Category: Spiffy Seeds

  • 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…

  • Monthly Top 10 Plants at Campiello Maurizio (December 2022)

    Monthly Top 10 Plants at Campiello Maurizio (December 2022)

    (This is the last post of 2022 and I want to thank everyone who’s been here to read something I’ve written or posted during the last 12 months. This has been a wonderful year and I look forward to many new and wonderful adventures AND PLANTS in 2023.) One: This Camellia sasanqua ‘Silver Dollar’ has…