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Colorful Cape Fuchsia Makes Beautiful Summer Memories

Add Cape Fuchsia to Your Modern or Cottage Portland Landscape Hummingbirds love Cape Fuchsia for the nectar.  I love to use it in designs because it adds so much color, is easy to grow and the new varieties work well with modern and cottage garden styles.  This plant is a crowd pleaser and I use […]

Portland Landscape Design Remodel

A Garden Redesign for Family & Dog Lynda and Michael live in a sweet old Northeast Portland Grant Neighborhood House.  It’s a classic with a big front porch and several mature large trees including an amazing 40′ tall Japanese Maple.   They raised their kids and more than one wonderful dog in this house. Their […]

Garden Designer Brings Integration and Function To “Mismatched” Landscape

“My garden adventures with Carol, Design in a Day, began in 2010.  Carol took my “mismatched” garden and pulled it together by incorporating a variety of plants which added interesting leaf shapes, texture, and color.  With the addition of stone paths and walls, art pieces, and a deck with planter boxes, she created a garden […]

Dwarf Mugo Pine – Get the Right Plant for Your Landscape Design!

The Right Dwarf Mugo Pine Can Be the Perfect Addition to Your Low Maintenance Landscape For success in the landscape (which I define as “right plant right place”), it’s important to get the exact plant specified by your designer. Early in my career I specified three dwarf Mugo Pine.  I wanted a uniform pin cushion […]

New Shrubs Expand Designer’s Palette

Add to Your Drought Tolerant Landscape Design I’m excited about these new plants for Portland gardens. Many of us are familiar with California Lilac and its blue flowers.  Beloved by bees, including our endangered native bumble bees, it’s  also a host plant for Swallow Tail butterflies.  However, it has its problems in a home landscape.  […]