Tag: PNW

  • Our Vine Maple: a native plant reborn (Acer circinatum)

    Our Vine Maple: a native plant reborn (Acer circinatum)

    Time to introduce my ugly vine maple, a tree that only this gardener can love and I can’t even tell you how old it is, but my guess is that it’s close to 15 years old now. When we visit gardens, it’s easy to say that something looks bad, or even that it’s ugly. Many…

  • You Know You’re in the NW When…

    You are walking along the sidewalk in downtown Seattle, it’s raining, you look down at the grate you are about to cross, making sure you won’t slip and slide into the street, and you see this. Where else in the world do ferns grow like this? I am sure they are out there, but this…