Our first shipment of roses has arrived, just in time for gift giving! More roses will continue arriving throughout the season. Our rose selection has been chosen by Lorena Gorsche, Rose Expert and Horticultural Consultant, with an emphasis on fragrance, disease resistance and adaptability to our area. We offer AARS Award Winners, old favorites and those that Lorena has seen do well in local gardens.

Whether you are looking for yourself or for others, Yamagami's Nursery offers you guaranteed success with our selection, planting guides and rose supplies. For a complete package for rose success, consider adding a Rose Planting Kit and a reservation to one of our upcoming Winter Rose Care Classes coming up next month (See Coming Events). The kit contains the soil amendment, fertilizer and root stimulator we recommend. "When you want to succeed...the first time."

For your convenience, our roses are already root and top pruned, their canes are sealed, and they are planted in biodegradable, plantable paper pots. They can stay in those pots for months until you, your soil and the weather are ready for planting. They are easy to handle and plant without suffering transplant shock. All you need to do is water them when they are dry; then those bare branches will erupt in spring with lush growth and beautiful blossoms like magic! You and your rose-loving friends will be delighted.

Plant the roses of your dreams and succeed beyond your wildest dreams with help from Lorena and Yamagami's Nursery. Color pictures of our rose selections can be viewed on our website, yamagamisnursery.com but remember, they are not all here yet!

Garden getting a little wild and you aren't sure where and how to start taming it? Brush up on your winter gardening skills with a little help from Yamagami's Nursery. Resident experts and a couple of local professionals share their expertise in pruning and winter garden maintenance. Classes generally last between 1 and 2 hours with plenty of time afterward for questions. Although classes are held under cover, we recommend dressing warmly and bringing a cushion for your folding chair. Space is limited so prepaid registration is requested. Walk-ins will be allowed only as space permits. Coffee, tea and light refreshments will be available.  

Here's a thought: Give a class reservation as a gift to a gardening friend or relative!

Winter Rose Care Class with Lorena Gorsche. Lorena, Yamagami's rose expert, will cover pruning, dormant spraying and general rose care for healthy plants and spectacular blooming. Lorena emphasizes a natural, least toxic possible approach to rose growing. Fee of $20 is rebated as a $20 coupon for merchandise good for a week after the class. Space is limited so prepaid registration is requested. Walk-ins will be allowed only as space permits. Sessions offered Saturday, January 12 at 10 AM, Wednesday, January 16 at 10 AM, Sunday, January 20 at 2 PM and Sunday, February 3 at 2 PM.  

Winter Fruit Tree Care with Bradley Strawhorn. Bradley, a pruning specialist trained at Melbourne University in Australia, will demonstrate basic fruit tree pruning techniques and tools, then discuss dormant spraying and general fruit tree care. Fee of $20 is rebated as a $20 coupon for merchandise good for a week after the class. Space is limited so prepaid registration is requested. Walk-ins will be allowed only as space permits. Sessions offered Saturday, January 12 at 2 PM and Sunday, January 13 at 2 PM. 

Pruning 101 with Alan Tagami, Landscape Consultant. Many plants benefit from winter pruning, but some do not. Learn from an expert what and how to prune in winter. Alan will cover tools and techniques for the home gardener. Fee of $20 is rebated as a $20 coupon for merchandise good for a week after the class. Space is limited so prepaid registration is requested. Walk-ins will be allowed only as space permits. Sessions offered Saturday, January 19 at 10AM and 2 PM and again Sunday, February 10 at 2 PM. 

New! Advanced Fruit Tree Pruning and Shaping with Mark Barton, Certified Arborist. Learn how to lower an overgrown, previously unpruned tree; how to espalier a tree, and how to maximize harvest in limited space. Fee of $20 is rebated as a $20 coupon for merchandise good for a week after the class. Space is limited so prepaid registration is requested. Walk-ins will be allowed only as space permits. Sessions offered Sunday, January 27 at 2 PM, and Saturday, February 2 at 10 AM and 2 PM.  

The ever-popular Pruning Japanese Maples with Alan Tagami, Landscape Consultant. Learn how to bring out the natural beauty of your trees. Fee of $20 is rebated as  as a $20 coupon for merchandise good for a week after the class. Space is limited so prepaid registration is requested. Walk-ins will be allowed only as space permits. Sessions offered Saturday, February 16 at 10 AM and 2 PM, Sunday, February 17 at 2 PM, and Saturday, February 23 at 10 AM. 

Dress up your doorstep for the holidays and beyond with a pot of primroses! They bloom beautifully all through the cool season, pretty much impervious to frost. Yamagami's Nursery offers many sizes and types in a rainbow of colors. The Tricolor Pacific Giants are one of my favorite English Primrose. Their unique softer color blend is in marked contrast to the usual brilliant jewel-like colors found in most English Primroses. Regular feeding with Maxsea will keep them blooming beautifully all spring where suddenly their Easter Egg colors are perfect. 

The Supernova Primroses put on an exceptionally brilliant jeweled display, They offer a slightly more compact and sturdier stem than most of the standard sized English Primroses and are prolific bloomers. They stand up well in storms so they are useful in mass plantings and colorful borders.  

Of course Yamagami's Nursery offers many other winter color choices so come in to get inspired and revitalized. Don't let the grays of winter reign supreme. Fight back with bright and cheery color and smile every time you approach your front door. Dressed up, your doorstep can be the first sign of the warmth to be found within.

Yamagami’s Nursery will close at 2 PM on Monday, December 24 and remain closed Tuesday, December 25 and Wednesday, December 26 to celebrate the holidays with families. We will reopen Thursday, December 27 at our normal store hours of 9 AM – 5 PM.  

Yamagami’s Nursery will be closed again on Monday, December 31 and Tuesday, January 1, 2008. We will reopen Wednesday, January 2 at our normal store hours of 9 AM – 5 PM.

Happy Holidays to all of you from the entire staff of Yamagami’s Nursery!

It's not the heat...it's the humidity. You've heard it a thousand times, right? But for houseplants and plants brought inside for the winter, the saying is especially true.

Most plants thrive in 80% relative humidity. The average home's winter humidity level is a pretty desert-like 20-60%. So you know houseplants and newly indoor plants are suffering. Fortunately, there are some easy ways to raise humidity around your plants that are essential in winter and appreciated year round.

Humidifiers are wonderful additions to any household, and a benefit to humans as well as plants. There are both cold mist and heating humidifiers, and they work as their name implies: one sends a cool mist into the atmosphere, while the other heats the water and shoots warm vapor into the air...an especially nice treat for both tropical plants and folks suffering with the flu.

Without having to buy a humidifier, one of the easiest and most popular methods is to use a pebble tray. Fill a drainage saucer or decorative low dish with small pebbles or rocks. Fill dish with water to just below the top of the rocks. Put your container on top. Over time, the water will evaporate and increase the humidity around the plant. You can also group plants closely together to build up the humidity in one area.

Two big don'ts: Don't place plants near outside doors where they will get frequent blasts of chilly air, and don't place them near furnace output vents, on mantels or by fireplaces, where they will dry out faster than you can say "Mojave Desert." 

Your year-round houseplants, herbs you are trying to grow indoors and frost- tender treasures will all benefit from some extra humidity. Your sinuses will thank you too!