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2015
Calendar
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Plants make our lives better in many ways
To celebrate the great things
plants and gardening bring to
our lives, the Oregon Association
of Nurseries produced this 2015
calendar. The artwork, created by
children ages six to 11, centers
around the theme: Plants Make
Our Lives Better! Please share
the calendar with your friends
and family to encourage them
to get out and plant something,
from the smallest seed to the
largest tree.
The calendar highlights plant recommendations
from Great Plant Picks (www.GreatPlantPicks.org),
an educational program of the Elisabeth C. Miller
Botanical Garden. The program debuted in 2001
with recommendations for outstanding plants
for the maritime Pacific Northwest. To date over
900 exceptional plants have been selected for
gardeners living west of the Cascade Mountains
from Eugene, Oregon, USA, to Vancouver, British
Columbia, Canada. The plants featured in the
calendar appear in the month in which they are at
their seasonal peak.
We encourage everyone to grow some of their
own food and to share their excess produce with
local food pantries. To find a food pantry close
to you, visit www.AmpleHarvest.org. Also check
with your local independent garden center. Often
they will collect food to give to
food pantries. It is a wonderful
and thoughtful way to support
those in need.
The Oregon Association of
Nurseries is a trade association
that represents wholesale and retail
nursery growers, garden centers,
allied suppliers and others in the
green industry.
Nursery and Greenhouse is the
largest agricultural sector in Oregon.
We produce about 15 percent of all the plants
grown in the United States! Nationwide, Oregon
is the second largest producer of plants and we
are the largest producer of conifers, shade and
flowering trees and Christmas trees. Visit us at
www.PlantSomethingOregon.com to find a map
of Oregon retail nurseries and garden centers.
Plant Something™ is a national program
encouraging home gardeners
to get their hands dirty and
plant something so they can
experience the health and wellbeing, environmental and financial
benefits of gardening and beautiful
landscapes. Like Plant Something
on Facebook!
Happy Gardening!
Your friends at OAN
Special thanks to the students of Markham
Elementary School in Portland and St. Luke
Catholic School, Woodburn, Oregon, for
contributing their beautiful creativity and
celebrating the wonderfulness of plants.
Fun Facts source: Economic, Environmental,
and Health/Well-Being Benefits Associated with
Green Industry Products and Services: A Review,
published June 2011 by Charles R. Hall and
Madeline W. Dickson, Department of Horticultural
Sciences, Texas A&M University.
January 2015
Sun
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Tue
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Mahonia × media ‘Winter Sun’
HYBRID MAHONIA
This statuesque, evergreen shrub is a
dramatic focal point for the winter garden.
Great sprays of fragrant, yellow flowers in
dense, upstanding inflorescences appear
above the large, frond-like leaves.
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New Year's Day
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Martin
Luther
King Day
Fun Fact: Plants, especially trees, clean the air we breathe
by absorbing pollutants and carbon dioxide.
Chamaecyparis obtusa ‘Split Rock’
DWARF HINOKI CYPRESS
‘Split Rock’ is a slow-growing conifer that attracts
attention in the garden. This compact pyramidal plant
has both green adult foliage and blue juvenile foliage,
giving the plant a wonderful, textural interest.
February 2015
Sun
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Fun Fact: Plants help the environment by slowing rainwater runoff,
Helleborus × hybridus
LENTEN ROSE
Some gardeners are a bit zealous for this exquisite
perennial. There are single and double flowers along
with a wide range of brilliant to muted colors to
choose from. The best advice is to select while they
are in full bloom.
1
National
Freedom Day
2
Groundhog Day
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9
15
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22
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Presidents
Day
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Mardi Gras
Chinese
New Year
National
Wear Red Day
keeping streams clean for fish and other wildlife.
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Valentine’s
Day
Chamaecyparis obtusa ‘Split Rock’
DWARF HINOKI CYPRESS
‘Split Rock’ is a slow-growing conifer that attracts
attention in the garden. This compact pyramidal plant
has both green adult foliage and blue juvenile foliage,
giving the plant a wonderful, textural interest.
March 2015
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8
Daylight Saving
Time starts
15
22
29
World Water
Day
Read Across
America Day
St. Patrick’s
Day
Berberis darwinii
DARWIN’S BARBERRY
An evergreen barberry from Chile, this
shrub is smothered in clusters of vibrant
orange flowers in March. The leaves are a
dark shiny green that glisten in bright light.
Fun Fact: Plants create beautiful environments and communities
that reduce stress, lowering blood pressure, heart rates and crime.
The better the landscaping in common areas of a neighborhood, the more
those spaces are used by neighbors, which in turn encourages more social
interaction between neighbors.
Ribes sanguineum
FLOWERING CURRANT
This native shrub welcomes spring
with a showy array of rosy-pink buds
softening to a rich, clear pink. The
early season flowers have a spicy
fragrance and are a favorite of
over-wintering hummingbirds.
Erythronium ‘Pagoda’
YELLOW FAWN LILY
In early spring, nodding, star-like,
bright yellow flowers open and
proclaim the season of renewal.
This vigorous bulb is easy to grow
in your garden.
April 2015
Sun
Mon
Tue
Prunus yedoensis ‘Akebono’
AKEBONO CHERRY
A profusion of pink flowers
makes walking beneath a
flowering cherry in full bloom
feel like one is beneath a
plethora of pink clouds.
5
Easter Sunday
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6
13
Thomas
Jefferson’s
Birthday
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
2
3
4
9
10
11
16
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18
April Fool’s Day
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8
14
15
19
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26
27
28
National
Library
Workers’ Day
22
29
Tax Day
Earth Day
23
30
Passover begins
at sundown
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National
Arbor Day
25
Fun Fact: Spending time around plants helps children learn better
because they are better able to focus, concentrate and
engage with their surrounding environment.
Epimedium ‘Yubae’
HYBRID EPIMEDIUM
In early spring, flowers appear like
large, purple-red spiders hanging
from slender stalks. Fresh, bright
green leaves emerge in flushes
soon after the flowering starts.
One of the best cultivars!
Narcissus ‘Jack Snipe’
MINATURE DAFFODIL
This charming miniature
bulb radiates in the garden
with its ivory-white flowers
and striking golden-yellow
center trumpet.
May 2015
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Hosta ‘Krossa Regal’
HOSTA
A perennial with a stately, architectural quality,
this hosta, with its glaucous blue-green leaves,
grows very upright and vase-shaped with spikes
of lavender flowers.
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10
Mothers’ Day
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Memorial
Day
National
Nurses’ Day
7
Sat
Law Day
4
Cinco de Mayo
6
Fri
National
Day of Prayer
8
Fun Fact: The physical activity of gardening — and planting
plants — improves mood and contributes to overall good health.
9
Peace
Officers
Memorial
Day
National
Maritime Day
16
23
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Rhododendron ‘Fantastica’
HYBRID RHODODENDRON
Magnificent blossoms envelope this bi-color rhododendron
in springtime. The flowers are deep rose along the edge
and gradually lighten to white in the throat, accented by
light citron-green spots.
June 2015
Sun
7
14
Flag Day
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Tue
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Fri
Sat
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Ramadan
begins at
sundown
D-Day
Fun Fact: Being around plants improves relationships between people
and increases their concern and empathy toward others.
Donate the excess fruits and vegetables that you grow to a local food pantry.
Find the nearest food pantry at www.AmpleHarvest.org.
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Fathers’ Day
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Rosa glauca
SINGLE PINK SPECIES ROSE
This species rose from Europe features
dusky gray-green foliage with red-violet
highlights. In early summer, clusters of single
rose-pink flowers with gold centers appear
against this eye-catching foliar backdrop.
Geranium ‘Gerwat’ ROZANNE®
HARDY GERANIUM, CRANESBILL
This award-winning perennial forms a
tidy mound and a profusion of pastel
indigo flowers that are sprinkled
over grass green foliage
throughout the summer.
Allium ‘Globemaster’
ORNAMENTAL ONION
Colossal spheres of orchid-pink
flowers burst forth in early summer.
The flower heads will fade and dry
to a straw-like color and look like
sparklers in the autumn garden.
July 2015
Sun
Mon
Tue
Philadelphus ‘Belle Etoile’
MOCK ORANGE
An abundance of creamy
white flowers on this shrub
emit an incredible sweet
fragrance that is wonderfully
intoxicating in mid-summer.
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
2
3
4
Independence
Day observed
Independence
Day
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Fun Fact: Flowers generate happiness. Having flowers around
improves people’s moods. Flowers and ornamental plants increase
levels of positive energy and help people feel secure and relaxed.
Edi al-Fitr
begins at
sundown
Angelina, 11
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Parents’ Day
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Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Merritt's Beauty’
MOPHEAD HYDRANGEA
For a grand summer performance, choose
this dramatic flowering shrub with intense
blue-violet to deeply saturated rose-red
flowers depending on the soil pH.
August 2015
Sun
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Tue
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Fri
Sat
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Echinacea purpurea ‘Magnus’
PURPLE CONEFLOWER
This bold, sturdy perennial stands
out in the late summer garden with
its dramatic rose-pink, daisy-like
flowers and a large orange,
cone-shaped center.
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National
Aviation Day
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Women’s
Equality Day
27
28
30
31
Senior
Citizens’ Day
22
29
Fun Fact: Trees can help save money by sheltering homes from the
sun and wind, thereby reducing heating and cooling energy use.
Panicum virgatum ‘Shenandoah’
SWITCH GRASS
A graceful ornamental grass selected for its
red-toned foliage and willowy habit. The leaf
blades are green in early summer and then
the tips deepen to red by late July. The show
of color peaks with burgundy autumn foliage
and seed heads.
Shibataea kumasasa
ZIG-ZAG BAMBOO
This smaller bamboo, with almost teardropshaped leaves arranged in a zig-zag pattern, is
compact and spreads very slowly, unlike many of
its larger relatives. The exquisite evergreen foliage
provides a lovely texture in the shady landscape.
September 2015
Sun
6
13
Mon
7
National
Grandparents’
Day
Labor Day
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Rosh
Hashanah
begins at
sundown
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
2
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8
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15
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Constitution
Day
Patriot Day
18
12
Fun Fact: Adding plants to the landscape can increase the value
of a home (and speed its sale).
Carl Garner
Federal Lands
Cleanup Day
19
Citizenship
Day
Donate the excess fruits and vegetables that you grow to a local food pantry.
Find the nearest food pantry at www.AmpleHarvest.org.
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Yom Kippur
begins at
sundown
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Diphylleia cymosa
UMBRELLA LEAF
In late summer dainty
flowers develop into
spectacular electric blue
berries, each attached
to a bright red stem.
Cyclamen hederifolium
IVYLEAF CYCLAMEN
This hardy bulb is often one of the harbingers
of autumn along with the first hints of fall color.
The delicate pink or white flowers seem to
emerge from nowhere and, especially from
mature bulbs, are a throng of fresh color as
summer flowers wane. The spectacular
mottled foliage carries on through winter.
Sempervivum arachnoideum
ssp. tomentosum ‘Stansfieldii’
HENS AND CHICKS, HOUSELEEK
‘Stansfieldii’ is a handsome compact succulent
forming tight clusters of one-inch-wide rosettes
that turn a deep blood-red in spring and hold
the red coloring into early autumn. The tips of
the leaves are covered with fine white webbing
that brightens this tiny succulent.
October 2015
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Callicarpa bodinieri
var. giraldii ‘Profusion’
BEAUTYBERRY
In full fruit this amazing shrub is an
unforgettable sight! In early autumn, the
open arching branches are loaded with
clusters of glowing purple berries.
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5
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Child Health
Day
19
Columbus
Day
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
2
3
9
6
7
8
13
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20
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22
White Cane
Safety Day
Leif Erikson
Day
16
23
Fun Fact: Being outside in a natural environment can improve
memory performance and attention span.
10
17
Acer saccharum ‘Commemoration’
SUGAR MAPLE
This grand shade tree is a fast grower. Thick, glossy,
leathery dark-green leaves are resistant to tattering in
wind storms, which keeps the tree looking its best
through the summer. In the fall, the entire tree
transforms to pumpkin-orange with blushes of red
almost two weeks before other sugar maples — and the
color holds well into the autumn, even after a hard frost.
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Donate the excess fruits and vegetables that you grow to a local food pantry.
Find the nearest food pantry at www.AmpleHarvest.org.
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31
Halloween
Parthenocissus henryana
SILVERVEIN CREEPER
This striking vine, with its beautiful silver veins
decorating the upper surface of the leaves and
the undersides tinged a deep burgundy,
develops spectacular red fall color. Silvervein
creeper is self-clinging, attaching to garden
walls or trees (without harming either).
November 2015
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Daylight Saving
Time ends
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23
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30
24
Cyber
Monday
World
Science Day
11
18
25
Veterans
Day
26
Thanksgiving
Day
27
28
Cryptomeria japonica
Elegans Group
PLUMOSE JAPANESE CEDAR
With the onset of cooler weather in the late
autumn, the foliage of this conifer turns
from summer green to an unusual
mahogany plum. Great for winter interest!
Fun Fact: Plants provide food and shelter for mammals,
birds and insects.
Asplenium scolopendrium
HART’S TONGUE FERN
This evergreen fern, with its
bright green and long narrow
strap-like leaf blades, will carry
the garden through autumn
and winter with style.
Betula nigra ‘Cully’
HERITAGE® WHITE BARK
RIVER BIRCH
Many trees have conspicuous
bark that adds to their year-round
attraction, and this birch is no exception.
The bark has more white, cream and pale
salmon tones than the typical river birch.
December 2015
Sun
6
St. Nicholas’
Day
Mon
7
Pearl Harbor
Remembrance
Day
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
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Fun Fact: Being in the presence of plants accelerates
the healing process and recovery time.
Arianna,11
First day of
Hanukkah
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New Year’s
Eve
Christmas
Day
26
Kwanzaa
(until Jan. 1)
Wishing you joy
and peace
throughout
the new year
Camellia × vernalis ‘Yuletide’
CHRISTMAS CAMELLIA
Bright Christmas-red flowers
radiate against the shiny dark
green foliage of this exquisite
winter-blooming shrub.
Abies grandis
GRAND FIR
Conifers are attractive yearround, but especially so in the
winter months while the garden
sleeps. This evergreen native has shiny,
dark green needles with silvery undersides
that complement the graceful, conical habit
this fir has in youth.