Gentlemen, start your seeds
The official start to spring in the Northwest, has to be Seattle's Northwest Flower and Garden Show, which is the…
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January 30, 2014
All things gardeny
Hamamelis x intermedia 'Jelena'
Witch-Hazel Frenzy
I'ld like to know why we don't have Hamamelis Festivals in January; surely their bewitching flowers equal the allure of…
January 17, 2014
Dreadlocked Datisca
One of the grooviest plants I've seen is this massive Datisca cannabina growing here in the Soest Garden at the…
September 12, 2013
My Front Garden is Boring
... and Flat. I promised you some hall-of-shame photos and it seems only fair that I share my own garden…
August 2, 2013
Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Izu No Hana’
Wildly popular in the Victorian era, Hydrangeas have been largely overlooked until recently. Perhaps in typical American fashion, it's the…
July 29, 2013
Sidewalk Gardens
It's rare when a gardener has enough confidence to design a sidewalk garden. I know I'm guilty of the typical…
July 19, 2013
Summer and Winter
No one ever talks about taking a stroll around the garden in winter, but maybe you should. Wrap yourself in…
July 16, 2013
A garden scene with peach rose, gray-green stachys, yellow senicio and a tall grass bordered by peach gravel
Peaches and Cream
When we bought our house in Seattle, we knew we didn't want to be under looming trees for the long…
June 21, 2013
Yellow and Red Flowers on Weigela middendorfiana
Sex Change
Did that get your attention? It certainly does for the bees that pollinate Weigela middendorffiana. One study noticed that bees visit…
April 12, 2013
