I Did My Graduate Research in a Garden Ecology Lab, This is What Gardeners Want to Know
Spring 2023 The first queen bumble bee I saw this spring hurtled across my front yard a few weeks ago, a bobbing blur of black,…
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Hardy Fragrant Jasmine
Poet's Jasmine (Jasminum officinale) is a surprisingly hardy vine that thrives in gardens west of the Cascades offering intoxicating fragrance and a …
Checkermallow Love—for Beauty, Conservation, and Pollinators
Summer 2024 The Blossom and the Bee It was a brisk early morning in May when I met an insect in love with a plant.…
Great Plant Picks: A Special Something for Every Garden
Spring blossoms, funky ferns, charming groundcovers, fancy foliage, delicious fragrance, knock-your-socks-off color—the 2005 Great Plant Picks have …
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 …
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…
Nature’s Studio
This year's PHS award-winning garden at the Northwest Flower & Garden show.
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…
The Allure of Forest Gardens
Spring 2022 Bravery in a land of lawn and roses Mark, wearing a T-shirt printed with cats on a galactic background, describes his vision to…