Rainy Side Gardeners
Welcome to Rainy Side Gardeners, dedicated to you, the Pacific Northwest gardener! Our focus is gardening in the maritime Northwest, west of the Cascade Mountains. If you live in western British Columbia, Oregon, or Washington, you are in this unique Mediterranean climate.
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What's New!
Heuchera 'Hollywood'
CORAL BELLS
May 15, 2013
Plant Gallery and Growing Guide — Perennials
Tulipa 'Red Shine'
LILY FLOWERING TULIP
May 13, 2013
Plant Gallery and Growing Guide — Bulbs
Aquilegia vulgaris 'Dorothy Rose'
GRANNY'S BONNET
May 11, 2013
Plant Gallery and Growing Guide — Perennials
Epimedium grandiflorum 'Lilafee'
BISHOP'S HAT, BISHOP'S MITRE
May 10, 2013
Plant Gallery and Growing Guide — Perennials
Sedum lydium
May 8, 2013
Plant Gallery and Growing Guide — Perennials
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Rainy Side Gardeners
Plant of the Week
May 19, 2013
Hamamelis x intermedia 'Arnold Promise'
WITCH HAZEL
Outward growing branches that bring much needed color during the throes of our dreary, rain-laden winter.
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From the Archives
May 16, 2013
Photos of a wonderful insect with a voracious appetite for aphids and other insect pests.
Short Shorts
"Short Shorts" is a new section of articles—a place to plant flash essays, prose, photographs, or bits and pieces of life in a garden. Expect a quick read, from quirky to prose, and a photograph or two thrown in for good measure.



