On the fifth day of Christmas my true love gave to me, Five Golden Plants. Dazzling, bright, sunshine, contrast, color, yellow, gold….Here are a few (I couldn’t pick just five!) that will make your garden worth it’s weight in gold. Continue reading The Fifth Day of Christmas—Five Golden Plants
This beautiful azalea, Autumn Moonlight is going into it’s autumn blooming stage and it’s amazing. Watching plants like this Encore Azalea that repeat blooms and the Bloomerang repeat blooming lilac, I wonder. As we manipulate and change these plants, is there a consequence? Do we give up hardiness or a sweet beautiful scent for a profusion of flowers? Why do we need so much more, … Continue reading Encore Azalea Autumn Moonlight
A customer comes into the nursery and questions me about plants. I need some plants for a container. Check. I need color. Check. I need something great for my entryway. Check. We excitedly start heading towards the annual area where the flowers are bursting with color. But then come the fatal words….and there is no sun. Nothing! Not even a glimmer or a ray. Most plants appreciate a … Continue reading Summer Color Containers
An early morning hike to Franklin Falls in the Cascade Mountains presented a beautiful assortment of northwest native plants. The dwarf dogwood, or bunchberry, carpeted the sides of the trail with it’s petite presence, like a bright little star lighting the way. When I saw the false hellebore I was astonished at it’s size, growing 3-4 feet off the forest floor. I was not familiar … Continue reading Native Plants at Franklin Falls
Blooming in early June, the color of this Lewisia is like a tropical sunset, with its warm pinks and yellows. It’s found only in the Wenatchee Mountains of Washington, growing on the dry, rocky slopes among the Ponderosa Pines. It grows 4-8 inches high and prefers full sun and sharply drained soil. For a bit of Tweedyi Trivia, the seeds have a honey scent to … Continue reading A Small Selection of Northwest Native Plants
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