Flora: Gardening With Natives website. She will show participants how to navigate and plan various native plant garden “biomes” for our Oregon Ecoregions. Jeanne will use her South Coastal scenario to illustrate how to find the right plant for the right place. Can’t figure out what to grow under your conifers in your woodland garden? How tall will that Mock Orange shrub get? Curious about planting a Pollinator Meadowscape? Wondering where to purchase your favorite wildflowers or oak tree? Bring your notepad and questions to “find the best plants for your tastes and your yards.”

05/10/2026

Nursery blooms.
1. Spiraea splendens
2. Iris missouriensis
3. Eriogonum douglasii var douglasii
4. Triteleia grandiflora

05/08/2026

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04/25/2026

Blooming in the nursery 🌼 Here are just a few of the many beautiful PNW native plants coming into bloom at the nursery .

White shooting star
Columbia larkspur
Sitka valerian
Great camas
Star-flowered Soloman’s seal
Heartleaf arnica
Roundleaf alumroot
Bleeding heart
Woodland strawberry
Low Jacob’s ladder
(Latin names are in the photo descriptions)

Come visit us and see the flowers blooming in the Gorge and the nursery!

Nursery open by appointment Thursdays through Sundays. Call or text 503-449-3694 to make an appointment.
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04/23/2026

PNW native buckwheats in bud. Our native species of Eriogonum have so many wonderful qualities. From the special and important relationships they have with butterflies to their drought tolerance and showy blooms, Eriogonum spp. are incredible woody perennials that bring together beauty and biodiversity. Many have extra added color to their blooms when in bud. Here are a few of our favorites…

1. Scabland buckwheat (Eriogonum sphaerocephalum var. sublineare). Flower color usually yellow. Pink to peach or rosy red in bud.

2. Sulfur buckwheat (Eriogonum umbellatum). Flower color usually cream to yellow. Orange-red in bud.

3. Parsnip-flowered buckwheat (Eriogonum heracleoides). Flower color usually white to cream. Pink to rosy red in bud.

We have lots of buckwheats in stock at the nursery! Come visit us on your way to see the wildflowers of the Gorge 🌼

04/20/2026

The Mosier Greenspace Gardeners’ Earth Day & Native Plant Appreciation Month work party to help maintain the native plant planting put in after the oil train derailment and fire at the entrance to Rock Creek Park was a big success yesterday! Meanwhile the Native Plant Society of Oregon-Portland Chapter crew worked with Drew to pull skeletonw**d and help out all the beautiful native plants at the Mosier interchange! Thanks to all who showed up to volunteer and !

Thanks to Willow Elliott for the photo of the NPSO crew!

Main Street Mosier

04/12/2026

After the fire. Upland larkspur (Delphinium nuttallianum) blooming in an oak forest that burned last year. The oaks that survived are about to leaf out and native annuals seem to be thriving after the fire burned away a lot of suppressive thatch from invasive, non-native plants like bulbous bluegrass (Poa bulbosa) and rush skeletonw**d (Chondrilla juncea). The fire moved quickly through this area and did not sterilize the soil.

04/04/2026

Love the Gorge wildflowers? Here are a few tips to keep the fields of flowers blooming for generations to come…

🐶 Brush w**d seeds from footwear and furry friends before hitting the trail

🌼 Take only photos, leave only footprints

🦶Stay on the trail

📸 Social media can have a big impact on sensitive places, please post thoughtfully

🌱 Give back to the Gorge! Help care for the places you love by volunteering at least one day a year to help pull invasive, non-native w**ds!

04/02/2026

April is native plant appreciation month!