Growing Roses in the Pacific Northwest
Required reading: climatic reality, care and cultivation, and organic controls—all that and 90 of the best roses for PNW gardens.
Regions: Oregon
Oregon
Total-Plant Native Plant Online Photo Library
The Total-Plant website, an online native plant photo library, allows users to sort by plant name (common or botanical), region, and characteristics.
Bright Ideas for Shade
One of the most problematic sites for gardening in the maritime Pacific Northwest is in deep shade with little to no direct sunlight, beneath an almos…
Winter Sweet
Oregon designer Darcy Daniels aims to create garden compositions that please all year— including winter.
Leach Botanical Garden
Contemporary botanical gardens are evolving to be cultural institutions as well as an arena for the study of plants. Today, Leach Botanical Garden, a …
Bob Hyland
Gardens may be grounded in place but gardeners are free to rove and Portland designer Bob Hyland has relocated more than most.
Bellflowers
Bellflowers are so familiar that there is a tendency to think we know this enduring garden denizen. Campanulas have wormed their way into our gardening…
The Birds and the Bees
[sidebar]Great Plant Picks is the Pacific Northwest’s premier plant educational program administered through the Elisabeth C. Miller Botanical Garden based in Seattle, Washington. www.greatplantpicks.org[/sidebar] Buzzing,…
A Plantsman’s Favorite Dwarf Conifers
Most dwarf conifers available in nurseries are from eight classic conifer groups. And as it turns out, the two that may be the least familiar…