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In the cacophony of Spring when there are so many plants coming into bloom it is often easy to overlook some.
by Steve Smith Washington Certified Horticulturist Now that it is May we should all be busy working in the garden,…
Last week you got the primer on planting vegetables. Hopefully you have taken to heart what I said and gone…
You are frustrated or maybe even angry. You spent a ton of money on your landscape and the plants that you bought were supposed to be hardy for your area
First off let me say that I am not going to proselytize to you about reincarnation or the resurrection or…
Tis the night before Christmas
We live in the Evergreen State and we are blessed with an enormous variety of plants that retain their foliage 12 months a year. These plants we call evergreens fall into two categories. One we call “conifers” which technically refers to the “cone bearing” habit of a plant but practically speaking means they most of them have needle-like foliage. The common tendency is to refer to all conifers as ‘pines’ which of course drives all of us in the industry absolutely up the wall. The truth is that there are pines, spruces, hemlocks, cedars, cypresses, junipers, firs and several other lesser known flavors of conifers.
