Plant of the Month: Rudbeckia

August 9, 2019

Of all the planting plans that we’ve used Rudbeckia on, I can’t believe we haven’t included this one in our Plant of the Month lineup! Rudbeckias are herbaceous perennials with daisy like flowers that come in shades of yellow, red, and orange. They’re great for waterwise gardens as they handle periods of drought well and… Read more >

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Plants for the Prairie Garden Style

September 28, 2018

The Prairie garden style is usually characterized by swaths of grasses, horizontally structured plants, and repetition. This style is inspired by the open and flat mid-west landscape and its characteristics are used to bring attention to the relationship between the sky and landscape. This Prairie style lends itself well to bigger gardens but that doesn’t… Read more >

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Black Stem Big Leaf Hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla 'Nigra') What’s Blooming Now: July

July 26, 2017

With all the sunshine recently, we are really getting a great flower show throughout the Pacific Northwest. While there are a ton of different beautiful bloomers out there this time of year, these are just a couple of our favorites but it’s a very small sampling of the plants you’ll see blooming this time of… Read more >

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