Note to self: everything that was blooming last year at this time is blooming now. With our crazy winter, my garden's timing is a lit...

I love spring. It's all tulips and plant sales and the anticipation that I've finally figured out that area of dry shade and it...

Better late than never edition. When we hit single digit temperatures in December my Daphne odora 'Aureomarginata'  was badly b...

Last fall I bought a Mahonia x media 'Underway' from Cistus at their "tough love" sale. It was gorgeous. I tucked it, sti...

Portland's Yard Garden and Patio show was this weekend, which always signals to me the beginning of the gardening season. The display g...

Please don't hate me because we went to Maui last week, even though we'd just been to Kauai in November . My brother planned the tri...

I've always felt that February is the cruelest month. The only bright side is that it's also the shortest. Thank goodness for bright...