by Carol | Nov 4, 2015 | Dramatic Flowers, Garden Tips, Gardening Green, Low Maintenance Landscape Examples, New Improved Plants, Plants I Recommend, Winter Gardening
Add to Your Drought Tolerant Landscape Design I’m excited about these new plants for Portland gardens. Many of us are familiar with California Lilac and its blue flowers. Beloved by bees, including our endangered native bumble bees, it’s also a host...
by Carol | Apr 1, 2015 | Garden Tips, Gardening Green, Low Maintenance Landscape Examples, Plants I Recommend, Rain Garden, Winter Gardening
Portland Rain Garden Plants with Year Round Color As a Portland landscape designer I like my rain garden designs to have year round color. Many Portlanders have rain gardens in the front yard so it’s important to have year round color. Without careful plant...
by Carol | Feb 17, 2015 | Garden Tips, Gardening Green, New Improved Plants, Plants I Recommend, Spring Gardening, Winter Gardening
Winter flowers feed bees. It’s easier to provide flowers for bees in our cool early springs than you might think. What we are learning about saving bees can be made very simple. Feed them! Use a diverse plant palette with flowers from early spring until...
by Carol | Jan 7, 2015 | Garden Tips, Winter Gardening
During our recent cold spell I was reminded that our overwintering hummingbirds need support to survive. It’s so much fun to see them feeding on the bright red flowers of Camellia Sasanqua ‘Yultide’. I got an e-mail and photo from my client Lois...
by Carol | Dec 10, 2014 | Dramatic Flowers, Garden Tips, New Improved Plants, Plants I Recommend, Winter Gardening
Let’s start with art. An art object does not need pruning, watering or fertilizing. Art, particularly large art, is a way to get a powerful all season effect in the landscape. Place it so you see it from the most used room of the house. Add a little night lighting...
by Carol | Nov 15, 2014 | Garden Tips, Gardening Green, Winter Gardening
Tips for Winter Care of Drought Tolerant & Other Plants I recently was a guest on a radio talk show, Real Estate Today, with Gloria Hahn of the Hahn Group. Once again it was fun, I was only a little nervous and it went well. We talked about protecting...
