tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69286790088736879072009-11-01T23:48:01.620-08:00The place to stay updated on what's happening and what's new at Western Hills Nursery.Western Hills Nurserynoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6928679008873687907.post-49001569705692146992008-07-28T14:58:00.000-07:002008-07-28T15:31:46.803-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.freestonevacationrental.com/"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_1_cRFabSwBw/SI5H6y_WdeI/AAAAAAAAAEM/mETm5WiotTM/s320/side-entrance.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228195292869195234" /></a><div>If you are planning on a stay in West Sonoma County or have visitors coming from out of town, our Freestone vacation rental is ready.  The Bohemian House is beautiful, sleeps six, and has it's own amazing garden with rare plants. For details, see here: <a href="http://www.freestonevacationrental.com/">www.freestonevacationrental.com</a>. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_1_cRFabSwBw/SI5HtB-10rI/AAAAAAAAAEE/fPcZYL-IUxE/s320/clematis+violet+bell+shape+2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228195056375419570" /></div><div><br /></div><div><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_1_cRFabSwBw/SI5H6xXuheI/AAAAAAAAAEU/Qai7nR1O-hY/s320/Phygellus+x+rectus+%27African+Queen%27+5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228195292434564578" /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6928679008873687907-4900156970569214699?l=westernhillsnursery.blogspot.com'/></div>Western Hills Nurserynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6928679008873687907.post-45144637634836631122008-07-13T16:39:00.000-07:002008-07-13T16:55:47.218-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_1_cRFabSwBw/SHqUZ9bNTnI/AAAAAAAAAD8/Tt-_cjIlp7I/s1600-h/hydrangea+a5.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_1_cRFabSwBw/SHqUZ9bNTnI/AAAAAAAAAD8/Tt-_cjIlp7I/s320/hydrangea+a5.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222649891595832946" /><br /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><div>We are looking for summer interns at Western Hills Nursery. This is a great opportunity for students interested in horticulture or landscape design to gain work experience and knowledge in this historic Sonoma County  garden. Please contact Robert at robert@westernhillsnursery.com or, during business hours (Friday - Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.), call 707.874.3731 or come in. <div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6928679008873687907-4514463763483663112?l=westernhillsnursery.blogspot.com'/></div>Western Hills Nurserynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6928679008873687907.post-39908644353373309642008-06-19T18:20:00.000-07:002008-06-19T19:13:48.111-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Our web store is open for business and stocked with many new additions. Check it out at <a href="http://www.westernhillsnursery.com/index.php"> www.westernhillsnursery.com/index.php.</a><br /></div><div><br /><img style="text-decoration: underline;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_1_cRFabSwBw/SFsGzskkfvI/AAAAAAAAADs/e0gOunUkTf4/s320/IMG_1121+small.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213768478819122930" /><div style="text-align: center;">Beschorneria 'Ding Dong' is among many summer blooming plants at their best in the garden at Western Hills this June. In the East end of the garden you'll find an amazing specimen of Phygellus x rectus 'African Queen' that can't be described in words!  Echium vulgare (shown below with hot pink to vibrant blue colored flowers) and a dark blue-purple salvia we propagated from the garden are available in bands.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_1_cRFabSwBw/SFsQR5NVIgI/AAAAAAAAAD0/0zW-N1NkfZE/s320/echium+vulg.+5.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213778893212033538" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div> </div><div><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6928679008873687907-3990864435337330964?l=westernhillsnursery.blogspot.com'/></div>Western Hills Nurserynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6928679008873687907.post-23880223692617018822008-04-18T16:56:00.000-07:002008-04-18T16:59:56.685-07:00Please keep in mind that our Spring hours have come into effect so we are now open <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Friday</span>, Saturday and Sunday 11am to 5pm. Please come <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">visit</span> soon.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6928679008873687907-2388022369261701882?l=westernhillsnursery.blogspot.com'/></div>Western Hills Nurserynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6928679008873687907.post-92094906675295305172008-04-15T17:14:00.000-07:002008-04-20T21:19:05.942-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_1_cRFabSwBw/SAVOm4-PjzI/AAAAAAAAADQ/tpIDxxRuMD4/s1600-h/Picture+234.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_1_cRFabSwBw/SAVOm4-PjzI/AAAAAAAAADQ/tpIDxxRuMD4/s320/Picture+234.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189640575649812274" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><br /><br />On Monday, May 5 Robert Stansel, co-owner of Western Hills, will be giving a guided garden tour. The tour starts at 11 a.m. and will last approximately 2 hours. This is a chance to see the 3-acre garden in its prime with an expert there to answer your questions.<br />The fee is $25 per person and reservations are required. Please phone at <span class="style21">707-874-3731 or email Robert at <a href="mailto:Robert@WesternHillsNursery.com">Robert@WesternHillsNursery.com</a><br /><br /></span><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /><span class="style21"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_1_cRFabSwBw/SAVOxI-Pj0I/AAAAAAAAADY/y0uBCl-yc5Y/s320/IMG_0386.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189640751743471426" border="0" /></span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6928679008873687907-9209490667529530517?l=westernhillsnursery.blogspot.com'/></div>Western Hills Nurserynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6928679008873687907.post-7461753744770654662008-03-24T09:32:00.000-07:002008-04-20T21:13:34.480-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_1_cRFabSwBw/R-fZz1onp6I/AAAAAAAAACQ/qPIumndaCJg/s1600-h/mystery+plant+2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_1_cRFabSwBw/R-fZz1onp6I/AAAAAAAAACQ/qPIumndaCJg/s320/mystery+plant+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181349380907050914" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_1_cRFabSwBw/R-fZqFonp5I/AAAAAAAAACI/hnA4ryDmiMw/s1600-h/mystery+plant+garden+2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_1_cRFabSwBw/R-fZqFonp5I/AAAAAAAAACI/hnA4ryDmiMw/s320/mystery+plant+garden+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181349213403326354" border="0" /></a>We have a mystery plant.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Be the first to identify this plant correctly and win a 1 gallon* plant at Western Hills Nursery.</span><br /><br />This plant is in the garden at Western Hills Nursery and we do not know what it is. It is currently blooming with green cup shaped flowers on stalks that resemble Angelica. As far as we can tell it is not a Hellebore or <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Euphorbia</span>. The foliage grows about 2 feet tall, the blooms extending past that. This specimen is about 4 feet in diameter.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_1_cRFabSwBw/R-fZ7Fonp7I/AAAAAAAAACY/EmFSDE5D5ws/s1600-h/mystery+plant+detail+1.jpg"><br /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_1_cRFabSwBw/R-fZ7Fonp7I/AAAAAAAAACY/EmFSDE5D5ws/s320/mystery+plant+detail+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181349505461102514" border="0" /></a>Mystery Plant Identified!<div>Ed Bowen of <a href="http://www.opustopiarium.com/">Opus</a> in Little Compton, RI has identified our plant as <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Mathiasella</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">bupleurioides</span>. Are we all agreed? Now how about tips on propagation. Thanks Ed!</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6928679008873687907-746175374477065466?l=westernhillsnursery.blogspot.com'/></div>Western Hills Nurserynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6928679008873687907.post-40784998616081430752008-03-21T13:02:00.000-07:002008-03-31T16:35:22.228-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_1_cRFabSwBw/R-R06Vonp1I/AAAAAAAAABo/kyiuU4MVYVI/s1600-h/small+pond.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_1_cRFabSwBw/R-R06Vonp1I/AAAAAAAAABo/kyiuU4MVYVI/s400/small+pond.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5180394016971663186" border="0" /></a>Since our reopening, many visitors have expressed an interest in volunteering their time. <div><br /></div><div>Western Hills is now seeking volunteers to help revitalize the nursery and the established 3-acre garden outside Occidental, CA. While changing hands, Western Hills was closed for 2 years and needs extra maintenance to restore the garden to its full splendor. Volunteers will be given private tours of the property and our sincere gratitude.<br /><br />If you're interested in becoming part of the ongoing Western Hills legacy, please contact Robert at <a href="mailto:robert@westernhillsnursery.com">Robert@WesternHillsNursery.com</a> or by phone at 707-874-3731.</div><div><br /></div><div>Thanks!<br /><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6928679008873687907-4078499861608143075?l=westernhillsnursery.blogspot.com'/></div>Western Hills Nurserynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6928679008873687907.post-23909253858591451022008-03-16T12:00:00.000-07:002008-04-02T14:02:15.706-07:00<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_1_cRFabSwBw/R91ulTbyfcI/AAAAAAAAABg/6GeDtjcBJXc/s1600-h/robert+and+big+phormium.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: left; display: block; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_1_cRFabSwBw/R91ulTbyfcI/AAAAAAAAABg/6GeDtjcBJXc/s400/robert+and+big+phormium.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178416733696982466" border="0" /></a><div>As the weather warms up, a walk around the developed gardens at Western Hills holds wonderful surprises and includes the sight of rare established plants. Currently blooming are unusual varieties of camellia and chaenomeles.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6928679008873687907-2390925385859145102?l=westernhillsnursery.blogspot.com'/></div>Western Hills Nurserynoreply@blogger.com