The Year in Bloom. Gardening for all Seasons in the Pacific Nortwest

Gardening in the Pacific Northwest truly is a year-round proposition. Match a climate that is both benign and encouraging with the seasoned advice of a dirt-in-her-nails gardener, and the results are bound to be wonderful. Ann Lovejoy has delighted and informed readers for over a decade with this gardening classic, which established her as the region's preeminent garden writer. For each turn of the calendar, here are the secrets to plants that take March winds in stride, ongoing amaryllis, and savvy soil-building. In the good-humored company of the North west's most beloved plantswoman, gardeners will come to a delightful conclusion: you really can have something-whether shrub, perennial, or tree-at its best on any day of the year.