Category: Native Plants of the PNW
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More Plant Adventures along the Columbia River
Just about this time last week I was having a bit of a personal meltdown so I dashed out to the Columbia River Gorge to grab a burger and a piece of marionberry pie for dinner. The plan worked. To say that the spontaneous retreat refreshed me is an understatement. It recharged me and then…
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Wordless Wednesday: My Garden Mythology as Seen by Examining My Roots (Home, on the Sandy River, and in the Gorge)
Achillea ‘Moonshine’. Sicilian Honey Garlic, (Allium siculum aka Nectaroscordum). Lamb’s Ears (Stachys byzantina) and an Armeria. Dutch Iris, Iris x hollandica. Miniature Climbing Rose, (Rosa ‘Clove Love and Kisses’). Columbine, (Aquilegia ‘McKana’s Giant’.) Clematis ‘Mrs. N. Thompson’. Growing up beside streams and rivers in the PNW this is how I learned to arrange rocks. Funny…