Northwest Gardening136 Stories
FlowersGreat Design Plant: Joe Pye Weed
This unsung beauty tolerates wet soil, provides beautiful late summer blooms and attracts butterflies and hummingbirds
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Gardening GuidesPacific Northwest Gardener's August Checklist
Deadheading perennials, cutting raspberry canes and preparing for the onion harvest keeps Northwest gardeners busy in August
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Gardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Knock Out Roses
As glorious as their high-maintenance kin for a fraction of the work, Knock Out roses make even beginners look like garden stars
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Blue and Gray FoliageGreat Design Plant: Kintzley's Ghost Honeysuckle
Looking for a versatile plant with beautiful color and texture? This unusual honeysuckle may be just the ticket
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Gardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Sedum (Stonecrop)
Terrific at filling gaps and in a wide range of colors and shapes, sedum is a problem solver in the garden
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Gardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Cannas
Easy to grow and maintain, these showy, colorful plants are perfect for beginning gardeners
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Summer GardeningGreat Design Plant: Iranian Wood Sage
Architecturally spiky yet soft in a breeze, this heat-tolerant plant brings on the butterflies and gives gardens a delicious scent
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Gardening GuidesPacific Northwest Gardener: What to Do in July
Deadheading spent flowers, keeping up with watering and starting seeds indoors are the biggest gardening tasks for July
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Red FoliageGreat Design Plant: Japanese Blood Grass
This dramatic, ruby-tinged grass bridges the gap between red and green, short and tall plants
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Gold FoliageGreat Design Plant: Hubricht's Bluestar
Billowy, willowy, and with blooms in three seasons, Bluestar makes a cooling, breezy impression in the landscape
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FlowersPaint a Garden Delightful With Iris
Charming and colorful, irises propagate easily, are hardy in many soils and climates, and unfold with layers of beauty
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