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Outstanding Annuals—Heliotrope
This is a plant that is hard to pass by without a short stop to inhale the sweet aroma. It’s also called the Cherry Pie Plant, but the scent of heliotrope always reminds me of vanilla. Let’s just say...
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Congo Cockatoo Impatiens
Impatiens niamniamensis ‘Congo Cockatoo’ is also referred to as the parrot plant and is a tropical plant that can be grown as an annual here in the Pacific Northwest, or indoors as a houseplant. I...
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Outstanding Annuals—Gerbera Daisy
This big, bright daisy comes in a wide range of colors: pink, purple, red, orange or yellow. It looks great going solo in a container, as well as in a mixed border. Watch out for slugs. This...
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Frosted Curls Sedge
This grass is clumpy cool. Cool because this picture was taken on a frosty, frozen morning. Clumpy because it’s not bumpy, just smooth and clumpy. Any plant that looks this good in December is on my...
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The Fifth Day of Christmas—Five Golden Plants
On the fifth day of Christmas my true love gave to me, Five Golden Plants. Dazzling, bright, sunshine, contrast, color, yellow, gold….Here are a few (I couldn’t pick just five!) that will make your...
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Pennisetum Pot
I planted this container for a client and it finally came into it’s own when the purple fountain grass grew. For months this Pennisetum ‘Rubrum’ just sat there and waited out the cool months, barely...
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Nasturtium
This year nasturtiums have been a bright spot in my garden. I brought some seedlings home from school in the spring and stuffed a bunch of them into two hanging baskets. They are so cheery and a...
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Clarkia pulchella
This is the first year I’ve grown Clarkia and I’m a believer now. We grew it from seed for our plant sale at school and I was not impressed with its beginnings. It was floppy and rangy and never...
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It’s Hip to Have Catnip
I brought home a catnip plant for the garden yesterday. It didn’t even make it out of the driveway unscathed. Our cat practically pounced on it, knocked it over, rolled on it, rubbed against it and...
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Pink Zazzle
I saw this flower at the FarWest Show in Portland last month and had to stop and stare. I had never seen anything like it . The bright pink flowers are spectacular, especially with that fuzzy green...
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