Urban Landscape, Native Landscape

Taraxacum officinale The most effective way to inhibit weeds is to plant something in their place. Weeds will grow on any open ground. ...

  Dicentra formosa April 2009   Achlys triphylla May 2009 Smilacina stellata May 2009 Oxalis oregana April 2009...

  Arctostaphylos uva-ursi February 2010 Veronica pectinata April 2009 Geranium orientalitibeticum May 2009   Sedum...

Here is a question sent to me in June 2009 about rototilling weeds. Question: We're starting to get serious about landscaping our bac...

Agave palmeri flower stalk June 2009 Agave palmeri November 2008 Agave palmeri in snow December 2008 Agave palmeri ...

Lawn is easy. That is why there is so much of it. It needs only mowing. But lawn is boring. Lawn does little to improve the environment....

  Paeonia suffruticosa May 2009 Paeonia suffruticosa October 2009 Paeonia suffruticosa March 2010 Paeonia suffruticos...

Advice specifically for Seattle townhome gardens, but useful for small gardens everywhere, especially in USDA Zone 8 . 1 Plant a tree. ...

Thickets are mysterious: dense, dark & impenetrable. They harbor wildlife, heard yet unseen. They are low-maintenance, best left un...

Mixed borders (or mixed planting beds) are those that combine shrubs & perennials. They have outpaced perennial beds to become the mo...