Plants You Need
Take a closer look at plants you would like to know better and some you haven’t met, from regional plant communities to a genus of favorites to rare native species.
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The Great Plant Picks Program selection committee is in its third year of building a comprehensive list of ornamental plants...
I gave myself time on July fourth to simply relax in the garden and watch the comings and goings of...
Douglas iris (Iris douglasiana) is easily one of the most familiar and popular of West Coast native perennials. Its natural...
Cuphea is a genus of about 260 species in the loosestrife family (Lythraceae), the same family as crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia)....
In 1991 when we began the original Perennial Border project at the Bellevue Botanical Garden (BBG) the place we are...
As we discover the world around us, every so often we come upon something that surprises us to the point...
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana is one of the most important conifers in ornamental horticulture. Lawson cypress or Port Orford cedar, as it...
If we were to be set down in a Mediterranean garden on an early summer’s day just as the sun...








