Linaria
SCHROPHULARIACEAE, The Snapdragon family
Here’s a good question I got today:
“Hey Mulysa, question for you about Linaria. I had read the online USDA chart wrong (oopsy), thought it was a native species in CA and WA, but the chart actually was telling me that it has been introduced in those two states - and some are […]

A friend in Seattle just sent me this:
“Mulysa,
I have a question for you. I saw a ground cover plant from the bus, seemed like strawberry, but yellow flower, height is like 5-7″. do you recognize it? it’s so pretty, and looks really healthy.
If you know, let me know.”
This is a good question.
That sounds […]

I did some excellent nursery-going today, with my three fine colleagues, in the beautiful Columbia river basin. First we explored Cistus Nursery, then Joy Creek. We set out to get new plant ideas for our design work, see how the nurseries and display gardens looked after the bad winter and just generally have a change […]

I got this great query from a colleague this week. The note on my desk also said “besides Yew.” Which makes it trickier. But here goes:
Western Hemlock, Tsuga heterophylla - It grows to be a big tree in time, but it beautiful nested in among other large trees. Did you know it can be pruned […]