by Carol | Apr 17, 2014 | Garden Pests, Garden Tips, Spring Gardening
Azalea lace bug is a new pest that has decided rhododendrons are on the menu as well as azaleas. This seems like a big problem because azalea lace bug has multiple hatchings in a season and can do a lot of damage. The old rhododendron lace bug only hatched once a year...
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 | Apr 1, 2012 | Fall Gardening, Garden Tips, New Improved Plants, Plants I Recommend, Spring Gardening, Winter Gardening
Heather is a Must in Your Low Maintenance Landscape Design Look at your landscape right now…Could it use a little ground color? A plant with full season color which prefers full day sun, stays low – think 4 inches tall (never higher) and best of all……..has...
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...
by Carol | Feb 20, 2012 | Garden Tips, Spring Gardening, Winter Gardening
Garden Tips: Top 5 Early Spring Garden Prep Tips Here are my Top 5 garden tips for things to do January to early March: Cut back deciduous (gets dead looking in winter) grasses to 2″ tall stubble. Fountain grass, switch grass and japanese silver grass are just...
