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Category: How To (DIY)

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Acer Buergerianum Acer Campestre Acer Circinatum Acer Japonicum
Acer Macrophyllum Acer Negundo Acer Palmatum Acer Palmatum Dissectum
Acer platanoides Acer Pseudoplatanus Acer Saccharum Acer Shirasawanum
Acer Tegmentosum Various Other Maples

Grapevine Pruning Video

Posted on March 22, 2016 by Lucile Whitman

How to prune a grapevine.

Posted in How To (DIY), Lucile's Shed, Videos

How to Train a Weeping Tree

Posted on May 26, 2015 by Lucile Whitman

How to train a weeping tree.

Posted in How To (DIY), Lucile's Shed, Videos

Pruning Demo Video

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Lucile Whitman

A demonstration of pruning on a Japanese maple, Acer palmatum.

Posted in How To (DIY), Lucile's Shed, Videos

Transplanting a Container-Grown Shrub Video

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Lucile Whitman

In this video we demo planting a shrub grown in a container, as opposed to a root control bag.

Posted in How To (DIY), Lucile's Shed, Videos

Planting Trees from Root Control Bags Video

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Lucile Whitman

How to plant a tree grown in the field in a Root Control Bag.

Posted in How To (DIY), Lucile's Shed, Videos

Planting Gooseberries Video

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Lucile Whitman

How to plant a bareroot gooseberry.

Posted in How To (DIY), Lucile's Shed, Videos

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Plant Catalog

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  • Actinidia arguta
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  • Bald Cypresses
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  • Edible Plants
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About Whitman Farms

Whitman Farms began in 1980 as an informal nut tree and small fruit adjunct to a large bareroot nursery next door in Salem Oregon. It was a one-woman show and mostly for fun. However, Lucile Whitman (pictured), the owner, got sidetracked; she became enamored of unusual ornamental trees and started planting any weird and wonderful woody plants she ran across, using root control bags, a new plant-friendly technology.

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3995 Gibson Rd NW
Salem, OR 97304

phone: (503) 510-0486 or (503) 585-8728
fax: (503) 363-5020

e-mail: lucile [at] whitmanfarms.com

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