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Banksia marginata is my favorite plant in the garden; this week.
I’ve never claimed this favorite plant thing was a scientific affair, and it’s not. I readily admit my favorite plant this week, Banksia marginata is heavily influenced by working on a post about my...
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Portland’s Japanese Garden, after the color
As a member of Portland’s Chinese Garden, Lan Su, I enjoy reciprocal membership at our Japanese Garden for the entire month of November. I intended to visit earlier in the month, to enjoy the fall...
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One of these does not belong…
Moving around a few containers I noticed this...Who planted a little oak seedling in with my echeveria? Of course the most likely suspect is Mr. or Mrs. Squirrel, but Heather says the Scrub Jays are...
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Puya coerulea, my favorite plant in the garden; this week…
Last weekend Andrew helped me perform a bit of a container shuffle. Plants in the shade pavilion greenhouse, which are only hardy to the mid 20’s, went into the basement - just in case. They would’ve...
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Fifteen agaves and an opuntia...
Cruising past at 30 mph (or so, I tend to speed) I caught sight of an agave, or wait, maybe that was multiple agaves? I did what any reasonable person would do and circled back around to have a closer...
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Visiting Sunset Headquarters, during the Garden Bloggers Fling
The second day of the 2013 SF GB Fling, Saturday, we visited the Sunset Headquarters in Menlo Park, CA. As a long time subscriber to the magazine I was thrilled to get a chance to lay eyes on this...
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Protection for the plants, or just something to make the gardener feel better?
“It’s going to be cold tonight, wrap your tender plants.” We’ve all heard that warning, right? (well okay most of us…). Having been through the Portland’s “arctic blast of 2009” I have serious doubts...
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Opuntia down
One of my first few dozen or so posts when I started this blog in 2009 was about a neighbor’s opuntia. In an attempt to straighten them up from their limp, folded-over, winter posture she tied them up,...
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Mr Big, he’s my favorite plant in the garden – this week…
Mr. Big is an Agave Americana ‘Variegata’ and he is a survivor. I bought him at Rare Plant Research in 2007.(photo compilation from a post about Rare Plant Research done in May of 2009)He pre-dates the...
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Sold!
Misery loves company right? And so earlier this week I thought I’d stop by that favorite neighborhood garden of mine and see how their plants are handling the cold, mainly the opuntia. Looks like it's...
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Refresh Your Garden Design with Color, Texture & Form by Rebecca Sweet, a...
It’s been awhile since I’ve done a book review and somehow this one, right now, seems the perfect title for jumping back in. As you might remember I visited the author’s garden during the 2013 Garden...
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Garden Blogger's Bloomday in the dead of winter, December 2013...
If last week at this time someone would've told me I'd have flowers to share for Bloomday I would have laughed at them. But I do! Mahonia x media 'Charity' didn't even miss a beat after freezing for a...
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Foliage Follow-up; after the freeze…
Last Tuesday, when the thermometer finally crept above freezing, I unwrapped the plants I’d covered and looked for signs of damage. Having been through this before I know not to let myself get to...
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Nolina 'La Siberica' is my favorite plant in the garden; this week…
When it comes to this weeks fav, Nolina ‘La Siberica’, I can tell you exactly when (November 2010) and where (the Whole 9 Yards, a fabric store here in Portland) I noticed it for the very first time. I...
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I worry...
The plan is in motion, but I worry. Late this winter we are removing the overgrown wall of privet on the north side of our back garden. However the fact it is going to happen does not stop me from...
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The Dudan Garden, a stop on the final day of the 2013 Garden Blogger’s Fling...
Time for a return to sunny, hot, California and a garden tour from the Fling. The Dudan Garden was situated on a hilltop in Walnut Creek, CA and provided spectacular views no matter which direction you...
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Christmas 2013
I guess it’s become something of a tradition, for me to post photos of my Christmas tree each year. Well I am happy to share that two years after first dreaming of a Blue Atlas Cedar Christmas I...
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Juniperus conferta 'Blue Pacific' is my favorite plant in the garden, this week…
I purchased my Blue Pacific Shore Juniper back in late 2010 and have been on the lookout for another one ever since.Why? I love its meandering ways, it works its way around and through plantings,...
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The aeoniums, a follow-up...
Does this house look familiar?Last time I was here the skies were blue, the sedum was blooming and the bare spots were filled with aeoniums, sound familiar? Now the sky is PNW grey and the tenders have...
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Merry Christmas...
Wishing you a very Merry Christmas, from Loree, Andrew and Lila. May your day be full of love and good cheer, whatever holiday you celebrate.
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