If you still don’t feel comfortable cutting after reading this, contact a horticultural professional.
The plant gets its nickname from the stinky smell you get when the leaves are crushed.
It was believed long ago that each bump on the head correlated to a personality trait.
Columnist Steve Smith picks his favorites from a long list of plant breeders’ introductions.
Though native to the Southeast, they are cold hardy in zones 4-8. You can grow them in Washington.
Powering Life
Half of Snohomish County PUD’s outages are caused by trees. Here’s how you can help prevent them.
The pinwheels or moving toys were very popular in the 1880s to 1900, and they are still being made.
Alderwood Garden Club: Cedar Valley Grange Hall, 20526 52nd Ave. W., Lynnwood; 425-771-7670; mkboley@comcast.net. American Rhododendron Society: Pilchuck Chapter, Red Barn, Jennings Park, 6915 Armar… Continue reading
Columnist Steve Smith shares more on the effects the recent snowstorm will have on our gardens.
This dwarf columnar lily-of-the-valley shrub has clusters of urn-shaped white flowers.
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He didn’t smoke, rarely drank and enjoyed chicken fricassee with biscuits.
Varigated kamtschaticum stonecrop is well suited for the rock garden or edging in a dry border.
It’s too soon to tell for sure, but your container plantings may be doomed.
In My Room
Melissa Strash, 67, has more than 100 mermaid figurines, dolls and statues in her collection.
Alderwood Garden Club: Cedar Valley Grange Hall, 20526 52nd Ave. W., Lynnwood; 425-771-7670; mkboley@comcast.net. American Rhododendron Society: Pilchuck Chapter, Red Barn, Jennings Park, 6915 Armar… Continue reading
Variegated false holly produces tiny — but powerfully fragrant — flowers in the fall.
