by Carol | Apr 18, 2018 | Garden Tips, Gardening Green, Plants I Recommend, Spring Gardening, Summer Garden Tips
How A Garden Helps Your Portland Family By Helping Bees As a parent, you work hard to help your family. That means you have to look out for their welfare. And believe it or not, that includes helping bees. These insects do a lot for your family, but they are...
by Carol | Apr 4, 2018 | Before and Afters, Design Basics, Garden Tips, New Improved Plants, Plants I Recommend, Tree Selection
Trees for Portland Residential Landscape Design in Woodstock neighborhood One September afternoon while in Portland’s Woodstock neighborhood I drove by a former client’s home. My clients had moved, and I was curious to see how the design (installed a...
by Carol | Mar 21, 2018 | Dramatic Flowers, Dramatic Flowers, Garden Tips, Low Maintenance Landscape Examples, Plants I Recommend, Summer Garden Tips, Tree Selection
Landscaping with Crape Myrtle in Portland I responded to a request for help from clients in Northeast Portland who were concerned their crape myrtle trees planted two years ago were not healthy because they didn’t flower. They had done their research on crape myrtle...
by Carol | Mar 7, 2018 | Easy Edibles, Garden Tips, New Improved Plants, Plants I Recommend
Never-Fail Blueberry Varieties for Portland Gardens A few more thoughts on choosing blueberry plants. Last time we discussed some basics for choosing blueberries. I give you a larger selection to consider and continue to encourage the purchase of big plants. Here’s a...
by Carol | Jan 24, 2018 | Dramatic Flowers, Garden Tips, Low Maintenance Landscape Examples, Plants I Recommend
Portland Year-Round Color Using Chinese Fringe Flower As a Portland residential landscape designer, I have many clients who want exciting year-round color in their landscapes. If they love burgundy foliage (either you love it or hate it, it seems) I often consider...
by Carol | Dec 27, 2017 | Garden Tips, Low Maintenance Landscape Examples, New Improved Plants, Plants I Recommend
Pruning Nandina easily, the perfect low maintenance plant, for Portland residential landscapes I promised I would follow up from my last blog about Nandina domestica – Heavenly Bamboo and how seriously low maintenance they are. I’ll give you my easy pruning...
