Tag: PNW garden

  • The Rock Garden of the Late Kathy Allen

    The Rock Garden of the Late Kathy Allen

    Kathy Allen’s rock garden in Southern Oregon offered first-time visitors an enchanting surprise, filled with perfectly grown plants and a warm community. Her humility and talent left a lasting impression on many, including the author, who recalls cherished visits and the friendships fostered through gardening, despite feeling out of place among rock gardeners.

  • Monthly Top 10 Plants at Campiello Maurizio (January 2023)

    Monthly Top 10 Plants at Campiello Maurizio (January 2023)

    One: Not much likely needs to be written about why anyone would love a Camellia sasanqua ‘Yuletide’ in winter. Thanks to my quick thinking last year after it bloomed, I pruned it again, and I’m glad that I did! The shape the two shrubs had was off, and heavy snow could have damaged them, but…