Seattle Garden Ideas

Canna 'Tropicana' foliage Cannas (members of the Cannaceae family) are not actually lilies, but for some reason unknown to me, t...

One of the most popular posts on this blog has been the article on purple smoke trees (Cotinus coggygria, vars. 'Purple Robe,' ...

Himalayan honeysuckles (Leycesteria formosa) are in bloom right now in Seattle. You can't miss them, with these stunning flowers. The...

Heuchera (pronounced HOO-ker-ah), also called coral bells, is a popular perennial in Seattle gardens. Each year, it seems, there are several...

Some of these shrubs are David's and some are Marie's. Others are known as Spring Bouquets or Snowball Trees. Some have names like...

OK, here's Part 2 of our virtual plant identification tour of Seattle rockeries. This is Bergenia crassifolia, or winter blooming ber...

As I said in my post on retaining walls and rockeries , Seattle is a city built on hills. Those hills are terraced with miles and miles of r...

Do you have trouble telling one conifer from another? Do pines, cedars, firs and spruces all look the same to you? Well, after you read this...

One of my favorite woodland plants is beginning to unfurl in my garden right now. It is Solomon's Seal (Polygonatum odoratum). This he...

In Latin, the word "stellata" means starry. (For more on Latin botanical names, look here .) Knowing this makes it easy to ident...

We are having a particularly rainy and windy fall in the Seattle area this year, but don't let that keep you from enjoying the vivid col...

As the first day of autumn is rapidly approaching and most of the blooms in the garden have faded, my trumpet vine is flowering with an ex...

Daylilies are called day lilies because each flower is said to last only a day. Although the flowers look like true lilies (Lillium sp.), ...

Years ago, a friend of mine, who then owned a small native plant nursery, asked me to help with her booth at a plant sale at the Bellevue ...