Larry Stanley, conifer specialist, is the owner and president of Stanley and
Sons Nursery, Inc. Started in 1976 and located in Boring, Oregon the property
includes a 1 acre display garden containing over 3,000 plants tagged with botanical
descriptions. The nursery propagates about 350,000 plants by cuttings and another
90,000 are grafted each year. They ship plants to the US, Canada, Japan, Europe,
Australia and New Zealand. Their product line features 425 varieties of Japanese
maples and 3,000 varieties of conifers.
Mr. Stanley is a past president of the American Conifer Society and has served
two terms as president of the Western Region of the ACS. He is also a member
of the American Rhododendron Society.
He is one of the 10 people who planned the conifer section and donated material
to the Oregon Garden. He also donated plant material for the Chinese Garden
in Portland.
He majored in the field of horticulture at Mt. Hood Community College and has
worked in the nursery business for over 30 years. He is an avid plant collector
and has visited New Zealand and Europe on plant gathering missions. Mr. Stanley
returned from Europe on the 28th of July having shot 4430 pictures in 10 days
at 25 locations and saw at least 500 varieties of plants that “we do not
grow here.”
At our next Chapter meeting we can hope to see a few of these pictures and share
in his broad knowledge of conifers during what promises to be a fascinating
presentation by this gifted nurseryman.
NOTE: There will NOT be a species auction at the October
meeting which will be held in the sanctuary of the church at the regular location.
The auction will be rescheduled to a later date.
Portland Chapter, American Rhododendron Society Monthly Meeting,
October 18, 2007, 7:30 pm,
All Saints Episcopal Church, 4033 S.E. Woodstock