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Hover Dish planters from Pot, Inc. (how excited am I?)
The brightly colored Hover Dish hanging planters from Pot, Inc. have created quite a stir. They’re good looking and functional, two things that are surprisingly hard to find together in a hanging...
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Trachycarpus fortunei is my favorite plant in the garden (this week)...
This week's favorite, my Trachycarpus fortunei, has been in the ground for 4 years, in a container for a couple before that. And why is it my favorite this week? It finally actually looks like it's...
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Mr. Big gets a new home…
Last winter I promised my oldest and largest (although it’s in danger of losing that part of its title unless it puts on some serious growth this summer) agave, Mr. Big, a new home come warmer weather....
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#12
On March 22nd we borrowed the truck from Andrew’s employer and headed east to Burns Feed Store in Gresham, Oregon. Our mission? To purchase stock tank #12. Twelve galvanized stock tanks! We must live...
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Sedum ochroleucum 'Crested Centaurus' is my favorite plant in the garden...
I don’t normally like fasciation (or cresting) of plants, especially succulents. While some prize the odd growths that appear, they usually make my skin crawl. However (being a woman of contradictions)...
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The (former) privet-lands, now…
This week's blog posts have all featured small bits of what I will always think of as “the privet-lands,” so it's high time we look at the big picture right? Yes, I think it is…but first a reminder…The...
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It's a FROG!!!
It's a rare there's a Sunday blog post here but we've got to celebrate something fabulous. Do you see him?I first spotted him on Friday evening, but he made a Saturday appearance as well. So far I...
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Learn from my mistakes #11: look up dummy...
I searched all around the garden for the perfect spot to plant this Yucca baccata, a gift from a friend. Finally I decided it was tough enough to be the spiky accent I wanted next to the front steps....
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A return to Jungle Fever
The day prior to Memorial Day Weekend my husband surprised me by saying “we need to go away for the holiday weekend.” An unexpected statement because I’m usually the one pushing for weekend get-a-ways....
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Lomatia tinctoria is my favorite plant in the garden, this week…
Never heard of it? Neither had I, until I spotted it in my friend Peter’s garden last fall. I can’t remember exactly why it caught my attention but as soon as he said the words “hardy” and "Protea...
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Oh look...
I'm sure you all know the feeling. You're drawn into the garden because the light has hit *something* just right and caused you to pause. Last night it was the Rodgersia 'Bronze Peacock' bloom spikes...
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More from our trip to Tacoma…
After my visit to Jungle Fever I headed to Portland Avenue Nursery (no, I wasn’t home sick). I had a vague memory of visiting here years (and years and years) ago and I wanted to see what it was like...
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A little structure...
I've previously shared my love for extreme pruning. Not the kind where the home-owner or yard care crew decide to cut everything into cubes and lollipops because it's easy, but the kind where a little...
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Brachyglottis greyi is my favorite plant in the garden; this week…
Brachyglottis greyi, or maybe you know it as Senecio greyi, is one of those plants I’d been eyeing for years before finally making the purchase. What took me so long? The flowers are ugly!I’d see it in...
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The Friends of Manito Park Plant Sale, 2014
I’ve written before about our trips home to Spokane, WA, in June and the Friends of Manito Park Plant Sale. Last weekend it was time once again to make the 360 mile trip to visit family and one of my...
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June 2014, Garden Bloggers' Bloomday...
I went out to photograph for this post planning to get just a few floral highlights, you know...to keep it simple. The next thing I knew I was cataloging, trying to capture each and every flower in the...
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Dark and handsome, for Foliage Follow-up
It’s no secret I have a thing for dark foliage, I love the contrast of the dark purple, burgundy, brown or almost black leaves with the green of the garden. Last week I realized I've upped the darkness...
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Wildlife Wednesday
No doubt many of you have heard we had an unexpected visitor early one morning last week. To say it was a surprising visitor would be an understatement. You see we live in urban Portland, not in the...
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Schefflera brevipedunculata is my favorite plant in the garden; this week…
Schefflera brevipedunculata is first and foremost (and obviously) a schefflera. Ya’ll know I am head over heels for the scheffleras. And while I’ve always been pleased to have this plant in my garden...
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A return to the gas-station nursery...
I first visited Judy's Enchanted Garden last April (2013, that post here) and liked what I saw. So when I found myself with a hour, or so, to kill during our recent trip to Spokane I thought I'd check...
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