For pros and those of you with big landscaping projects, this is our current listing of plants available in large quantities. We have listed plants with 50 or more available, along with their sizes in this handy cheat sheet for convenient skimming. You can also head...
Sometimes I marvel when I look back at all the photos. I also worry a little that I missed a lot by constantly taking pictures instead of just using my eyeballs. But that's not right, because I wouldn't remember if I hadn't taken the snap. I dunno. There must be a...
In my continuing saga, Stranger in a Strange land (kudos to Denise Maher for the pithy observation,) I'm trying to sort out how to think about Sunnylands--apparently a place of world-wide fame. I'm sure I missed the royal treatment generally reserved for visiting...
I always love hearing how, and when, someone caught the gardening-bug. In my case it was destined to be -- it wasn't anything I decided to do -- gardening was just something you did, that everyone did. My grandfather grew a remarkable vegetable garden, wait -- make...
I'm spending an inordinate amount of time trying to outsmart my cats. Oh sure, I expected them to be sorta naughty, but dear dang dog, Mister Kitty especially is H-O-R-R-I-B-L-E, and that's with the French pronunciation. He's not mean horrible, mind you, but super...
Does anyone else get nervous when November rolls around. In theory, I love the going-into-winter season. But it seems once we hit that 1st day in November, the rest of it comes thundering through faster than you can shake a hot toddy at it. That doesn't even...
Have you noticed a trend of stylish shops with stylish plants on display? I'm seeing a lot of good plants in new places, and I like it. My stepfather was stationed in Germany when he was in the military, and always remembers coming across a sign which read "Grün ist...
Uh oh. It's getting to that time of year when good intentions are headed toward next-year's to do list. How did it go so fast? I mean, it always does, but still. And to clarify, by ticking-off, I mean making the task list mad! Does it happen this way for everyone? I...
Toward the end of a four-hour stroll through the Huntington Botanical Garden I stopped to photograph the aptly named Kniphofia 'Christmas Cheer' (my visit was on December 22)… That’s when I came under attack by a rather territorial hummingbird. Once he realized I...
Proximity to mountain, valley, and ocean is high on the list of Portland grooviness. Every year around this time, I go on a retreat with my fellow Book Babes. We’ve been making the trek for twenty years now, and almost without fail, we get glorious weather for our...