My life is filled with plants.   In the nursery I have thousands of them.  In my garden probably hundreds.  They range from...

Every year we have thousands of new words added to our English dictionary, many of them coming from...

I think most gardeners are aware that bees are in decline.  Bee keepers in particular have seen high percentage losses due to something called...

July is an interesting month in the northwest.  Often it is a time for a second start in the garden...

Now that we have finished the first 6 months of the year, I feel compelled to report on my observations and future forecasts for the summer.  It has been an interesting season so far, to say the least...

One drawback to living in a maritime climate, like the northwest, is that all of the extra moisture in the air encourages fungus and bacterial issues with our plants.  More specifically...

This title might sound strange to you, in that we don’t usually think of these two plants in the same sentence, but both of them are on my radar screen.  Roses because they are blooming and we have a class coming up, and berries because of a new introduction I want to talk about.  First, let me introduce you to “Baby Cakes”.

Trying to decide which fabulous plant I want to pontificate about this week is as difficult as going into Baskin Robins and choosing an ice cream flavor.  I love them all!  So this week I am focusing on just two new introductions, one for sun and one for shade.  Both have outstanding qualities that make them garden worthy. 

What we do in the garden this month really depends on the weather.  If it gets hot again, you can forget re-seeding your lawn, but if we get our usual “June Gloom”, then there is no problem.  If it stays cool, we can sow carrots and peas, but if it is hot, they won’t germinate worth a darn.  No matter what the weather though, hot or cool, we can always plant shrubs, trees, perennials and annuals throughout the entire summer, as long as we water them in well.  If it weren’t so, we wouldn’t be selling them!  Here are some other chores to consider:

I am a little late on my BYB column this month due to the usual distraction of it being the busiest month of the year in the nursery business.  That being said, here are a few ideas to jazz up the yard in May, and even early June.