by Carol | Jun 20, 2014 | Dramatic Flowers, Garden Tips, Low Maintenance Landscape Examples, New Improved Plants, Parking Strips, Plants I Recommend
Crocosmia flowers mean summer has arrived! Having grown up in Oregon I can’t really trust summer is here until I see those intense red, orange or yellow trumpets! In Portland, they typically start to flower in late June into early July. The variety Crocosmia...
by Carol | Apr 3, 2014 | Before and Afters, Customer Testimonials, Dramatic Flowers, No Lawn Front Yards
My client Susan is a gardener’s gardener. Susan wanted a colorful no-lawn entry garden for her picturesque Craftsman bungalow. Spending time puttering in her yard with her dog Peanut was a joy; full time maintenance, not so much. She turned to Landscape...
by Carol | Jan 28, 2014 | Easy Edibles, Garden Tips, New Improved Plants, Plants I Recommend
Boost your nutrition with these exciting small fruit trees I recently attended a lecture by Jim Gilbert, owner and plant designer of One Green World. They grow and sell edibles tested for NW gardens. My favorite fruit out of the entire lecture was the Pawpaw...
by Carol | Oct 18, 2013 | Dramatic Flowers, Fall Gardening, Garden Tips, New Improved Plants, Plants I Recommend
So much it deserves repeating: hydrangeas are more popular than ever! They belong on the list of plants for new gardeners who demand low care plants and also on the lists of seasoned gardeners who live to be working in their garden. They are easy care. Some people do...
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...
