Portland & the Willamette Valley
Just got back from a jaunt from the Willamette Valley where we got to eat our way through Portland and hand select some of our favorite plants to share with you this season. We can’t wait to show yo…
Deer resistant plants
Tired of the deer chewing all of your beautiful plants and ruining your hard work? Think that Juniper is the only thing that is deerproof?? Let us show you some of the more deer resistant plants base…
Creeping Thymes
Creeping Thyme
Creeping Thyme may seem too simple or common of a plant to feature but it is so useful and tough that we find ourselves using it all the time! What other plant has evergre…
Arctostaphylos densiflora ‘Howard McMinn’
Howard McMinn Manzanita
This named form of Manzanita made it through the 2009 winter that seemed to kill off most Escallonias and Phormiums. At lows of seven degrees, this Manzanita didn’t even dis…
Euphorbia amygdaloides ‘Purpurea’
Purple Wood Spurge
Seems as if we are always singing the praises of Euphorbias but what else has such bright, ever-changing color, is deer resistant and drought tolerant, and provides contrast with…
Eryngium planum ‘Jade Frost’
Jade Frost Variegated Sea Holly
This drought tolerant variegated Sea Holly is putting on quite a show this winter. Almost like sparkling snowflakes, it boasts shades of cream, powdery blue, an…
Feijoa sellowiana
Pineapple Guava
The botanical name is difficult but you CAN grow something as tropical sounding as Pineapple Guava in your yard, plus it’s drought tolerant and deer resistant- our two favorite quali…
Hesperaloe parviflora
Red False Yucca
Red False Yucca is better behaved than it’s common name connection to yucca, but is still heat and drought tolerant. It makes a tidy clump of blue toned blades but doesn’t make offsho…