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What’s in a plant name, indeed? I enjoy finding new-to-me cultivars at the garden center or spring plant sales that stretch the limits of reasonable nomenclature with their hyperbolic, fanciful [...]
Fritillary nectaring on non-native privet By Guest Ranter Kathy Introne It never ceases to amaze me how many gardeners are blatantly killing our natural world - [...]
For those of us who love to garden and love to travel, a garden tour can satisfy both passions and provide inspiration and a welcome relief from the hard work [...]
Salal (Gaulthera shallon) is an often scruffy Northwest native. A few years ago, I didn’t care at all for native plants. I thought they were ugly and boring, [...]
When I wrote that I was confused by conflicting info online about stem-besting bees and how gardeners can help them, Amy Campion left an instructive comment and offered to guest-post [...]
Do you really “see” the gardens you visit? I mean, do you see what the creator of that space wanted you to see? Do you see it the same way [...]
Guest Rant by Joseph Tychonievich There has been a lot of discussion in gardening circles about “nativars.” Is the term useful? How is it defined? The latest surge of comment [...]
We have been together for going on 4 years and thousands of miles." Do you remember the first time you got on a bike as a kid and [...]
In late November last year I took myself to Japan to visit some gardens. My itinerary was created from three sources: the rather ridiculously titled 1001 Gardens you must [...]
Walking into Dotty and Berry Woodson's greenhouse is like walking into heaven, but thankfully you don't have to perish to get there. You do need to make an appointment or [...]
by Guest Ranter Hannah Karena Jones There are a number of noble reasons to replace a lawn with flowers: supporting pollinators and birds, increasing biodiversity, lowering your carbon footprint. I’m [...]
Thanksgiving has arrived! The cool season annuals are finally going out. As I put them in their places, Charlie Brown tunes pop into my head. We're all feeling festive. Bill’s [...]
