Rocky Mountain Research Station

Title: Raising native plants in nurseries: basic concepts

Author: Dumroese, R. Kasten; Landis, Thomas D.; Luna, Tara

Date: 2012

Source: Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-274. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 84 p.

Station ID: GTR-RMRS-274

Description: 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.

Keywords: native plants, nursery, seeds, containers, cuttings, planting

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Dumroese, R. Kasten; Landis, Thomas D.; Luna, Tara  2012.  Raising native plants in nurseries: basic concepts.   Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-274. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 84 p..