Congratulations! You have flowers! Thanks to your diligence, your home garden blossoms for bees from late winter through late fall. Oregon grape, maples, snowdrops, rock cress, pieris, last year’s kale (allowed to "go to seed"), Pacific hawthorn, cherry, apple, rhododendrons, enkianthus, raspberries, blueberries, snowberry, honeysuckle, ninebark, poppies, borage, hardhack, sedums, goldenrod, … [Read more...] about So you have flowers, now you need habitat
Who’s cold hardy?
Our Whatcom County big freeze of January 2024 was tough on landscape and garden plants. An atmospheric river first drenched the soils. Temperatures were almost balmy, and many plants (and gardeners) let down their guard. Next came very cold temperatures and even colder winds. The upper layer of soil froze, followed by more wind and snow. Tender evergreen shrubs like California lilac and … [Read more...] about Who’s cold hardy?
Special tribute to MG Dave Keller
Happy new year and wishing all of you the best green thumb experience in 2024. The Hovander Experimental Demonstration Garden is under new management for 2024. But first, Master Gardeners of Whatcom County would like to acknowledge and celebrate the contributions of David Keller, Master Gardener (class of 2013). Dave was lead gardener for the Hovander Experimental Demonstration (HED) Garden … [Read more...] about Special tribute to MG Dave Keller