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Everybody Plant Now!

If we all grew the same shrub, Sundance Mexican orange would be a golden choice

Time for a botanical party game. If everyone in our region could grow the same plant, what should it be? Inspired by the popular Seattle Reads, “one book, one city” program offered through the public library, I put my question to a number of local gardeners. 

At the tail end of yet another dark winter day, I get my first response. Mary Flewelling Morris, she of Garden Jeopardy fame writes, “I dream of increasing light. Imagine if everyone planted a Choisya ternata 'Sundance’. The bright yellow foliage would cheer up the whole region.” 

Sounds perfect!

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GROW in The Seattle Times