Kelly Dodson and Sue Milliken
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DesignPurple Roscoea Will Bring a Touch of the Exotic to Your Garden
We love plants—nearly all of them, truth be told—but it is without the slightest bit of hyperbole when we say that Roscoea is one of our favorite genera. Part of…
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DesignAn Effortless Evergreen Fern
A few years ago we hiked the 268-mile (but who’s counting?) Pennine Way in England, sharing part of the trail with a fellow named Jack, who was walking the 1,215-mile…
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DesignA Silk Tassel Bush With Superb Winter Blooms
Garrya is a genus of just eight species of evergreen shrubs to small trees confined to western North America and northern Mexico. Of these eight species, only two or three,…
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DesignHimalayan Whorlflower Is a Stunning Summer Plant That’s Drought Tolerant
A largely unknown gem, Himalayan whorlflower is native to the Himalayan foothills, where it is found growing in sunny positions at altitudes of 9,000 to 12,000 feet—areas most of us…
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Design‘Amethyst Falls’ Ornamental Oregano Is a Near-Perfect Plant
We lean heavily on our own collections of rare and unusual plants for plantings in our gardens, but we happily make exceptions for awesome workhorses such as ‘Amethyst Falls’ ornamental…
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ArticleGrass Widow Is a Charming Late-Winter Native Plant
One of our favorite Washington State native wildflowers, grass widow is a doughty, deer-resistant spring ephemeral that shares the same dauntless spirit of its namesake, David Douglas, the intrepid Scottish…
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DesignA Compact Toad Lily for Late-Summer Blooms
Toad lily (Tricyrtis spp. and cvs., Zones 5–8) is an Asian perennial often found growing in dappled, open glades, woodland trail edges, partially shaded slopes, or, in some cases, enjoying…
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DesignA Fragrant Perennial That Behaves
Mention the name Galega within earshot of the weed control board of nearly any state in the Union, and stand back as Department of Agriculture SWAT teams are deployed brandishing…
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DesignCheer Up a Shade Garden With This Well-Behaved Perennial
So often when you plant a Lysimachia in the garden it is fun for a while, but then you realize you have unleashed the plant version of the Borg from…
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DesignA True Blue Beauty for Shade
It’s a bit of a mouthful to pronounce, but this little charmer will soon have you calling it “Wulfy, my little Liebchen.” The genus Wulfenia is in the Plantaginaceae family,…
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