August can feel like a long time to wait for a some plants to finally put forth flowers, all while the rest of the garden might be blooming its head off.  On the other hand, by the time we get to August, our gardens can conceivably start to look kind of tired and bedraggled, and […]

Many of us expect that our trees will be fine all summer without any additional water. However, this turns out not to be true, especially as our summers get hotter and drier. In recent years we have seen more signs of drought stress in our clients’ trees. Unlike smaller landscape plants, the effects of drought […]

So many gardens, so many ideas….I’m just back from leading my tour England in Full Bloom and have so much to share with you. I tried to post daily highlights on Facebook but thought I’d take this blog post to share some of the fun art installations we saw on our travels that varied in…

July is the driest month of the year here in Seattle. It is important to water to maintain the health of your plant material. But questions come up. How much water should you use? How often should you water? Here are some tips.

We are moving into the later part of summer when all of the spring and early summer perennials have finished up and it is time for those mid to late summer bloomers to take front stage.  Keeping the show going in our gardens can be tricky, especially if we are prone to only do our […]

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New zoning laws have shrunk the space available for planting to the barest minimum, and few plants can thrive or grow tall enough to provide privacy in the narrow spaces between modern buildings. Except for bamboo.

I am going to go out on a limb here and make a brash statement: “perfection in the garden is fleeting”.  Yes, it is sadly true… Earlier this spring I was congratulating myself on how nicely all of my many perennials (probably too many if I am honest with myself) were knitting themselves together and […]

We are likely to have a hot, dry summer this year. According to the Washington State Climatologist, “The three-month outlook for July through September (JAS) is indicating higher chances of above normal temperatures across Washington State.” The state climatologist also says “There are higher chances of below normal JAS precipitation for western and north central […]

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