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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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Spring Garden Tasks for a Happy Garden 2022
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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Summer Color by Mike Darcy
With the cool and rainy wet spring that we had here in the Pacific Northwest, most plants seemed to be about two weeks behind what would have been their ‘normal’ schedule. The weather delayed many...
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Plants That Perform In the Hot Summer Sun
We have had some very hot weather here in the Pacific Northwest and in some cases, previous high temperature records have been broken. Not only have we had very hot and sunny days, but there has been...
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Fall Rose Care
Here it is in mid-October and many roses are still blooming. There are few shrubs, if we can call roses ‘shrubs’, that have such a long blooming season. For us, (in the Pacific Northwest), they...
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Mulching Frost Tender Plants
It seems as though many gardeners, including myself, are always on the lookout for a new and/or unusual plant. Even plants that might be known as not being winter-hardy are often worth a try....
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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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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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