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Farwest 2013
The Farwest Show is an annual tradeshow put on by the Oregon Association of Nurseries. This is my 5th year at the show, and while I was thrilled to see many an engaged nursery owner taking plant orders...
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The Matt Gil Sculpture Garden…
I’ve finally started to go through my photos from the 2013 Garden Bloggers Fling. Since I’ve waited so long (and already posted a couple of random things) I feel no need go forward in a chronological...
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Hedychium coccineum 'Tara' is my favorite plant in the garden (this week)…
And with those big orange blooms why wouldn’t it be? I bought this ginger at Rare Plant Research in 2010. That year, and the following two, there was only a pair of stems….but this year three! (and...
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Discovering a new nursery, The Garden Corner...
So it turns out I’ve been confused. All this time I thought The Gardeners Choice in Tigard, OR, was The Garden Corner, which is actually in Tualatin, OR. Years ago someone had told me The Garden Corner...
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So I visited another pair of open gardens…
My friend Lauren held a Monday evening open garden a couple of weeks ago, I had to stop by and see how her garden looks this year...beautiful of course!That's it, I'm growing Castor Bean next year for...
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Portland, the city of gardens?
On last Friday’s blog postGerhard commented saying: “looking at Portland through your blog gives people the impression that *everybody* is a gardener, but still, Portland does seem to have a...
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Random randomness
It was time to give Lila a bath and as any dog owner knows a good brushing before a bath is always a bonus (for your pipes as well as your dog). The brushings always occur on the lawn (uhm, or actually...
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My second visit to Annie’s Annuals
Looking back now the whole thing seems a little surreal. There I was at Annie’s Annuals for the second time, ogling amazing plants while surrounded by dozens of my online friends. How lucky am I?My...
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Cordyline Cha Cha is my favorite plant in the garden, this week...
That’s it right there in the center, sort of reaching out octopus-like to caress the agave dish planters...What’s not to love? Strappy foliage that changes from shades of pink/apricot/brown to...
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Ever wonder what your neighbors are up to behind the fence?
If one looks closely there are hints this isn't just an any other Portland home. Signs that something different might be going on just out of sight, after all it's not every parking strip that has a...
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Desperately seeking dark “evergreen” foliage hardy in USDA zone 8…
Aeonium 'Zwartkop' - not hardyI’m addicted to dark leaves. Love them, can’t get enough of them. However most of them are either not hardy in my zone 8 climate or not evergreen (either losing their...
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Filoli
The itinerary for any multi-day event attended by dozens of people is bound to include an item or two that isn’t really your personal cup of tea. For me our stop at Filoli during the 2013 Garden...
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Where do you blog?
This question was recently posed by Hoov over at Piece of Eden. She also asked "what’s your view" and "who (if anyone) stares at you wishing you weren’t blogging." She had a very succinct answer,...
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Senecio mandraliscae, my favorite plant in the garden this week…
“Blue Chalk Sticks”…isn’t that the best common name ever? I bet even if you had no idea what the plant looked like you’d conjure up a mental image that came pretty close.Like many of the plants I yearn...
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My final HPSO Open Garden visit of the season...
Dare I say it? The big book of Hardy Plant Society of Oregon member open gardens is down to the final couple of pages. I've gone on what might just be my last open garden visit of the season (for the...
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September 2012, Bloomday…
I wasn’t going to post for this bloomday, there’s nothing much new to report and it just happened to fall on a Sunday, I thought I’d skip it. But then I noticed how this Kniphofia bloom was glowing,...
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Foliage Follow-up September 2013…new plants (yes, it is a sickness)
In retrospect I should have saved my post from last Monday for Foliage Follow-up, but I wasn’t thinking. Under the gun I decided to share my new plants from the Cistus Nursery 30% off sale earlier this...
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A quick look at a favorite garden
I’ve somehow managed to photograph this garden at just about this same time of the year in both 2011 and 2012, why should 2013 be any different? Actually I wasn’t there intending to photograph this...
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Fatshedera 'Aureo Maculata' is my favorite plant in the garden (this week)…
There was a little sneak peek of this plant on last Sunday’s bloomday post, ever since taking that photo I’m obsessed with this plant and find myself trying to figure out where I can put another. This...
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