by Carol | Jul 25, 2014 | Dramatic Flowers, Garden Tips, New Improved Plants, Parking Strips, Plants I Recommend
Here are three great plants for summer color in the Northwest. These vibrant flowering plants are very easy to care for and come back each year as long as they have good drainage. These won’t survive our Northwest winters planted in a low place or puddle. If...
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 | 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 | 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...
