Tag: Achillea
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The Tiny Parking Strip (Hell Strip) That’s Now a PRIDE Strip
This post has been in the works for many years. I have one of the worst planting strips I’ve ever seen in Portland. I think it’s about 10 inches wide—but that’s it. Honestly, friends and I have joked about it since I moved in, but I’ve learned a few things since then, and there ARE…
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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…