Oregon Nursery Tour and Dwarf Conifer Grafting Stock

Oregon Nursery Tour and Dwarf Conifer Grafting Stock

Burkland Gardens Nursery Manager Gil McNeal took a trip to Oregon in mid-February to purchase grafting understock and other plants. He also visited Bentwood Tree Farm in Boring, Oregon while he was there and toured the nursery with owner Tom Dufala. Bentwood specializes in stylized pines trees and you’ll see their wide variety of pruned and sculpted trees in this video.

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Burkland Gardens is a family-owned and operated nursery in the Skagit Valley of Washington state specializing in dwarf conifers, unusual conifers, and Japanese maples.

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[mark-c]

great tour...i like to round off big cuts and then seal them with a latex paint that matches to the trunk colors...🌲

[hotrodmom]

👩‍🌾Wow, I need one of each !!🙃🌳 Love your channel.🌲 Thanks!

[rickburns]

That was awesome. Thanks for sharing.

[spartaforever]

Great videos. Recently found your videos and subscribed. Really enjoy your perspective and teaching

[Serentropic]

What a delight! I've discovered not one, but two gardens that specialize in my favorite kinds of trees tonight. Thank you for taking us along on this tour of Bentwood Tree Farm. Their mature trees look a ways out of my league at the moment, but I'll take inspiration from them today, and aspire towards having one of my own some day. Beautiful!

[stevemurray]

So good to see you again. Love this tour. Stay well and safe.

[DavidJones-tyht]

Thanks again for the great video. But I have 2 be that guy it scots or Scottish pine not scotch they are trees not liquor. "per the conifer society "😉

[GrandMeadows]

How do you decide which species for your understock? I’m looking to graft spruce

[browpetj]

Great vid. Nice tree farm! Im surprised the gentleman is not using the japanese mounding technique if interested in trunk flare development (planting on the apex of small berms). Planting on mounds is more tricky with irrigation. Its easier to work on the roots or ball an burlap using mounds though. And you can be more efficient with expensive soil amendments if using them boost immune function for pest resistance (like fir bark, biochar etc...).

[jameswright-]

do you know what understock is used to graft the Picea glauca pendula (weeping white spruce) that would grow to 6 to 8 feet wide and 15 plus feet tall? I have been asking about what rootstock to use, but I get no answers. I was told not to propagate it through cuttings. I bought a 4-year-old one this year but I need to make more.