Richie Steffen / Great Plant Picks |
Plant pick: Manchurian snakebark maple
WHAT: Manchurian snakebark maple is as exotic as its name suggests. Growing into a medium-sized tree with a broad, vaselike shape, this maple, also known as acer tegmentosum, has a smooth trunk that is bright green and heavily striped with shades of... [More]
December 3
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December 3
Great Plant Picks |
Plant pick: Kramer’s Rote
WHAT: This eye-catching heath, known as a darley heath, goes by the hybrid name of Kramer’s Rote. It has a compact form and an upright, bushy habit. [More]
November 26
Garden clubs
Alderwood Garden Club: Crossroads Church, 18527 60th Ave. W., Lynnwood; Peggy Williamson, 425-774-6227. [More]
November 26
Green screens: Plant privacy trees now for a lively landscape
We know good fences make good neighbors. (Thank you, Robert Frost.) But sometimes the best fence isn’t a fence at all. It’s a wall of trees and shrubs. [More]
By Sarah Jackson
Herald Writer | November 19
RICHIE STEFFEN/Great Plant Picks |
Great plant pick: helleborus x sternii
WHAT: This compact hybrid hellebore, known as helleborus x sternii, is a showcase for blue-green leaves set off by burgundy stalks. Its flower buds are flushed with deep red and open up in late winter to reveal chartreuse interiors. [More]
November 19
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November 19
Snohomish County garden clubs
Alderwood Garden Club: Crossroads Church, 18527 60th Ave. W., Lynnwood; Peggy Williamson, 425-774-6227. [More]
November 19
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