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Camellias really are a beautiful choice for PNW yards and gardens and yards. Valued for their cold-weather blooms and glossy green foliage, camellias come in many shades and sizes, and can be used as small trees, shrubs, and can also make a colorful hedge or screen,...

WHEN TO PLANT   Garlic survives bitterly cold winters underground (or grows frost-hardy leaves where winters are mild to moderate), grows rapidly when the weather warms in spring, and bulbs in summer. In the North, plant 4-6 weeks before the ground freezes. This gives...

When do I plant my spring-flowering bulbs? It's bulb-planting season! Now is the time top to be planting for spring-flowering bulbs! Fall-planting bulbs need to be planted in the ground, generally speaking, about 6 weeks prior to the first hard frost. It is best to...

Get those tropical vibes in your landscape year after year with Hibiscus syriacus and Hibiscus moscheutos! Because fortunately, unlike their tender tropical cousins, both of these are hardy enough to easily withstand our PNW winters! And of course, the pollinators...

Watering 101 The amount of water a plant needs depends on many factors, including age and species, the time of year, weather and soil type. As a rule, newly planted trees & shrubs require more frequent water than older, more established trees & shrubs. During...

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MEET NEENERS! We are so honored and excited to be invited to garden along side the lovely, and always entertaining, Vernita Hockersmith, boss-lady Linda Hockersmith Eshraghi's amazing and hilarious 90-year-old mother! Better known as Neeners, we will be learning,...

Rhubarb is another great perennial vegetable to include in your edible garden! Plus once you get a couple plants established, they readily multiply, giving you years of bountiful harvest. Though botanically a vegetable, most often we cook it and eat it like a fruit....

WHAT IS DORMANT SPRAY?   This is a generic term for any spray applied to deciduous trees during fall, winter, and early spring while the branches are still bare, before they experience any spring growth.  There are many different products that can be used,--it’s more...