Horticulture Report: Allium acuminatum

Posted on February 25, 2025 by Ashland Garden Club

Plant Name: Allium acuminatum
Common Name: Hooker’s onion
Plant type : Deciduous Perennial Herb
Height: 0’ – 2’
Spread: 0’ – 1’
Bloom Time: May – July
Flower Color: Purple, White, Pin
Exposure: Sun to Part Shade
Soil Requirements: Dry, well-drained; sandy/loamy
Water Needs: Occasional Summer Water
Attributes: Bulblets reproduce easily; strong onion smell; deer resistant; attracts pollinators: bats, butterflies, birds; nectar source for butterflies
Note: Flowers appear on long stalks after leaves have died; goes dormant in summer after going to seed
Uses: Rock Garden; Dry Open Meadows; Habitat Restoration; Green Roof
Native to: Western United States
Oregon Native: YES
USDA Hardiness Zone 5 – 9

Ashland Oregon: USDA Hardiness Zones

Posted on January 31, 2025 by AGC

Choosing the right plant and planting it in the right spot in your garden is a difficult decision, but you can be assured you are buying the right plant suited for your garden by checking the hardiness zone on its label. By buying plants rated for your hardiness zone you’ve increased the plant’s survival rate and its ability to thrive in your garden.

This is true for vegetable seeds too. Each seed packet has the plant’s hardiness zone printed on the back.

Ashland has 3 hardiness zones: 7b, 8a, 8b. Check your zone by location here: https://www.plantmaps.com/en/us/f/hz/state/oregon/plant-hardiness-zones

Also, be ware that nurseries and stores sell plants that are not rated for the climate where they are being sold.

Art in the Garden

Posted on November 25, 2024 by Ashland Garden Club

Ashland Garden Club member, Tsutae Novick’s art in the garden.

Tsutae enjoys making art and doing whatever brings love and joy into her life;
she enjoys meeting with people & making friends, traveling, singing, cooking, gardening; she likes animals, tea ceremonies, healing, spirituality, and sculpting with clay. She especially likes making little buddhas, which the Japanese call “Jizou”.

Tsutae’s Gallery: https://sairam414.weebly.com/gallery.html

Photos by: Lynn McDonald

Post by: Carlotta Lucas

Heirloom Garden Lavenders

Posted on October 9, 2024 by AGC

Ashland Garden Club’s Community Service: Thanks to all who helped purchase and plant 80+ new lavenders in N. Mountain Park’s Heirloom Garden. October 8, 2024

Bill Viki Carol Lynn

October Flowers for Pollinators

Posted on October 7, 2024 by AGC

Fall flowers for pollinators:

Salvia Microphylla ‘Hot Lips’ & Yellow Coreopsis

Spreading Happiness: Ashland Garden Club’s Lonely Bouquet Event

Posted on September 11, 2024 by AGC

Lonely Bouquet is a global movement which encourages people to create small bouquets with a thoughtful message attached, then leave these flowers in public spaces for others to find and keep. This simple act of kindness has the power to transform someone’s day, spreading happiness throughout communities.

On September 9, Ashland Garden Club members created 30 bouquets, and distributed them randomly throughout Ashland for residents to find.