Containers require more improvising than normal because you can’t wait for the plants to grow in – they have to be effective immediately and there is limited space to ad lib.

With flowers that emerge in early winter and tough evergreen foliage, hellebores are a mainstay of both our public and private gardens, where we always try to design for four seasons of interest. Exquisite on a small scale and sensational on a large scale, they are well-suited for a variety of different settings and styles.

On the Seattle Waterfront, Corylopsis spicata is found growing in the large, raised beds just south of the new aquarium. 

Trachelospermum jasminoides, or star jasmine, is a low-maintenance, evergreen vine with fragrant, white flowers. Native to Eastern and Southeastern Asia, it is dependably cold-hardy in the Puget Sound region. It creates a beautiful backdrop when trained up a trellis or over an arbor

Botanic gardens lend themselves to teaching because of their inherent relationship to the land and plants, locations based in populated areas, expert staff, and institutional memory.

The rather long and convoluted name for this cultivar of shrubby cinquefoil (Potentilla fructicosa ‘Kupinpa’ Happy Face Pink Paradise) belies a lovely, drought tolerant plant.

Plants reinforce function, intellectual content, themes, green or ecological strategies and create immersive, emotive experiences.