Northwest

An Idaho Master Gardener shares spring tips and local news

A May “to-do” list for gardeners in the Pacific Northwest United States

An Idaho Master Gardener shares tips and gardening news for early spring

An Oregon Master Gardener shares current tips and news

Green roofs are becoming more mainstream. Here’s why.

Early spring is a busy time in my garden—there is so much to do for the coming season. But no matter how much needs to be done, I spend a few extra minutes taking care of some of my newest favorite plants.

Blue poppies grow better in Alaska than anywhere else in the country. Here’s an expert’s take.

MY MOTHER’S ANNUAL New Year’s Day count usually records some 60 plants in flower in her Northern California garden. … Perhaps the most spectacular are the expansive drifts of paperwhite narcissus (N. papyraceus) spread out on the sloping hillside below the house.

How one Alaskan gardener uses seaweed to improve her soil.

THERE IS NOTHING like the fantasy of full-blown, flowery gardens in the middle of winter to reassure us that the earth is again spinning toward springtime. What else but a flower show offers daffodils blooming beneath spires of June-flowering delphiniums or the luxury of inhaling lily perfume five months early?