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Wednesday Vignette, "inspired by"
Back in 2012, I wrote a blog post about my friend Patricia's garden and called it "The garden where everything grows faster, bigger, and better than mine…." That was her old garden—since erased by new...
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I haven't missed the Ceanothus 'Dark Star' at all...
By the time I act on the decision a plant needs to go I've usually thought it over long enough that I'm confident it's the right choice. When it came to getting rid of the Ceanothus 'Dark Star' last...
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Turkey tails in my garden!
I guess I've spoiled the surprise with the title of this post, haven't I?Oh well, since you know where we're headed, I guess I'll take you on a slight detour getting there. This is the area I planted...
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Wednesday Vignette; there's a huge insect on my Schefflera!
One morning last week I glanced out our bedroom window. I was rather shocked to see a large winged insect on one of the Schefflera delavayi leaves. There was a just a second or two while my brain...
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Alpine Rock Garden and Rutherford Conservatory, at the Rhododendron Species...
As I've been going through my photos from the Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden (I visited on September 10th) I decided that the next time I visit I'm going to walk the opposite way through the...
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Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden: visit part two
As a member of the Hardy Fern Foundation I receive complementary admission to the Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden (RSBG). If I lived closer I would take frequent advantage of this benefit, but...
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Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden: visit pt three
We're back—back at the RSBG wandering the pathways and enjoying every minute of it...I didn't see a tag for this fern, lovely color on the new growth though (maybe Dryopteris erythrosora?)Rhododendron...
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It's October, and it's Bloomday
As you know by now I don't garden for the flowers. Sure, I love flowers, but I don't plant for a big floral display ever, especially not in October. Thus the pickins for this Garden Blogger's Bloomday...
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Saying goodbye to Joy Creek Nursery, so many great memories
It was with a heavy heart that I walked the display garden at Joy Creek Nursery for the very last time...I'd (coincidently) planned a trip out to the nursery on the same morning the announcement was...
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Visiting my friend Dale's garden, finally...
A couple of weeks ago the Portland Garden Bloggers group got together for our fall plant swap, this time we gathered at Dale's garden in Vancouver, WA (Dale blogs at Bear & Briar). As usual at...
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Ferns! At the Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden
As much as I enjoy walking the entire Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden, the highlight for me is the Victorian Fern Stumpery. My previous visits have occurred in November and February, when this...
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Camille's garden
Back in early September, after visiting the Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden, I jumped in my car and sped over to Camille Paulsen's garden in Puyallup. I met Camille thanks to Alison and Peter......
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New containers for the season, because
My October garden chores include a lot of garden deconstruction, as I pull apart vignettes and move plants to their winter homes. Sure there's a bit of in-ground planting, as the rains have returned...
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Pumpkins! 'Tis the season...
Y'all know I drag my heels—well, if flipflops had heels—I live like it's summer for as long as I can. But then I come across a neighborhood scene like this and I feel a little tug...Go big or go home,...
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The basement garden, 2021 edition
Shortly before moving my Disocactus macranthus (golden orchid cactus) indoors for the winter I noticed it had developed a couple dozen small flower buds. Back when I bought the plant—at the January...
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Ferns in Texas
My most vivid memory from my 2018 visit to Austin, TX, was the agaves. Huge agaves, flowering agaves, agaves of every size, shape and color—agaves everywhere! Last week I returned to Austin, going-in I...
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A return to Heronswood...
Oh Blogger, why do you play games with me!? Things had been going so well with photo uploading, but then you go and refuse to load these 38 photos in the order I requested... why!? Ugh. Cutting and...
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The Northwest Flower & Garden Festival returns and I'll be speaking...
Is it too early to be dreaming of spring? Nope! Not if you're as thrilled as I am that the Northwest Flower & Garden Festival is returning. The 2020 show was the last normal thing I did before the...
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2021 tour of my garden, the public side
It's that time of the year again, time for the annual garden tour. Today we'll walk the front garden, and on Friday I'll share the back garden. These photos were all taken September 15th, it's hard to...
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2021 tour of my garden, the private side
Welcome back to my annual garden tour! If you missed the first installment—touring the front garden—click on over here for that. If not, and you're ready to go, well then let's open the agavegate...I...
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