10 tips for growing successful dahlias VIEW
Once you dig into the mystery, you’ll realize how fun and easy (and beautiful) these fascinating tubers can be.
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GROW is “a dose of garden inspiration and information” appearing each week in Pacific NW magazine, written by Lorene Edwards Forkner and Colin McCrate.
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Heroic heaths and heathers go all out, all year, with brilliant flowers and foliage
These long-lived plants are low-maintenance, drought-tolerant and weed-suppressing garden workhorses.
The Last 6,000 initiative is on a mission to find and chronicle Seattle’s most majestic trees
Volunteers offer suggestions for searching high and wide, and then an easy way to add to the growing database.
Ancient, tasty fava beans remain a popular crop that’s easy to grow — and now’s the time to get started
Here’s how to plant, nurture and harvest this protein-rich legume.
Garden Discovery Walks program harnesses the healing power of the environment to help people with memory loss VIEW
The Memory and Brain Wellness Center at UW Medicine and Seattle Parks and Recreation have partnered to create this unique and progressive treatment.
Breathe new life into your spring garden by weaving in early-season perennials as a blooming backdrop
Contemporary Dutch garden designer Jacqueline van der Kloet promotes a brilliant bulb buddy system.
The UW’s Hyde Herbarium collects dead plants — and living history
The Hyde Herbarium on the University of Washington campus is home to more than 24,000 plant specimens and plenty of history about plants and humans.
The productive Sammamish River Valley agricultural district could face further development in its protective buffer zones
Farmers are feeling the squeeze in the face of an ordinance proposed by the Metropolitan King County Council.
In the gardening dog days of summer, there’s no reason any plant should ‘sit’ or ‘stay’ past its prime
August is the perfect time to edit, adapt and enjoy.
A hydrangea how-to: These classics thrive in the Northwest, they’re beautiful, and easy to care for
You can’t go wrong picking your favorite summertime superbloom — as long as you don’t prune it!
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