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Design
4 Great Plants for Small Spaces in the Pacific Northwest
I’ve been asked many times, “What’s a great plant for a small space?” As land becomes more expensive and first-time home buyers are starting out, there are lots of properties…
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Design
Garden Tour with Cherry
Today, frequent GPOD contributor Cherry Ong is taking us along on a garden tour she was able to go on in June. The tour was part of a four-day plant-study…
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Design
Pollinator Plants for the Northwest
Whether you have the space to create an expansive, pollinator-friendly landscape or just enough room to pot up a couple plants that are pollinator favorites, we can all do our…
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How-To
European Earwigs: How to ID Them, Spot Their Damage, and Protect Your Garden
Summer is here! Vegetable gardens have yielded the first tomatoes of the season, perennial borders are overflowing with colorful blooms, fruit is ripening in the orchards, and rose bushes are…
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Collection
Peak-Season Perennials for Your Region
While we would all ideally have gardens that look at their peak in every season, the reality is often far from that ideal. Very few of us have all the…
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Design
Peak-Season Perennials for the Northwest
While we would all ideally have gardens that look at their peak in every season, the reality is often far from that ideal. Very few of us have all the…
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Design
Wish-List Plants for the Northwest and Beyond
I know that I’m not the only gardener and designer with a wish list of plants. But I also have an ongoing list of “holy grail” plants that I’m on…
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Design
Revisiting a British Columbia Garden
Today we’re visiting with Suzanne Pearce in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia. My husband, Bruce, and I submitted photos to GPOD in 2021 (Spring in British Columbia). At the…
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Design
6 Fantastic Annuals to Grow From Seed in the Northwest
There was a time when I used to eagerly await the arrival of seed catalogs in the mail each winter. Then I’d sit in the window and fold down the…
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How-To
Specialized Pruning Techniques: Stooling, Sucker Removal, and Lift-Pruning
Winter is the perfect time to rejuvenate and manage your dormant woody plants