by Carol | Nov 4, 2015 | Dramatic Flowers, Garden Tips, Gardening Green, Low Maintenance Landscape Examples, New Improved Plants, Plants I Recommend, Winter Gardening
Add to Your Drought Tolerant Landscape Design I’m excited about these new plants for Portland gardens. Many of us are familiar with California Lilac and its blue flowers. Beloved by bees, including our endangered native bumble bees, it’s also a host...
by Carol | Oct 21, 2015 | Customer Testimonials, Design Basics, Dramatic Flowers, Garden Tips
My client, Sheri Mead, sent me this note from Camas, Washington. What she had to say points out several important garden design concepts: “Hi Carol, I thought of you this morning as I got to the bottom of my stairs, turned the corner and was greeted with a...
by Carol | Oct 7, 2015 | Fall Gardening, Garden Tips, Low Maintenance Landscape Examples, New Improved Plants, Plants I Recommend, Summer Garden Tips
Summer Heather – Perfect for year round color Summer flowering heather can be easy care I use heather at my vacation house because it’s so easy. I’m there once a month, have no irrigation system and I have hungry deer. It’s got to be a tough...
by Carol | Sep 16, 2015 | Fall Gardening, Garden Tips, Plants I Recommend, Tree Selection
What trees are small enough to mature in the typical yard space, have low water needs and have full season beauty? Our Native Vine Maple is Tried and True Select a new variety of native vine maple, Acer circinatum, like Pacific Fire with scarlet red winter twigs. It...
by Carol | Sep 2, 2015 | Dog and Cat Friendly Gardens, Dramatic Flowers, Garden Tips, Low Maintenance Landscape Examples, New Improved Plants, Plants I Recommend, Shade Plants
Euphorbia a Perfect Plant or “She Devil”? Growers clearly think euphorbia (spurge) is a perfect plant – Blooming Nursery, a local grower, shows over 50 varieties in their on line catalog. Many varieties have come along in the last ten years. What is...
by Carol | Aug 19, 2015 | Dog and Cat Friendly Gardens, Garden Tips, Plants I Recommend, Shade Garden Tips, Shade Plants, Tree Selection
Small Shade Trees for Your Dog Friendly Landscaping It’s hot and dogs are smart. They want shade and we can provide it or be warned, they may figure out something on their own. A lot of dogs left to their own devices in a treeless yard will dig a hole under...
