Author name: michael

Plants With No Downtime

At this time of year, most of our gardens are overflowing with showy flowers and flawless new foliage so it’s […]

It’s spring! This week I saw the first bumble bee of the season enjoying the flowers on a luxurious mass

The winter months are the dormant season for most plants here in the Pacific Northwest, so it can be easy

However you feel about this time of year, one thing is certain: very soon, the days will begin to get

landscape design, crocus, galanthus, narcissus, bulbs, allium, snow drops

After the dog days of summer, the landscape can begin to look a little peaked. Fall-blooming perennials are a great

Ground cover refers to a low spreading plant that forms a solid mat on top of the soil — typically

Deer enjoy some of the ornamental plants we grow in our gardens as much as we do, so if you

I’ve always been intrigued by black flowers. Many varieties of black-flowering plants have flowers that are closer to intensely dark

About now the deciduous trees are coloring up nicely and the squirrels having been busy burying nuts (probably in your