As always there was much to inspire at a recent and wet visit to Cistus. Entering this world-famous Oregon nursery that I am so lucky to have regular access to really does give me the overwhelming feeling of being a kid in a candy store. It's hard to know where to...
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...
Last weekend was the annual migration -- tender plants up from the basement, shade pavilion greenhouse walls down and those plants set free. It really is quite the production, I was fortunate my husband helped move a lot of them. About the 15th trip up the stairs he...
We've all watched new homeowners move in and take over an existing garden. Some work with what they bought, taking out and adding to, making their mark on what was created by another - but now belongs to them. Others opt for the scorched earth approach and can only...
Occasionally, Xera Plants in Portland hosts a plant sale from Gossler Farms, which means we get to shop two excellent nurseries at once. Gossler Farms is worth the trip, but it's a two hour trek from Portland, so I don't get over there as often as I might like. It's...
I am blessed to live in an area with great nurseries and great gardeners. That point was driven home again last weekend when I crashed a friend's open garden. Our local Hardy Plant Society was playing host to gardeners from all over the Pacific Northwest (and beyond)...
While out running errands one day I made a quick stop at the hardware store (not to be confused with a big-box store, after all Winks is the real deal). I was quite surprised to see an extremely healthy Brachyglottis greyi growing beside the parking lot. That sighting...