Deer in My Garden, Volume I: Perennials & Subshrubs
After nearly three decades managing Foothill Cottage Gardens nursery and developing demonstration gardens around her home and nursery, Carolyn Singer has more than enough credentials…
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Garden Allies: Ants
Ants…As Allies? In Aesop’s fable, the ant is held up as a paragon of industry. Carpenters, weavers, gardeners, harvesters, drivers, and honeypot ants all uphold…
Garden Allies: Hover Flies
Meet the Hover Flies If you have ever paused near a patch of cosmos on a sunny summer afternoon, you are certainly familiar with the…
The Other Rock Roses: Halimium and xHalimiocistus
Given the familiarity of the rockroses in the Pacific Northwest, it's surprising how few of their cousins in the genus Halimium are known and grown. A…
Great Plant Picks: Trees for 2007
I’ve been passionate about trees for as long as I can remember, but I admit that many trees are unsuitable for some gardens, the choices narrowing c…
Great Plant Picks: How We Do What We Do
In the process of determining the best plants to recommend for gardeners in British Columbia, Oregon, and Washington (west of the Cascades, to USDA zo…
Not Your Mother’s Hellebores: A New Look at Species and Hybrid Hellebores
Who could fail to be seduced by hellebores? Their precocious nature is part of their allure, but what makes them so much more than alluring? For many,…
David Austin’s English Roses for the West Coast
David Austin's English Roses have been in America for more than twenty years. One of the first areas to grow them was California, where two people wer…
Second Spring
I used to think of plants that bloomed in fall as freaks of nature and confusers of seasons. My aesthetic image of autumn didn’t include the pastel …