Isn't spring just the most magical time in the garden? It makes me feel like such a superstar gardener! Without hardly any effort on my part, nature takes over and puts on a show. A little planning by way of planting is all that's really required to enjoy a sparkling...
From bats to spiders to ghosts, read on as we shine a light on our top 13 strange and dark plant selections for goth gardens. And to be honest, most of these plants are less Miss Havisham's macabre garden and more sophisticated plant collector, in case that's not your...
Wishing you wonderful winter celebrations. Cheers
It's well established that the weather gods are crazy, all over the country. Apparently California's HUGE storm will alleviate drought, with flash floods, mud slides, and other general pestilence. Around these parts, it's been raining nonstop. We've had more rain in a...
Seriously. There's not Camellia one in my garden. I thought I didn't like them. But I suspect it's a prejudice born of those ubiquitous mis-pruned Camellias of my youth. When I was a kid, every yard had at least one, and usually more. Apparently, though, they ain't...
Gardeners have been known brake hard when they happen upon this scene. It's an ordinary city lot in the Alameda neighborhood located in northeast Portland. As you can well see, the gardener here employs stealth and magic in the tiniest spaces. You know when you have...
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...
My garden is finally a place where I find myself winter engaged. I don’t advert my eyes but rather intentionally partake. Getting to this point involved a lot of visiting gardens and nurseries during the winter months. How better to see what looks good this time of...