PLANT PICKS

Lovely Lilies for Pacific Northwest Gardens

Oregon's Queen of the Lilies lists the best, gloriously fragrant lilies for Pacific Northwest gardens

04/13/2013 By Kate Bryant

GARDENING EVENTS

Tulip Fest 2013

Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm's month-long, annual Tulip Fest starts this weekend and runs through May 5. Every day. Rain or shine!

03/25/2013 By Kate Bryant

PLANTWISE: PLANT PICKS

Cistus Design's Top Three Winter Flowers 2013

Cistus Design's Sean Hogan lists his top three winter flowers for 2013

01/29/2013 By Kate Bryant

pop-up flower shop

Rejuve Hosts Pop-Up Flower Shop

Fieldwork Flowers nestled into Rejuvenation for the 2012 holiday season

11/13/2012 By Kate Bryant

plant this!

Five Fab Fall Flowers

Five flowers that are worth waiting all summer for

10/04/2012 By Kate Bryant

plant of the week

Hardy Fuchsias for Portland Gardeners

Also known as "ladies' eardrops," fuchsias are cold-hardy, colorful and flower non-stop from June through frost.

08/29/2012 By Kate Bryant

To Read

The 50 Mile Bouquet

Local and sustainable hits the florist shop.

05/20/2012 By Kristin Belz

Events/Classes

Flower Class with Frolic!

Take a flower-arranging class on April 30 with Chelsea Fuss of the whimsical and wonderful blog Frolic! and learn to make fresh spring blooms from your garden (or the grocery store) so very stylish.

04/12/2011 By Amara Holstein

plants & politics

Say it With (Organic?) Flowers

maybe a local, seasonal, organic bouquet is in your future!

02/09/2011 By Kate Bryant

plant geek's corner

In a Tight Spot? Plant This Eucryphia!

Eucryphia x nymansensis ‘Mt. Usher’

09/22/2010 By Kate Bryant

profile: good businesses

Ferguson’s Fragrant Garden Nursery and Heirloom Garden Roses

An easy half-day jaunt in the St. Paul, OR area

09/13/2010 By Kate Bryant

things to do

Dahlias and More Dahlias!

Florid, frothy fluff-ball flowers!

09/03/2010 By Kate Bryant

things to do

Planty, Gardeny Things to Do This Weekend

Swan Island Dahlia Festival, seed-saving class, plant your winter veges and score some good sale plants at your local retail nurseries!

08/27/2010 By Kate Bryant

things to do

Hot Summer Bloomers

no, not naughty Victorian undergarments – flowers, silly!

08/09/2010 By Kate Bryant

plant of the week

Flowering Maple

One of the most luscious plants of late summer. And fall. And winter.

07/30/2010 By Kate Bryant

plant of the week

Painted Tongue

the best annual flower of 2010

07/16/2010 By Kate Bryant

Get Dirty

Pruning Lavender

here’s how to do it – plus highlights from the Lavender Festival

07/11/2010 By Kate Bryant

things to do

Visit Luscher Farm

Oregon Tilth Organic demonstration gardens, a clematis vine collection, community gardens, Three Rivers Land Conservancy trails and more

06/30/2010 By Kate Bryant

plant files

Cute As a Button

ball- and button-shaped flowers

06/25/2010 By Kate Bryant

plant of the week

Clematis ‘Rooguchi’

06/14/2010 By Kate Bryant