The 2002 Great Plant Picks: Perennials and Bulbs
Great Plant Picks, the new plant awards program sponsored by the Elisabeth C Miller Botanical Garden in Seattle, has endorsed almost sixty-five plants…
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The Modern California Garden
The modern California garden has been described as an informal outdoor living room filled with deck chairs, tables, and swings, social rather than hor…
Celebrating Spring
Spring is the renaissance season—a time of rebirth and new growth—when flowers, fresh foliage, and transformation abound. For gardeners and plant lovers, it’s an occasion…
Great Plant Picks: Focus on Foliage
From stately trees to dramatic bulbs, selections from the Great Plant Picks (GPP) that are notable for their superior foliage comprise a rich array of…
Meerkerk Rhododendron Gardens: Test Garden for Contemporary Rhododendron Hybrids
It is the tenth of April, a sunny day abuzz with bees and people pollinating rhododendrons. Meerkerk Rhododendron Gardens' Hybrid Test Garden is a rai…
Trees of Hoyt Arboretum: Tanoak
The five-by-seven accession cards are yellowed with age, each entitled “Portland Municipal Arboretum” and inscribed with fountain pen and a carefu…
Marys Peak: The Oregon Coast Range’s Sky Island
Spring 2024 Sky islands are peaks that are significantly higher in elevation than the surrounding environs. Striking examples can be found in the Desert Southwest,…
Winning Gardens
Each year at the Northwest flower & Garden show and the San Francisco Flower and Garden Show a panel of local judges presents an award…
Hellebores & More at Heronswood Nursery: A Reminiscence
Gardeners treasure the subtle beauty of hellebores for their choice blooms from Christmas on, when little else flowers. The author traveled to the Pac…