Category: plant profile
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Siberian Cypress: Microbiota decussata
Microbiota decussata is drought tolerant and it’s used frequently in plantings as an evergreen ground cover. During the winter, it will brown up like some Cryptomeria and it’s hardy in USDA zones 3a-8b.
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Geranium palmatum (Canary Island Geranium)
Like many Portland area gardeners before me—and likely after—I’ve tried to grow Geranium maderense in my garden with little success. Yes, those experiments could have been successful if I’d been lucky enough to own a larger garden with a greenhouse for overwintering large specimens, but I don’t have that kind of setup, so I need…
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