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.
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...
To a year of fantastic gardening--and new plant shopping opportunities. Coming soon from plantlust.com Don't forget to tuck in a few new grasses. They're look terrific year round, dead or alive. We'll get back to you on the new selling and shopping...
Our second nursery stop on the Springfield caper was the famous Gossler Farms. We love them so much. Not only are their plants awesome, they were our very first participating nursery on plant lust--on the site and on our online beta Marketplace. Boy, what I didn't...
Megan and I trekked to Springfield, Oregon, a couple weekends ago--to visit two of our fabulous contributing nurseries. Bloom River and Gossler Farms are in beta testing with us for our online Marketplace. It's plant shopping online--all in one spot, and from the...
Just a quick note to wax poetic about Clematis tibetana var. vernayi, Zones 5 - 9. She's a beauty. And quite vigorous. Oh sure, way back when, Ms. Danger told it would outgrow it's space. And like always upon hearing those words, I thought, Pshaw. Of course, it will...
The Hardy Plant Society of Oregon holds a giant spring sale--and also a smaller Fall Sale. Oh, there is still a gaggle of crazy gardeners vying for fabulous plants, but the fall sale is a little more mellow than spring's Black Friday crush. And a great feature of the...
Okay. I understand the concept of continued maintenance. But dear lord, am I ever going to look out there and not see a mess? Is it like that for everyone? Or is this my particular mental health issue? Our youngest kid had a birthday in July. We celebrated at a...