by Carol | Mar 22, 2017 | Designers Journal, Low Maintenance Landscape Examples, New Improved Plants, Plants I Recommend, Shade Garden Tips, Shade Plants
Ferns for Portland Landscape Designers I’ve been following Judith Jones and her career as a fern expert extraordinary before social media existed. She’s been my fern guru for 20 years and I’ve tried to catch her lectures when she comes to Portland at Joy Creek...
by Carol | Feb 8, 2017 | Dramatic Flowers, Plants I Recommend, Shade Plants, Spring Gardening, Winter Gardening
All About Amazing Hellebores Red flowered Hellebores are still the holy grail for plant geeks but they are so tough that anyone can covet these and grow them. ‘Peppermint Ice’, ‘Amethyst Gem’ and ‘Ashwood Double Bi Color Shades’ are...
by Carol | Sep 7, 2016 | Before and Afters, Dog and Cat Friendly Gardens, Low Maintenance Landscape Examples, Plants I Recommend, Shade Plants
A Garden Redesign for Family & Dog Lynda and Michael live in a sweet old Northeast Portland Grant Neighborhood House. It’s a classic with a big front porch and several mature large trees including an amazing 40′ tall Japanese Maple. They raised...
by Carol | Jun 1, 2016 | Design Basics, Dramatic Flowers, Garden Tips, New Improved Plants, Parking Strips, Plants I Recommend, Shade Plants, Tree Selection
Portland Landscape Designer Appreciates Diversity of Dogwood Trees The diversity of dogwoods is well illustrated by these two trees: Cornus Kousa ‘Summer Gold’ and Cornus Controversa ‘June Snow’. Colorful Summer Privacy Tree for Small...
by Carol | May 18, 2016 | Design Basics, Dramatic Flowers, Garden Tips, New Improved Plants, Parking Strips, Plants I Recommend, Shade Plants, Tree Selection
Diversity of Dogwoods – Part I Dogwoods are a very large family. There are twiggy shrub dogwoods whose hot colored stems light up the winter landscape. There is a dogwood who blooms in March with yellow flowers and makes an edible fruit. There are semi...
by Carol | Jan 5, 2016 | Dramatic Flowers, Garden Tips, Plants I Recommend, Shade Plants
If you love Hellebores (like I do) don’t miss this open garden. The O’Byrne family designs Hellebores and have an international following. Marietta and Ernie are rock stars in the garden design world. Their Hellebores will dazzle you with color and...
