Growing Hardy Orchids in the Pacific Northwest
Growing hardy orchids is not for gardeners unwilling to take absurd and sometimes costly risks. In fact, one must steel oneself for either quick or li…
Regions: Oregon
Oregon
Great Plant Picks 2005: Rhododendrons
In horticultural circles today, form and texture are much ballyhooed in landscape design; yet, flower color will always have a powerful allure—much …
Mediterranean Skies
While early autumn was relatively dry in the Pacific Northwest, the rains arrived earlier than usual in California--but not before the conclusion of a…
Gardening with California’s Monocots: Slink-pod
Slink-pod or adder’s-tongue (Scoliopus bigelovii), a long-lived perennial herb, is a memorable plant for woodlands, moist slopes, and shady rock gar…
Late Season Hebes for Northwest Gardens
For plant enthusiasts in the Pacific Northwest, fall has never represented the end of the gardening season but rather a time of transition following t…
Resurrecting Lawson Cypress for the 21st Century
Anyone raised in the maritime Pacific Northwest, from Portland to Vancouver or Victoria, is familiar with Lawson cypress in residential gardens and pu…
Great Plant Picks for 2004
For the fourth spring in a row, Pacific Northwest gardeners are able to share in the ruminations of thirty prominent horticulturists as they name outs…
Impressions of Chinese Gardens
I have traveled to many countries to study their gardens and am fascinated by all the ways traditional gardens reflect the character of their time and…
Memories of Christmas in June
The annual Hardy Plant Society study weekend, this year organized by the Hardy Plant Society of Oregon, was as good as Christmas, with exceptional spe…