Since I've lately been noticing bot dying madrones and healthy young arbutus marina I want to take the opportunity to discuss these two very similar trees. In my experience, arbutus marina has been ...

WHEN GARDENERS ask for “small” trees, as they so often do, they’re usually not looking for a tree at all. What gardeners and landscape designers have long been seeking is a miniature treelike plant ...

The Pacific madrone (Arbutus menziesii) can be a magnificent tree. I saw a rare, huge specimen in a wooded area way up Mt. Veeder Road. Thinking it might be of Champion proportions, I measured its ...

Arbutus 'Marina' is related to our native madrone (A. menziesii) and to the strawberry tree (A. unedo), a fact that is evident when you see its evergreen leaves and clusters of flowers. 'Marina' is an ...

A member of the heath family, it belongs to the genus Arbutus, of which there are at least fourteen species of flowering shrubs and trees. Arbutus unedo is indigenous to southern Europe and Ireland.

Pacific madrone and strawberry tree are two similar evergreen trees. Our native madrone, Arbutus menziesii, grows to 120 feet and is distinct in the landscape because of its smooth red bark and glossy ...

I first prepared this list at the request of Debbie Teachout-Teashon, founder and administrator of the Rainy Side Gardeners site, one of the best in the Northwest if not the whole country. But why not ...

Winter birds need all they can help they can get, especially when it comes to food and shelter this time of the year. The tiny Anna’s hummingbirds that overwinter in local gardens especially need ...

Water-demanding plants are a deepening concern for North Coast gardeners who face another set of demands this summer — save water. Here are substitutes for 10 of the most popular but thirstiest plants ...