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Did you know that late summer and early fall are great times to plant perennials? This is an important fact because there’s a wonderful event coming up that takes advantage of this: the Friends of Manito plant sale. Here is a link to my column about the sale in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Friends of Manito fall plant sale. The […]
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If it’s Sunday, it’s time for my next garden column! This one is timely because it delves into some of the most heat-tolerant plants around. Here’s a link to it in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Choose flowers that can take the heat. In it, I discuss both annuals and perennials that provide our gardens with plenty of color when […]
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Lately, my husband and I have been enjoying watching the antics of our local hummingbird families. It’s gotten me to thinking about what it takes to attract hummingbirds to a garden in the first place. Primarily, it is the flowers you plant that will bring those little cuties in. But it certainly doesn’t hurt to hang up some of those […]
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Oh how I love succulents! They are the coolest and toughest plants around. And they are incredibly popular these days because lots of folks have come up with creative containers to plant them in. My column in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review is about this very topic: For low-water performers, give succulents a try. In it, I discuss the main […]
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As I’ve mentioned before, I’m all about attracting pollinators to my garden. No matter what it takes, I want those guys here! All joking aside, we all need to do what we can for pollinators. Between “colony collapse disorder” affecting honeybees, the decline of habitat for pollinators and the use of pesticides, we are making it difficult for them to do […]
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If it’s Sunday, it must be time for another of my garden columns. This week’s is on two awesome perennials, heucheras and heucherellas. Here’s a link to the column in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Heucheras add color in shady places. Many folks know heucheras by their more common name of coral bells. Heucherellas are a cross between a heuchera […]
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Ooh, ooh, ooh! The Friends of Manito plant sale is next Saturday (June 11) and you don’t want to miss it! Here’s a link to my column about the sale in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Add color to your garden with perennials from Friends of Manito. If you live in the Inland Northwest, you are probably very familiar with these […]
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Some readers might take issue with my column in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Some plants set on dominating the garden. The topic is invasive plants that have done their best to take over my garden. I tried to approach it from a fairly humorous point of view, because we can’t let things like this get us down, right? A […]
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This year, I’m all about attracting pollinators to my garden. And I’m hoping that’s on your to-do list as well. In my column today, I discuss why this is more important than ever. I also talk about the different types of pollinators that you want to attract and it’s not just bees! Other critters that serve as pollinators include butterflies, […]
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Early last fall, I decided to take the plunge and learn how to overwinter Canna lily bulbs. I’d never done it before but am crazy about Cannas and hate tossing them in the compost pile once the frosts hit. It turns out, it’s not all that hard. Here’s a video I filmed on the initial process: I stored the Canna […]
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