pruning 80 year old apple trees Late winter or early spring is a good time to prune many woody plants while they are still dormant. There are exceptions, lik...

Western Red Cedar – Thuja plicata Today is one of those cold winter days in the Northwest, highs just in the low 30s with some snow on the ground. It’s reall...

Dwarf Conifers in the garden This is a good time of year to assess your garden. Does it look good now? If it looks good in January and into early February it...

Hydrangea serrata ‘Preziosa’ Hydrangeas are the queens of the summer garden. Most deciduous shrubs and trees flower in spring giving more time to set seed th...

Botanical Print When I think back to m childhood in North Dakota and remember flowers the first ones to come to mind are the Peonies. Both of my grandmothers...

Rhododendron vulcan To be a gardener in the Northwest means you have dealt with Rhododendrons at some point. It is the state flower of Washington, so you know...

Cirsium edule – Edible Thistle Nothing beats getting out into the mountains and seeing plants in the wild. Try as you might, you can never really reproduce w...