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Information and photo provided by the Perennial Plant Association Polygonatum odoratum ‘Variegatum’ Polygonatum odoratum ‘Variegatum’—pronounced po-lig-o-nay’tum o-do-ray’tum vair-e-ah-gay’tum—is the 2013 Perennial Plant of the Year™. Also known as variegated Solomon’s Seal or […]
Reprinted courtesy of All Season Plants So, you know the modern garden strawberry Fragaria ananassa. It’s a hybrid. Well, it just so happens that our very own native strawberry […]
Inspiration from the 2013 Yard, Garden & Patio Show Moon window and garden designed by P. Annie Kirk, Red Bird Restorative Gardens Hamamelis x intermedia Arnold Promise trained into tree […]
Terunobu Fujimori, Teahouse Tetsu, Kiyoharu Shirakaba Museum, Nakamaru, Hokuto City, Yamanashi (Japan). Photo from the book Tree Houses. Fairy Tale Castles in the Air by PhilipJodidio Please photo credit […]
Photo courtesy of Crown Bees Picture this: A native mason bee diving into a flower with abandon covering its undersides with dry pollen before buzzing to the next pollen-laden flower. […]
When I hear the word “garden” I think of an ornamental—generally not a food producing—garden. One of the biggest trends in gardening is combining the beauty of the designed garden […]
We just don’t do things the same way as they did back in the day…perhaps 600+ years ago. Instead of attending a beekeeping seminar at a gardening show like the […]
Garden design has changed through the ages, often shifting between formality and a more natural approach. Today’s modern gardens focus on clean lines and streamlined plantings. I have a personal […]
Have you ever wanted to wander in the Showcase Gardens at the Yard, Garden & Patio Show without the typical crowds? Random Acts of Gardening readers are invited to enter […]
It’s not often that the minutia in the garden stops me in my tracks. The recent frosts in the Willamette Valley had a way of bringing details of plant structure […]