Category: Rare & Unusual Plants

  • Heronswood Garden: Connecting Plants and Peoples

    Heronswood Garden: Connecting Plants and Peoples

    I think the combination of the legacy of a plant hunter/explorer/horticulturist and the rebirth of this garden, in and on the garden Dan built, can teach us a lot about our relationships with plants.

  • Geranium palmatum (Canary Island Geranium)

    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…