The Nursery

Plants that belong here.

Trees, shrubs, perennials, and groundcovers chosen for the way Utah actually grows — thin air, alkaline soil, late frosts, dry Augusts. Everything we stock is rated for Utah’s climate and grown by a small set of Oregon nurseries we’ve worked with for years.

Built for Utah

Cold winters, dry Augusts

150+ varieties

Trees through groundcovers

Oregon grown

Healthy, well-rooted stock

Half-cost replacement

On trees and shrubs

From the lot

Some of what you’ll find here.

A look at what we typically carry, by category. We turn through roughly 150 varieties across the season, so the lot looks different week to week — pick a category to see more, or stop in to see what’s rooted and ready right now.

Zelkova

Zelkova serrata

Bigtooth Maple

Acer grandidentatum

Bur Oak

Quercus macrocarpa

Honey Locust

Gleditsia triacanthos

Eastern Redbud

Cercis canadensis

Crabapple

Malus species

Serviceberry

Amelanchier alnifolia

Japanese Tree Lilac

Syringa reticulata

Colorado Blue Spruce

Picea pungens

Austrian Pine

Pinus nigra

Bristlecone Pine

Pinus longaeva

Rocky Mountain Juniper

Juniperus scopulorum

Russian Sage

Perovskia atriplicifolia

'Walker's Low' Catmint

Nepeta × faassenii

Black-Eyed Susan

Rudbeckia fulgida

'Moonshine' Yarrow

Achillea 'Moonshine'

'Karl Foerster' Reed Grass

Calamagrostis × acutiflora

Blue Avena Grass

Helictotrichon sempervirens

Little Bluestem

Schizachyrium scoparium

Maiden Grass

Miscanthus sinensis

And a couple hundred more across the season. Come walk the lot — we’ll point you toward what’s right for your light, your water, and the look you’re after.

Plant questions, answered

A few things people ask first.

Do you guarantee the plants?

Trees and shrubs are covered: if one fails when planted to spec, we’ll cover half the cost of a replacement. We don’t guarantee grasses or perennials — they’re too sensitive to siting and watering for us to warrant. Bring your receipt and the dead plant (or a photo of it) and we’ll make it right. The guarantee assumes you watered it; we’ll ask.

Will you plant it for me?

Depends on the plant. We do install some of what we sell — ask us at the time of purchase and we’ll let you know what’s available and quote pricing for your specific list.

Can I order plants for delivery?

Yes — we deliver any plant we sell, anywhere along the Wasatch Front and into Park City. Tell us what you’ve got, where it’s going, and we’ll quote it.

How often do you get new shipments?

New stock comes in every few weeks through spring. Exactly what shows up depends on what’s available from our Oregon growers — if you’re hunting for something specific, ask, and we can usually pull it in on the next truck.

What about deer? Half my yard is in their path.

Deer pressure is real on the benches and in canyon-adjacent neighborhoods. We carry a good selection of plants deer tend to leave alone — junipers, lavender, catmint, yarrow, salvia, ornamental grasses among them — and we can recommend specific picks for your situation. Just ask when you come in.

Can you recommend plants that don’t need much water?

Yes — we keep a selection of drought-tolerant plants suitable for Utah’s climate. A few favorites for established beds with little supplemental water past year one: Apache plume, mountain mahogany, blue avena grass, Russian sage, and most of the salvias. Stop in and we’ll point them out.

Why don’t you sell quaking aspen?

Aspens are beautiful — and they belong on the mountain, not in a Utah valley yard. They spread aggressively via underground root suckers, which means you’ll spend years pulling shoots out of your lawn, beds, and sometimes your neighbors’ yards, often 40+ feet from the parent tree. They also struggle with valley heat: at lower elevation they’re prone to canker, borers, and leaf disease. If you love the fluttering-leaf look, ask us — there are better-suited trees (Zelkova species) that thrive down here and stay where you plant them.