
俄勒冈州 Gaston 的家族批发苗圃
Buchholz & Buchholz 苗圃位于俄勒冈州西北部的 Gaston 镇,距波特兰约一小时车程,是一家经营了四十多年的家族批发苗圃。苗圃由 Talon Buchholz 在 1980 年代初创办,他先后买下了几片土地,并以向 J.D. Vertrees 收购的六株日本枫作为收藏起点。如今苗圃由 Matt 与 Tim Nichols 兄弟接手日常运营,主营日本枫、矮生与稀有针叶树,以及来自世界各地的精选观赏树木与灌木,业务面向美国与加拿大的批发苗商、高端花园中心和景观设计师。
Flora Wonder 植物园与七大洲物种收藏
苗圃体内外共生的 Flora Wonder 植物园同样由 Talon Buchholz 创立,收藏起步于 1981 年。园内汇集了来自七大洲的数千个物种与栽培品种,从北非阿特拉斯山脉的雪松、亚洲的珙桐,到澳大利亚的瓦勒迈松、北美的巨杉和南美的智利南洋杉,号称”几步之内环游世界”。园中既保留了原种,也有自然杂交与人工杂交的后代,以及 Buchholz 选育命名的大量栽培品种。Buchholz 团队与全球园艺机构和收藏家保持长期交换,新植物源源不断地从野外考察、苗圃间交易和捐赠中进入这座私人植物园。
Ghost 系列日本枫与本土选育
在 Buchholz 体系的诸多选育系列里,Ghost 系列网脉日本枫最为业内熟知。已登录的品种包括 Amber Ghost、Baby Ghost、Dark Ghost、First Ghost、Purple Ghost、Sister Ghost、Uncle Ghost、Grandma Ghost 和 Martha’s Ghost 等,叶色在春到秋之间由紫红、桃粉、雪青到金黄轮替,骨干叶脉呈深色网纹,是网脉槭育种的标志性成果。除日本枫外,苗圃登记在册的 Buchholz 选育品种还覆盖冷杉(Abies)、梣叶槭(Acer macrophyllum)、银白槭(Acer griseum)等属,每年新增的栽培品种在美国、加拿大、欧洲和日本同步扩繁,被收藏级植物爱好者争相追踪。
批发、销售与全球分销网络
作为批发苗圃,Buchholz 体系一方面向其他批发苗商提供小苗阶段的”lining-out”种苗,另一方面为高端花园中心和景观设计师供应成品规格的样本植物。线上销售平台 shop.gardencenterplants.com 提供植物数据库(Plant Library)和实时供货清单(Availability List),列表中既包含畅销量大的常规品种,也会有仅余一株的稀缺样本,多数库存每周更新,新引种和供应紧张的品种通常优先分配给长期合作客户。植物出口覆盖欧美与日本多个国家,是欧美日本枫爱好者”追新”的主要源头之一。
参观、季节开放与联系渠道
Flora Wonder 植物园按照季节对预约访客开放,是国际苗圃业者、植物收藏家和园艺爱好者到访俄勒冈时必看的一站。植物园内养护着步道、自育品种展示区与全球地理主题分区,逛完一遍约需两个小时。批发业务的来访与采购需通过线上预约系统,植物园参观则按公开日程接受提前登记。苗圃地处 Gaston, OR 97119,邻近波特兰都会区与葡萄酒之乡,适合与波特兰日本花园、Hoyt 植物园等本地园艺目的地串联为俄勒冈花园深度游的一站。
A Family Wholesale Nursery in Gaston, Oregon
Buchholz & Buchholz Nursery is a family-run wholesale nursery located in Gaston, in northwestern Oregon, about an hour from Portland. Founded by Talon Buchholz in the early 1980s, the nursery grew out of his first purchase of six Japanese maples from the late J.D. Vertrees. Today it is operated by Matt and Tim Nichols, and supplies Japanese maples, dwarf and unusual conifers, and other choice ornamental trees and shrubs to wholesale growers, premium garden centers, and landscape designers across the United States and Canada.
Flora Wonder Arboretum and a Seven-Continent Collection
The Flora Wonder Arboretum grew directly out of the nursery, with planting beginning in 1981. It now holds thousands of plant species and cultivars representing all seven continents, including the Atlas Cedar of North Africa, the Dove Tree of Asia, the Wollemi Pine from Australia, the Giant Redwood of North America, and the Monkey Puzzle Tree of South America. The collection includes noteworthy species, natural and intentional hybrids, and selection cultivars obtained through purchase, trade, donation, or discovery by Mr. Buchholz and his team. New accessions continue to arrive from the nursery’s global network of correspondents and field trips.
The Ghost Series and a Lifetime of Buchholz Introductions
Among the nursery’s named introductions, the Ghost Series of reticulated Japanese maples (Acer palmatum Ghost cultivars) is the most widely recognized. Registered cultivars include Amber Ghost, Baby Ghost, Dark Ghost, First Ghost, Purple Ghost, Sister Ghost, Uncle Ghost, Grandma Ghost, and Martha’s Ghost, with leaves that shift through purple, pink, white, and gold across the seasons and a hallmark dark vein network. Beyond Japanese maples, Buchholz introductions span firs (Abies), bigleaf maples (Acer macrophyllum), paperbark maples (Acer griseum), and many other genera, propagated and distributed across North America, Europe, and Japan.
Wholesale Distribution and Online Availability
The nursery operates on a wholesale model, providing lining-out stock to other wholesale growers and specimen plant material to premium garden centers and landscapers. The online shop at shop.gardencenterplants.com hosts a Plant Library of thousands of taxa and a continually updated Availability List that mixes widely stocked plants with single-specimen rarities. New introductions and short-supply items are largely reserved for long-standing wholesale customers. Exports reach nurseries and collectors in North America, Europe, and Japan, making the nursery a key source for rare-woodland-plant enthusiasts worldwide.
Visits, Seasonal Access, and Location
The Flora Wonder Arboretum is open seasonally by appointment and is a regular stop on the international plant collector’s tour of Oregon. The garden contains walking paths, a Buchholz introduction display, and geographic planting sections that can be covered in roughly two hours. Wholesale visits and orders are scheduled through the online system, while arboretum visits follow a published calendar. The property sits in Gaston, OR 97119, within easy reach of Portland, the Willamette Valley wine country, and other Oregon garden destinations such as the Portland Japanese Garden and the Hoyt Arboretum.








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