Summer Vignettes   The Wonder Garden has succeeded beyond our dreams this season in large part because of the life-affirming downpours of spring. All that wet may seem a dim

Mimulus Any NW hiker who has ever traversed a seep or jumped a creek has likely seen one of the sweetest sights of spring: the monkeyflower. Shy at first, just

  Callistemon Evergreen, architectural, drought tolerant and arresting. Pale lemon to hot raspberry choices of bloom. Loves the hottest, sunniest spot in the garden where it never wilts or fades

  ‘Jenkyn Place’ rock rose   This second half of May in the swooningly lovely Wonder Garden is all about the rock rose, Cistus, one of our favorite sun-loving evergreen shrubs.