For the fourth spring in a row, Pacific Northwest gardeners are able to share in the ruminations of thirty prominent horticulturists as they name outstanding plants for their corner of the continent. Despite occasional head shaking and teasing, especially among the three subcommittees, the Great Plant Picks team members have settled on forty-five plants to highlight for 2004.
A wildflower garden of sorts may be made with a handful of seeds tossed onto a patch of untilled soil. On the other hand, such a garden may be the outcome of careful planning, with special arrangements for the needs of a diversity of plants. In neither case will subsequent maintenance be easy. No matter how idyllic the conception, how seemingly natural the outcome, effort is needed to protect the plants from invasion by weeds.
The Dunn Gardens are an attractive, spacious and peaceful oasis in the midst of typical low-density suburban development in north Seattle. They are an unusual surviving example of the turn-of-the century custom of creating “summer places” in the rural fringe of the city. Designed by The Olmsted Brothers, landscape architects of Brookline, Massachusetts, for Arthur Dunn in 1915, they now comprise three adjacent, but legally separate properties.
Summer 2023 With years of practice mothering her two bright daughters, Tammy raises her lawn replacement planting with equally gentle discipline. “Look,” she says, admiring
No other shrub is more symbolic of the Pacific Coast than manzanita (Arctostaphylos). From British Columbia to Baja, one species to many are endemic from
Winter 2022 Listen to the Podcast here. If you live in the Pacific region, you know that seasons in your garden look different from the
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Elisabeth C. Miller Botanical Garden becoming a public institution. The Garden is one of the hidden treasures
Poet’s Jasmine (Jasminum officinale) is a surprisingly hardy vine that thrives in gardens west of the Cascades offering intoxicating fragrance and a resilient demeanor.
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