What can we say? We are here because we love plants. You’re probably here because you love plants. We talk a lot about the plants we love, covet, admire, have watched grow happily in our gardens, tried and failed, the ups and downs of tending our own gardens and visiting others. It’s a happy place here, join us.
Last week I shared photos from a visit to Sebright Gardens, this week we venture on to Dancing Oaks Nursery in Monmouth, Oregon. For those who live in Portland Dancing Oaks is a bit of a destination nursery -- about an hour and a half south of town. It's a beautiful...
It's been a few years since I've felt like showing off my garden, after multiple forces converged and took it from a wild lush jungle, to a big sad mess, with the occasional interesting plant hinting that a gardener used to tend these parts. Not the way I like to...
Don't you love this time of year, that is if you're not still buried in snow. I'm so sorry for those yet battling dastardly weather. We had a mild winter in the Pacific Northwest, and that means all manner of things are bursting from the earth. Some people worry about...
As I may have mentioned, one (or twelve) times before, in Oregon we are rich with independent nurseries. We have so many to chose from it's almost mind-boggling. Last week I had a chance to visit a couple in the Salem area, south of Portland, ones I only get to once a...
You may recall, I posted about the Lan Su Chinese Garden before. I said that I hardly ever go--because I have a yearly membership, which means I can go any time I want. Hmmm. That doesn't make sense, does it? And it's not true. Now that I'm driving myself around town,...
As some of you may have read in Patricia's last post I recently stumbled upon a treasure trove of Echium candicans at Garden Fever. I was just walking along admiring the flowers and other offerings when bam! I'm suddenly confronted with beautiful variegation, what's a...
I've got it. How about you? What's are you pining for? My problem is remembering what I want in the face of so many temptations when I actually do make it to the nursery. I'm dazzled by the abundance. And, of course, the pesky brain injury, blah blah, no help there...
We have such a wealth of amazing nurseries here in the Pacific Northwest that I’ll admit to not doing much online plant shopping. While it's fun to browse, I usually default to visiting a local establishment where I am seduced by the plants that surround me. However...
Last week my partners each wrote plant features: one a new discovery and one an old favorite -- both dramatic beauties with sexy texture for days. Wanting to be one of the cool kids I thought "what plant should I write about?" and looked around my garden for some...
Rhodocoma capensis aka Cape Restio is described by our friends at Xera Plants thusly: "Light textured perennial from South Africa, this species forms a 6' fountain of stems like giant green feather dusters. Resembles bamboo and grass---though related to neither. Full...