I think there are two kinds of gardeners. The gardener that will sacrifice the garden to the plants, and the gardener that will sacrifice the plants to the garden. Gardening for me is the discipline knowing, growing, and trying to use plants in a creative way. Making hard decisions about which plants to add to the garden and which plants to remove takes great discipline and courage.
Read MoreThis perennial twining vine is quite lovely woven into shrubs and up small trees. It attaches itself by tendrils and can reach heights of up to 10′-0″ to 12′-0″. Golden Tears come up in the spring and does not begin to bloom until late June or early July, and continues to bloom with its pale yellow bleeding heart-like flowers through October.
Read MoreHawkshead Fuchsia is a beautiful white flowering shrub form of Fuchsia. In the Pacific Northwest, it is deciduous and is treated like a perennial. The flowers are pendent bell-shaped with a tubular calyx, four spreading sepals and four petals. The broad sepals are tinged with green. The foliage is deep green.
Read MoreThe Wintersweet is a seemingly ordinary-looking shrub that might be unimpressive to most people, and could even appear a bit weedy to some. So one might wonder, “Why is this rangy, non-descript plant the Plant of the Week?” Is the suspense killing you?
Read Morehis Daphne originates from the Himalayas of Nepal and spans across to Southern China. Daphne bholua is a rather tall growing Daphne, reaching heights from 6′-0″ to 12′-0″ and fairly narrow in width, from 3′-0″ to 5′-0″. The long, narrow leaves are evergreen in warmer climates, but are deciduous in much colder climates. Blooming in the winter months, the dark pink flower buds open with light pink four-lobed flowers that are heavily scented.
Read MoreCalifornia Fuchsia, as the name implies, is a native of Northern California. It comes from the Mattole River in Humboldt County and was selected by Ray Collett and Brett Hall. The trumpet scarlet flowers begin to bloom in August and flowers through September. The silvery-white foliage grows in a dense mound or mat not exceeding more than a foot high and two feet wide. A sun lover, it is considered drought tolerant once established.
Read MoreIf you are looking for a dependable ground cover that will form a low mat, look no further than Leptinella squalida ‘Platt’s Black,’ or, as it’s more commonly known, Brass Buttons. This rhizomatous plant grows no taller than a couple of inches, and will keep spreading until the end of time. We recommend that you plant this in an area with barriers, such as an edged pathway or joint fillers for patios.
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