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Gotta have it: Pheasant’s Tail Grass

September 29, 2008 by Andrea Bellamy 8 Comments

Compared to ubiquitous carex and calamagrostis, Anemanthele lessoniana is a less-frequently used ornamental grass (not to mention a bit of a mouthful!). But it deserves wider fame, so I thought it was time to show it some love on the blog. Commonly known as Pheasant’s Tail Grass (and once known as Stipa arundinacea), this is […]

Filed Under: Pacific Northwest, Perennials Tagged With: anemanthele lessoniana, cool season grass, ornamental grass, pheasant's tail grass, Stipa arundinacea, warm season grass

Buddleia ‘Blue Chip’ a solid investment

September 11, 2008 by Andrea Bellamy 9 Comments

Earlier this summer, Proven Winners and Gardenimport kindly sent me a selection of new shrubs to trial. One of those was Buddleia Lo & Behold ‘Blue Chip’ – a new miniature butterfly bush. By name alone, I wasn’t totally stoked on this plant. I’ve always wanted to like buddleia (also spelled buddleja). What’s not to […]

Filed Under: Perennials Tagged With: blue chip, buddleia, butterfly bush, lo & behold, proven winners

Book review: Hardy Succulents

May 16, 2008 by Andrea Bellamy 11 Comments

Hardy Succulents in two words: Eye candy. I love the look of succulents: their drama, their modernism. And maybe, just maybe, I covet them because I can’t really grow many of them all that successfully here, even though I’m in practically-balmy Zone 8. So I was really excited to receive a copy of Hardy Succulents: […]

Filed Under: Pacific Northwest, Perennials Tagged With: agave, cactus, gardening, hardiness, hardy, hardy succulents, sedum, sempervivum, succulents, Vancouver, zone

Earth Day garden and baby update

April 22, 2008 by Andrea Bellamy 15 Comments

“Oh the days are long/ ‘Til the baby comes…” – Sinead O’Connor That’s right – I’m still waiting for this baby. One week past my due date and just learned today that the baby, which for the last nine months has been perfectly positioned, has rotated and is now posterior. This just confirms my suspicions […]

Filed Under: Bulbs and Tubers, My garden, Perennials, Shrubs & Trees Tagged With: Acer palmatum dissectum 'Viridis', Acer palmatum Firegold, bc, bc native plants, beni kawa, Erythronium grandiflorum, fireglow, maidenhair fern, sword fern, Vancouver, yellow fawn lily

Identify this

July 16, 2007 by Andrea Bellamy 7 Comments

heuchera leaf spot, cocoons

Filed Under: Critters and wildlife, Perennials

Spring shopping spree

April 9, 2007 by Andrea Bellamy 3 Comments

It’s amazing how quickly you can drop $150 at the nursery. But I got a lot of bang for my buck (see above), and I did it in less than half an hour, all during a business call my husband had to take on our Easter Monday holiday. I apologize for the infrequency of posts […]

Filed Under: My garden, Perennials, Retail Therapy, Shrubs & Trees

Reader garden featuring Cotoneaster bullatus

February 19, 2007 by Andrea Bellamy 5 Comments

I got the most wonderful e-mail from a reader in Victoria the other day. (Victoria is southeast of Vancouver, across the Straight of Georgia. I think that when gardeners die they go to Victoria; it’s a very mild Zone 9, and a lovely city to garden and live in.) Anyway. Pat wrote in response to […]

Filed Under: Garden Design, Perennials Tagged With: Cotoneaster bullatus, hemerocallis flasher

Nepeta ‘Walker’s Low’

December 29, 2006 by Andrea Bellamy 7 Comments

The Perennial Plant Association has awarded Nepeta ‘Walker’s Low’ (Zones 3-8) the title of Perennial Plant of the Year for 2007. Named after its origins, not its growth habit, Walker’s Low catmint has silver-green crinkled foliage and a profusion of long-blooming, deep lavender-blue flowers. It’s low maintenance and aromatic, and supposedly disease- and pest-free. I […]

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