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Honey Perfume, a Florabunda Rose Shrubs provide structure, texture, color and scale to gardens. They are sometimes evergreen and often deciduous. And ideally they are low maintenance. Most often they […]

Sungold Cherry Tomatoes – Photo: WikiCommons It’s May 17 and today’s the day I bought tomato plants—at Garden Fever! this year—for my community garden plot. I intended to buy only […]

The view is always a little bit different each time I wander out into the garden. Yesterday, the part of the garden I kept coming back to actually is a […]

I have struggled to maintain a healthy lawn for a number of reasons: lots of shade, the soil is likely too acidic, grubs, and lots of wet soil (there’s a […]

Giant hogweed* (Heracleum mantegazzianum). Photo: WikiCommons. Invasive species are animals and plants that are not native to an ecosystem and that cause economic or environmental harm. They can take over […]

I have grown potatoes in potato towers for the past two years with moderate success. I planted one layer and then tried to keep up with the fast-growing stalks and […]

There is a Rhododenron for every size garden. You may have a too large rhododendron that requires an annual pruning to keep it at a reasonable size. Unless the rhody […]

April is a month to celebrate trees, Earth Day and spring. The Oregon Association of Nurseries is asking elementary school-age kids to create colorful artwork around the theme “Plants Make […]

I have a shady yard, in large part because I have huge conifers—sequoia, spruce, cedar and fir. There are so many interesting conifers I would like to integrate into the […]

In Spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.                                     Margaret Atwood, Bluebeard’s Egg Bergenia ‘Lunar Glow’ April is an exciting time in the garden. It’s the […]