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Cornus capitata
EVERGREEN DOGWOOD
Plant Gallery & Growing Guide — Shrubs
A Living Fossil — Ginkgo biloba
Once upon a prehistoric time, the deciduous Ginkgo biloba grew around the globe.
Articles
When the Kousa Dogwoods Bloom
the flowers swing into full showoff mode.
Articles
From My Journal — The Holman Vista Trail
This is a rare day to cherish, as I walk the easy Holman Vista trail in near silence.
Natives
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From the blog
New direction starting with the archives
I finally decided to move much of the content of Rainy Side Gardeners over to a blog. After a few months' worth of work, I cued up quite a few of our older articles and updated them too. They will be going online almost daily.
On Wednesday, June 23, 2021, a new post on Arisaemas will go live in the morning. The plant gallery will stay here, and maybe a few more items, and the blog will be articles of interest. We require a facelift, so we will start working on a new look for RSG — making it more mobile-friendly.
Out of the archives comes a two-part Vashon Island Garden Tour from 2012 over at the blog.
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Carpeting the Garden in Living Green
I want to be a bit cheeky and show you a few great sitting areas in Long Beach Peninsula gardens. While touring these gardens at the beach I found fun little elements that spoke about the character of each garden I visited.
Summer's Annual
Anagallis monellii ssp. linifolia
Undoubtedly, you have heard of the scarlet pimpernel. Meet the blue pimpernel—although not as famous as its red cousin, it begs for attention with its cobalt blue petals! I grew the lovely plants in containers; however, this year I thought I would try them in the garden. In the past, I couldn’t find a local nursery that carried them, so I bought the plants from a mail order source....
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Rainy Side Gardeners Northwest
Pacific Northwest Native Plants
Container Gardening Northwest
Gardening for the Homebrewer: Grow and Process Plants for Making Beer, Wine, Gruit, Cider, Perry, and More
By co-authors Debbie Teashon (Rainy Side Gardeners) and Wendy Tweton