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.
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...
It's happening all around the garden...new growth is appearing on the evergreen ferns, shrubs and trees. Plants that disappeared for the winter are making a return. A new gardening season is upon us! Some of my favorite foliage to appear each spring belongs to...
Somehow, this plant escaped my notice, and boy do I feel silly. It has everything I love in a plant. Dramatic, cascading, pendulous, prolific, foot-long green flowers! Which is quite enough for me. But it's fragrant, bee-friendly, and evergreen to boot? I am dying....
I sometimes hesitate to show before and after photos of my former garden. It's distressing for us gardeners to see the fruits of our love and labor laid to waste. Recently, though, I've been perusing old photos in consideration of my new garden. I was...
I am a long time proponent of the one-plant-per-pot style of container gardening. Even with succulents I prefer to keep it simple and let that one strong plant stand alone -- all the better to appreciate its features. However as I've said before (for example here)...
I admit, I've been avoiding the garden, Oh, it's been warm enough to be out there, and I'm at least keeping my bird feeders full. The problem is, every time I go out there, I see weeds. And I'm not done with my inside projects. So many test colors on so many wall. Ai...
Since starting plant lust six years ago, it has been our dream to help independent nurseries sell their plants online. While most nurseries have their own websites, many don't have online shopping carts. Even fewer work just as well on a smartphone, even as we see...
I have a membership to the Lan Su Chinese Classical Gardens. Of course, that means I hardly ever go--because, after all, I can go any time I like. It reminds me of a million years ago when I had a free season ski pass at Timberline on Mt. Hood. Megan's dad was a part...