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Monday, November 23, 2009 - Page updated at 02:07 a.m.

Plant Life

Valerie Easton is a Seattle freelance writer and contributing editor for Horticulture magazine. Her book, "Plant Life: Growing a Garden in the Pacific Northwest" (Sasquatch Books, 2002) is a selection of her columns in Pacific Northwest magazine.

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Recent stories

Sunday, November 22

Plant Life | Good soil is the secret to successful gardening

Sunday, November 15

Plant Life | At Seattle's Bastille, the garden goodies are on the roof

Sunday, November 8

Plant Life | Hedgerows offer variety and shelter to urban gardens

Sunday, November 1

Plant Life | In the fall garden, we relish what remains

Sunday, October 25

Plant Life | A Japanese maple collector revels in the colorful variety

Sunday, October 18

Plant Life | Vancouver Land Bridge reconnects a river to a people, a past

Sunday, October 11

Plant Life | 'Black Plants' shows the beauty of the darker side

Sunday, October 4

Plant Life | Plant Amnesty founder picks 10 indispensable plants

Sunday, September 27

Plant Life | Beautiful and well-behaved, they can soothe and solve many a trouble

Sunday, September 20

Plant Life | Skagit Valley tulip bulbs offer color, size, shape galore

Sunday, September 13

Plant Life | Erratic weather signals a need to change our gardening ways

Sunday, September 6

Plant Life | Seattle-area gardeners have a talk, a book, a sale and some flowers to look forward to

Sunday, August 30

Plant Life | The newer broadleaf evergreens offer color, fragrance and dependability

Sunday, August 23

Plant Life | A thyme lawn saves time, energy and water

Sunday, August 16

Plant Life | From a huge selection, an expert picks his favorite hydrangeas

Sunday, August 9

Plant Life | To dress up a hot deck, pick durable plants and pull out some pots

Sunday, July 26

Plant Life | Dwarf and mini-trees and shrubs offer lots of fruit with little space or effort

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