Spring is in the air and there are so many plants to choose from! It’s almost impossible to choose our favorites but we settled on ten (what will we do in May??) These plants epitomize spring, offering the best of spring blooms and fresh new foliage.
Our Favorite Early Spring Flowers
Winter Window Shopping: 3 Plants to Brighten Your View
Often, one of my first orders of business when designing a garden is to embellish the immediate surroundings of the house. Carefully selecting plants to enhance the view just outside of our windows can go a long way toward staving off the winter blues, and if those plants offer a bit of fragrance as we scurry back and forth while gathering provisions, so much the better. Here are a few options to brighten the dreary Northwest wintertide.
The Four-Season Fragrance Garden
Nothing can conjure up a memory like a certain fragrance. Whether we want to reproduce the scents of our childhood gardens, or simply create a new sensory experience, there are many fragrant plants to enjoy. We all know that roses and lilies smell amazing, but here is a collection of annuals, perennials, and shrubs you may not be as familiar with and which will bring unique and evocative fragrances to your garden throughout the year.