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A visit to Cistus and more…
As you may have gathered from yesterday’s post I recently visited Cistus Nursery. While I have been known to visit without pulling out the camera, this was not one of those times...so today I share a...
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Visiting the Ruth Bancroft Garden during the 2013 Garden Bloggers Fling...
This was my second visit to the Ruth Bancroft Garden. The first visit was in March of 2012, it had been a cold spring and thus many of the winter covers were still in place. This visit, in June, was...
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Another idea I’ve stolen…
When I saw this photo posted on Facebook by Steve Asbell something immediately clicked. Plants in the shower…yes please! There is a small shelf in our bathroom which always has a flower, branch, or...
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WWTT #15
It’s been so long, I was pretty sure the WWTT posts had been retired. However when I saw this, well I just had to ask “what were they thinking?”I went back another day (when the sun was shining) to get...
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How about some good news from the garden?
Last week, when I posted pictures of some of my cold-weather-caused plant death and damage, Gerhard asked if I had any positive surprises. Actually I do, although I guess I wouldn't label all of these...
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Ajuga black scallop, is my favorite plant in the garden this week…
I can’t remember what I said that had her volunteering starts, maybe as a response to one of my blog tirades about needing more dark evergreen foliage? However they came to be I have a handful of Ajuga...
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One stop leads to another…
It was high time to admit I’d done something to my back (again). If I wanted to be in shape to tackle serious winter clean-up and the start of gardening season it was time to visit the chiropractor....
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An unexpected visit to Bamboo Craftsman...
Last week when I visited Solabee and Salvage Works I strolled a little further down the street and wandered into the new location for Bamboo Craftsman.Even though their old location was (sort of) in my...
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The agave report, February 2014
Little did I know, back when I decided it was time to do a mid-winter agave report, that this week would bring a second round of chilling temperatures to the Pacific Northwest. It’s predicted to get...
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Astelia nivicola ‘Red Gem’ is my favorite plant in the garden, this week…
The temperatures we’ve experienced this winter in the PNW are astelia killers. Once upon a time I had upwards of half a dozen huge astelias in my garden. But along with killing all the phormiums in...
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Our new view…
The privet is gone. As in outta here, no more, history. What should I post first? The “before” which you’re all familiar with, or the “after?” Oh...
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To bamboo, or not to bamboo – that is the question…
As I’ve been thinking over how I want to use, and plant, the newly open space in our back garden there was one thing I was sure of. No more bamboo in stock-tanks! Over the years I’d come to feel they...
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Scenes from a snow and ice filled weekend…
It’s been a wintery few days in Portland, starting last Thursday afternoon and finally (sort of) ending on Sunday. Friday was pretty much a city-wide holiday as everyone that could (the lucky ones)...
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The Wave Garden macro shots (from the San Francisco Garden Bloggers Fling)...
Last weekend I spent some time editing photos taken at the Wave Garden, in Point Richmond, CA (one of our stops on the 2013 SF Garden Bloggers Fling). I found myself repeatedly getting lost in the deep...
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Genista aetnensis is my favorite plant in the garden, this week…
It’s hard to have a favorite plant when most of the garden is hidden under snow and what plants you can see are deformed by a load of ice. However there is one plant that looks its best when its thin...
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My trip to the 2014 Northwest Flower & Garden Show…
Oh wait! That's right...my trip to the North West Flower and Garden Show was cancelled this year because of our freaky winter weather, so I missed all the garden show splendor. While my dear friends...
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Xera retail reopens tomorrow!
I originally planned to post this last Friday, February 7th, as Xera Plants was scheduled to open the next day. However seriously frigid weather and a couple of snow storms blew through town and...
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Bloomday, February 2014
Last week anything in my garden silly enough to have been blooming, or thinking about it, was covered in snow and/or ice. This week? It's like it never happened! Arctostaphylos x ‘Austin...
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The Wave Garden, San Francisco Garden Bloggers Fling
Last week I teased you with some close-ups from the Wave Garden, a stop on the 2013 Garden Bloggers Fling. Now it's time to have a look at the overall garden, well in a minute. First you have to...
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Discovering a nursery discovering itself…
My fellow Portland garden blogger, and friend, Anna Kullgren recently accepted a position as assistant manager at Drake’s 7 Dees. When she was interviewing and told me it I had to admit I’d never heard...
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