Climate adapted plants for gardeners in the Pacific Northwest
Welcome to Summer 2026 at Xera!
We’d like to invite you to our regularly scheduled gardening-geek meet up at the Xera Farm:
“Hey Xera!” – every Saturday 11:00 am
This will be an informal half hour discussion with one of the experts at Xera on general topics that relate to building resilient, climate-appropriate and habitat strengthening gardens! Learn from us, and from other gardeners! We’ll start with a suggested topic but welcome questions and evolving discussion from all who attend. No need to RSVP. Can’t make it this time? Catch up with us on another Saturday at 11:00!
Saturday August 15 starting topic: Meadows in gardens? Tips for site preparation and developing species composition of meadows in gardens (or larger spaces) with considerations for long-term maintenance.
We have a gorgeous array of heat tolerant plants coming in weekly through summer! If you’re interested in transitioning your garden to a fully climate adapted, low water use, vibrant environment that will attract lots of wildlife, pay us a visit! We’ll be profiling some of these plants on our social media through the summer season.
Hours: Mon – Fri 10:00-5:00, Saturdays 10:00-4:00
503.612.9950
xeraplants@gmail.com- for orders.
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Our new covered shopping area is open with more space and more plants than at our former shop in SE. There is plenty of parking.
We take back all pots from Xera including the 10″ x 20″ flats. The pots have to be from us and we will happily re-use them. Save plastic. Make a note when you come to the farm to bring your used pots, Notify someone if you are returning pots.
Come see our work in progress as we set up an inviting shopping space at our farm, where we have grown all of our plants for 25 years. We’re open Monday-Friday 10:00-5:00 & Saturday 10:00-4:00. You can either email in an order from the availability list (links above!) or just come browse.
If you are ordering from the availability, just let us know when you’d like to pick up. We can hold orders from 10 days. To place an order, email us at xeraplants@gmail.com with your list, or you can fill out and attach the .xls format document (link above).
We’re developing a plan to increase production and efficiencies so hope to have a much better supply of all of the amazing plants in our Catalog in the future! If you have any questions or comments about the transition to our farm location please feel free to email us at xeraplants@gmail.com
Farm phone number: 503-612-9950 (but email is best for order arrangements).
Welcome!
Xera Plants is a retail plant nursery and grower based in Portland, Oregon. Our goal is to inspire gardeners to create diverse, ecologically sound landscapes suited to our climate.
We emphasize the use of low water plants, west coast native plants and plants native to a similar winter wet/summer dry climate as our own. Our staff of horticultural experts is committed to providing friendly, detailed, solution-based customer service. If you have a question we have the answer. After all, we grow every one of our plants and know each one intimately.
Grevillea x ‘Foxy Red’ Xera Plants Introduction. A cold hardy selection 5′ tall x 7′ wide Zone 7b
We grow all our own plants
All of our plants are grown by us at our facility near Sherwood, (OR) using sustainable growing practices. We only use organic fertilizer and we do not use neonicotinoid pesticides. We firmly believe in the health and well being of not only our pollinators but gardeners and gardens as well. We are stewards of the environment and we take that very seriously.
We strive to maintain a large and diverse supply of plants and we emphasize those that are adapted to certain biomes. That means we search for and grow plants for such difficult situations as dry shade, blasting hellstrips and many other categories. Remember that not all of our plants are available at the same time. Crops have their own timelines and we do our best to finish them in an efficient and timely manner. A large amount of new plants arrives at the shop each week. Feel free to give us a call and to inquire about any plant that we grow or even plants that you think we should grow. At our shop you will find the best quality, fresh nursery stock that is immediately ready for installation.
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We do NOT do mail order. We are just not set up for that kind of business. We may be able to source our plants at other nurseries who do.
We hope you have a wonderful garden season and we cannot wait to see you at the farm!
Paul Bonine ( Xera co-owner) and Amy Campion have teamed up to write a comprehensive garden book. ‘Gardening in the Pacific Northwest A complete Homeowners Guide’ Timber Press 2017.
Its a book for all levels of gardening and it is specifically geared towards the Pacific Northwest climate- on both sides of the Cascades. It can be purchased or accessed through the book cover which appears in our footer at the bottom of the page.
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