Landscape Articles - Flowers in the landscape

Stop and smell the roses! Here we discuss specific flowers and flowering plants used in the garden. We give advice about how and where to grow certain types of flowers or plants, and how to care for them.

See them Sedums
Sedums are a succulent that grows well in many areas including the Pacific Northwest.

Draping plants and hanging baskets
Let's talk about plants that are good for draping over walls, rocks, fences, and from hanging baskets.

7 Steps to collecting and saving seeds
A fun family project is to collect seeds in the fall and save them for planting in the spring.

Planting daylilies
The daylily is hardy, beautiful, and rarely eaten by deer...so let's get planting!

Garden planting schedule
Fall is upon us and it’s time to get started with your garden planting schedule. Here are a few suggestions.

Perennial flowers -- fall bulbs
Planting and growing perennial flowers and fall bulbs for a colorful garden or to display in a vase instead of eaten by deer.

How to care for succulents in the Pacific Northwest
Keep your succulents growing and looking as healthy as when they came home from the nursery. Here's how to care for succulents in the Pacific Northwest.

Buttercup flowers
Friend or foe, the buttercup is growing in our garden.