If you are planting Hosta to fill a shaded rock garden, look for plants with dark leaves. Having darker leaves will help them to survive in low sunlight. Hosta needs adequate drainage and prefers ...

For most of their 28 years in Orono, Tipping, the plantsman of the pair, and Spitz, the builder of arbors and boardwalks, focused on creating gardens close to their house, including a perennial bed ...

Do you recommend rock garden plants? We were in West Seattle ... Will epimediums survive in such a difficult site? I have tried hosta (deer ate them), ferns (dried up in the summer), and various ...