by Carol | Apr 11, 2013 | Dramatic Flowers, Plants I Recommend, Shade Plants
Hellebores are trendy but we don’t hold that against them. Notice some of the flowers are doubles. This photo is from the Hardy Plant Society Display at the Yard Garden and Patio Show. Many flowers these days now hold their faces up, not nodding down. This...
by Carol | Feb 1, 2013 | Dramatic Flowers, Winter Gardening
The Oregonian’s Kym Pokorny features my photo of Cobra Lily in it’s wildly colorful winter cold flush and gives us the skinny on some other cool killer plants. Kim Pokorny’s blog on Carnivorus plants (Don’t forget to come and see me at the...
by Carol | May 1, 2012 | Dramatic Flowers, Garden Tips, Spring Gardening, Summer Garden Tips
Hydrangea Love Protecting your plants from intense summer heat in Portland Oregon Here are several lessons in this story for you, O gentle reader………..how to successfully transplant a shrub or tree in July heat, how to prevent leaf and flower...
by Carol | Mar 5, 2012 | Dramatic Flowers, Fall Gardening, New Improved Plants, Plants I Recommend, Spring Gardening
Itoh Peony – Low Maintenance Beauty and Thrills for All What’s all the fuss about the new Itoh (say it Eeetoe) peony? These new plants eliminate the only weak point of the old fashioned peony, the weak stems which can really spoil the flowers in our often wild...
