Shaping technique

Mahonia nervosa

This week, I thought I would do a post on how I shape some of the bushes in the yard, using my Ozothamnus 'Sussex Silver'…

Hacking away

Roots forming on the lower trunk

Today's post documents some of the winter pruning I have been doing on my dwarf Jerusalem sage, Phlomis fruticosa 'nana'. First off, was cutting out…

Garrya x issaquahensis 'Glasnevin Wine'

19. That, of course, is the temperature in Fahrenheit (-7 Celsius) that we dropped to after I wrote "Is winter over?" Then it rained. A…

Veronica (Hebe) pinguifolia 'Sutherlandii'

That's what I am wondering as I write this post. We've just made it through almost a whole month without any rain, which is weird,…

This photo isn't from my garden, but you know it was hot when you see damage like this. I spotted these burnt dwarf spruce at…