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Maypop, Passiflora incarnata, is a native Missouri vine that is lush, vigorous, and looks oh so tropical. It's a slow starter in my...

No time to put together much of a post, but I don't want to fall out of the habit or I may never start up again. So I'll show y...

Randomness again today. Who wants to see weird, creepy, tentacles?  I never planted my big voodoo lilies (Amorphophallus konjac), as th...

I was inspired to take macro photos of tiny insect nymphs yesterday. It's been quite a while since I've done this, and I'd forgo...

"Do we have any garlic chives?" was the question my wife asked me last week. She was baking some savory scones and thought that ga...

I want to talk about a wildflower that is a boon to the late summer/early autumn garden today:  Eupatorium serotinum or "Late Boneset...

Cooler temperatures have arrived this week, which means that I actually want to be out in the garden. The perfect time for a closer look at...

A bit how I feel this Monday morning, but more about noticing the fuzziness in the garden. The Pennisetum are all coming into their own...

The peak pollinator time in my garden is here, and although it will last for a couple of months I want to show you some of the main players ...

Trying to get a few things done in the garden during lunchtime the last couple of days, I noticed that the honey bees were very interested i...

I was at Home Depot this past weekend picking up some supplies for a house repair, and as I always do I took a swing through the garden cent...

I've always read that herbs are best used before they go to flower, when foliage gets all of the plant's resources. To me thoug...

The first day (Friday) of last week's Portland Garden Bloggers Fling started with a walk , but then had us on the bus out to Sauvie Isla...

There's much being said these about the plight of the monarch butterflies, and how we gardeners can help them by planting milkweed. Some...

Does anybody else reading this watch The Simpsons regularly? I've been a big fan of the show since its inception, not only for the outr...

As I was doing some bamboo rhizome pruning in the rock-hard ground yesterday, I noticed something cool: pieces of a bee nest! (I almost call...

You know about the Datura inoxia that I let grow in my driveway cracks every year, right? I've posted about them several times before , ...

My patch of Echinops 'Blue Glow' (aka "Globe Thistle") is in bloom right now: wonderful, spiky, too crowded, too big. ...

I showed you a glimpse of the rose mallow (Hibiscus lasiocarpos) in yesterday's "white" post, but I need to show you more. ...