Category: gardening

Gardening in Oregon

  • Winter was hard on the rue, which looks begraddled. The deer have munched away on the rugosa rose, which nevertheless is spreading on suckers and looks a little crazy. The artemesia was a knobbly mess till I cut it back. Sow bugs and slugs munched the rising shoots of the calla lilies. The weeds, of…

  • Oh, I so love this shade-loving perennial. I took this picture this morning and even in the depth of January, corydalis has one brave yellow blossom. In the summer it’s just covered with them. I don’t know why the deer have let it alone. They frequently go after a white-blossomed corydalis not three feet away…

  • Monthly Garden Calendars | Northwest Gardening – OSU Extension Service. Among the things it suggests for January: Take hardwood cuttings of deciduous ornamental shrubs and trees for propagation. I will try this.