We happen upon gardening inspiration all the time–an exciting new plant combo spotted on an apartment balcony here, a master gardener’s open garden tour there. We love to share the latest sights that have us seeing new plants and old plants in new ways.
Just saying, if you've got the shade and the zone, 6a-8b, grow this awesome plant. Podophyllum pleianthum aka Chinese Mayapple is big and splashy, and not the least demanding. Plant in moist organic soil--and then stand back and swoon. Before I began gardening in...
Recently Evan Bean aka the Practical Plant Geek solicited tree suggestions on the PNW Plant Geeks Facebook page. I love this game, and it seems I'm in good company. He might as well have shot a starter pistol. Tree ideas: Go! Evan is in search of a small tree, 20-30...
The weather gods must be having a good laugh. Some gardeners in the Pacific Northwest got a little ahead of themselves, imagining it was already spring. Guilty. I came darn close to digging and dividing a few plants. Let's hear it for procrastination. Around these...
I stopped by the Lan Su Chinese Gardens last weekend--on a mission to identify a couple of plants--like the Jasmine in this post. Bill came along because my husband is an all-around nice guy and good sport. And it's not a terrible place to visit, even if you're not an...
May all your heartthrobs grow true. Be our Valentine. Cheers from team plant lust
Jasmines fall into the I-never-met-a-jasmine-I-didn't-like category. Funny thing is, I thought I had it all sorted out when it comes to this groovy Jasmine Trachelospermum asiaticum 'Red Top'. Of course, now I've got it all confused with a few others, and I'm not...
Usually I remember the history of my plants. But this Leycesteria formosa aka Himalayan Honeysuckle has got me flummoxed. I must have purchased it, but I sure don't remember. Or perhaps I got it at the local bloggers' exchange? The reason this Himalayan...
Since 2010, plantlust.com has been helping gardeners find fantastic plants from our fully searchable catalog. We've grown to feature more than 30,000 plants from nearly 100 independent nurseries. In 2016, we introduced our new shop. You can order from multiple...
I espied a wee tree growing from a rock today, and I thought you'd want to see it. Can you imagine getting that to happen on purpose? I bet some of you can. And then I wondered how many things like this I've missed. I found a few photos wherein I'd noted the...
In Portland, MLK Day 2018 coincides with the start of gardening season. We've been having terrifically mild weather, nothing like last year. In celebration of the MLK weekend and the mild weather, Bill and I went to the Lan Su Chinese Garden. We were happy to...