Traditional and new Agastache varieties offer beauty, fragrance and other endearing qualities If not for agastache’s manifold attractive qualities, growers and landscapers may have given up on this sun-loving flowering perennial long ago for its finicky and sometimes sprawling growth habit. Agastache has endured as a garden favorite with growers and landscapers because it checks […]
Small, tall and packed together
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The trend toward smaller spaces drives intensive use of perennials and grasses The midcentury ranch house with the huge yard is a thing of the past. Replacing it is the tall house with a small yard — and that’s changing the shape of home landscaping. Everywhere across the country, homebuilders are squeezing as many new homes […]
New USDA zone map released
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released its first new climate zone map in more than new decades. The new 2012 map, downloadable here (various other versions here), replaces the previous map published in 1990. According to USA Today, the new map is much more localized — in fact, it’s accurate down to one-half mile. […]
Phormiums are pheatured in December Digger
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Wonderful, colorful phormiums are the featured plant in the December issue of Digger, which has been mailed to subscribers. You can also read it in our new flipbook format or read articles individually as PDFs: Flax appeal (PDF) — These phormium selections offer interesting structure and dazzling colors Deep Roots (PDF) — Anderson Die and […]
New Varieties Showcase award winners shine
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Picking the very best plants displayed in the 2011 New Varieties Showcase at the Farwest Show was a tough task falling to no single group. Show judges handed out the official awards, while show attendees voted separately on the People’s Choice awards. As things turned out, however, the two groups agreed more often than not. […]
American Peony Society will bring convention and tour to Oregon May 27–29
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The Pacific Northwest Peony Society will be hosting the American Peony Society Convention and Exhibition Friday–Sunday, May 27–29, with the Holiday Inn Wilsonville serving as the host property. It is the first time the event will be held on the West Coast, and people from across the United States are expected to attend. APS members […]