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Winter Garden Tasks for a Happy Garden- 2022
January is a good time to remove old Helleborus leaves, just be sure not to accidentally snip flower stems. December was a month of trying to get my winter garden tasks all done before the end of the...
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Winter 2024 In My Pacific Northwest Garden
If you are like me in January, your e-mail inbox looks like mine with winter warning messages from the city, county, and state. The headings read: “Emergency Alert!” or “Storm Update!” The cold and...
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Lovely Winter Jewels®Hellebores
Many new double-flowered Lenten roses have been developed by Northwest Garden Nursery in Eugene, OR. In mid-January, the Portland, Oregon metro area endured a horrid wind, ice, and snowstorm....
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My Favorite Garden Lilies
Pink martagon lilies are a garden delight. In honor of the National Garden Bureau’s Year of the Lily, I decided to write about my garden favorites. Big, bold, and gorgeous, garden lilies can make a...
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Spring Garden Tasks for a Happy Garden
Spring is here! Officially it was March 20th, but I knew it was spring as soon as I saw the daffodils emerge. The hellebores have been glorious this year, but as their late-winter flowers slowly fade,...
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Celebrating Colorful Coleus
Coleus ‘Henna’ is a real color-filled beauty with shades of green, orange, and purple. Long ago, Coleus had been considered a house plant. I can remember, my grandmother always had coleus growing in...
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The Best Reblooming Clematis
Clematis alpina ‘Pamela Jackman’ first blooms in April and again later in the season. When visiting older established gardens, if there is a border garden, it will probably contain at least one of...
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Glorious Hydrangeas for the Summer Garden
Blue lacecap hydrangeas are garden favorites, especially ‘Nachtigall’ (singer of the night). (Image by Mike Darcy) The name Hydrangea denotes water and comes from the Greek words, hydor (water) and...
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Favorite Summer Garden Herbs
The flowers of English lavender and sage complement each other in the early summer garden. Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme is one of the most popular songs by Simon and Garfunkel, and both the herbs...
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Big Bold Hostas
Not all hostas are going to be ‘big and bold’ like ‘Empress Wu’, (photo above), but being one of the largest growing hostas, it certainly does make a statement! At the opposite end of the spectrum...
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