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Raising Native Plants in Nurseries: Basic Concepts

Dumroese, R. K., Landis, T. D., and Luna, T. USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, General Technical Report RMRS-GTR-274. 2012.

Growing native plants can be fun, challenging, and rewarding. This booklet, particularly the first chapter that introduces important concepts, is for the novice who wants to start growing native plants as a hobby; however, it can also be helpful to someone with a bit more experience who is wondering about starting a nursery. The second chapter provides basic information about collecting, processing, storing, and treating seeds. Chapter three focuses on using seeds to grow plants in the field or in containers using simple but effective techniques. For those native plants that reproduce poorly from seeds, the fourth chapter describes how to start native plants from cuttings. The final chapter provides valuable information on how to successfully move native plants from the nursery and establish them in their final planting location. Several appendices expand on what has been presented in the chapters, with more details and specific information about growing a variety of native plants.


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Author(s): R. Kasten Dumroese, Tara Luna, Thomas D. Landis

Publication: Raising Native Plants in Nurseries: Basic Concepts