In recent years the plant known botanically as Thuja plicata has given us some choice options for evergreen plant material and scintillating texture in the landscape.

This has been a breakout year when it comes to my prized, golden needle conifers by the name of Fluffy. Don’t get me wrong, I ...

I often get asked which plants thrive in the shade, so today I want to discuss some native selections that do just that.

Evolving over millennia through the melting glaciers and great floods and fires that have shaped the western landscape, native trout are masters of adaptation. They’ve survived in an unmatched variety ...