Sunday, May 27, 2012 - Page updated at 01:29 p.m.
Plant Life
Valerie Easton is a Seattle freelance writer and contributing editor for Horticulture magazine. Her book, "Plant Life: Growing a Garden in the Pacific Northwest" (Sasquatch Books, 2002) is a selection of her columns in Pacific Northwest magazine.
COURTESY OF SANDY HALL-BEHRENS
A successful container planting is one in which each element looks better combined with its companions than by itself, as with the spiky Astelia chathamica grounded by the pleated leaves of angel wing begonias. A stand crafted from scrap metal holds the composition high enough so that Dichondra 'Silver Falls' can put on a Rapunzel-like show. Read story
Garden designer works magic with a pot and a few foliage plants | Plant Life
Lauren Hall-Behrens of LilyVilla Gardens carved an urban paradise out of an old orchard behind her home in Portland. Her stunning containers, composed of only two or three plants each, add year-round height, texture and structure.
Saturday, May 19
New Northwest garden books run from yard art to organic flowers | Plant Life
Saturday, May 5
Federal Way field of blue poppies is a showstopper | Plant Life
Saturday, April 28
New annuals are a burst of garden fun | Plant Life
Saturday, April 14
New perennials: What's not to crave? | Plant Life
Saturday, April 7
Who can resist the lure of cool, new plants? | Plant Life
Saturday, March 24
Northwest gardeners: Go bright, go bold! | Plant Life
Saturday, March 17
Be an artist in your own garden from the ground up | Plant Life
Saturday, March 10
If you use native plants, there's hope for slopes | Plant Life
Saturday, March 3
Early perennials pick up where spring bulbs leave off | Plant Life
Saturday, February 25
Wildflower mixes: the good, the bad, the ugly | Plant Life
Saturday, February 18
Garden designer puts heart into city spaces | Plant Life
Saturday, February 11
Used materials are reborn into charming garden sheds | Plant Life
Saturday, February 4
Northwest gardeners' outbuildings charm and delight | Plant Life
Saturday, January 28
Great Plant Picks 2012 highlights NW shade plants | Plant Life
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