Going vertical with climbing plants adds visual interest to any garden, providing nice foliage and often ideal seasonal flower power. There are useful vines out there in all kinds of shapes and sizes; some for larger areas and others to use as smaller garden accents, or even as simple container specimens. Whether you are trying to grow on a decorative trellis or obelisk, up a post, along a railing, over a large pergola or arbor, or even naturalize something along a fence line, vines may be exactly what you are looking for…
As we head into the glorious months of summer in the PNW, it is the perfect time to consider what needs a little summer pruning in the landscape. Not everything will, so please do not think that your whole yard needs to be done. It is of course your garden and not mine, so…