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Visiting Berkeley Horticultural Nursery
During my visit to Flowerland I overheard a conversation where Berkeley Hort was mentioned as a good source for particular plant. It was described as though it was a good standard, old-school nursery....
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Kuzma Garden 2014, Part 1
My traditional yearly post on this special garden feels a little different this year, perhaps because over the summer I shared this garden with 80 other Garden Bloggers during our annual "Fling," held...
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Kuzma Garden 2014, Part 2
Picking up where we left off yesterday the water plants are looking especially wonderful...Thalia geniculata 'Red Stem' glows...And is foliage perfection.There was another, smaller, container with a...
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We have light(s)! A holiday a giveaway…
There was a time when I religiously strung those tiny white lights on my Christmas tree each year. And because I can be a bit of a perfectionist this task was not an easy one. The lights had to be...
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And the tree...
Sometimes I get these ideas and the vision that forms in my mind seems so achievable. Why wouldn't it work? I rarely stop to ask that (logical) question and just forge on, as though it will. However...
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The NOID Opunita, it's my favorite plant in the garden (this week)...
Nothing says welcome like a pot of prickly cactus at the front door...This is one of those favorites that I sadly don't have a name for. This group and many more scattered throughout my garden all came...
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The garden of snakes…
Okay not really, but isn’t that what they look like? You know, except soft and cuddly, and green. We parked in front of this garden in Berkeley, CA, or maybe it was Oakland, I started to lose track of...
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And the winners are...
I am happy to announce the five random winners of the pinecone string lights from Gardener's Supply. There were 45 qualifying comments and the random number generator selected:15 - Mindy38 - icitea16 -...
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December's bloomday...
Watering a few things stashed in the shade pavilion greenhouse I noticed something pale in a sea of green.My Brugmansia 'Charles Grimaldi' is blooming for Bloomday, how wonderful. This is the first...
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A little variegation to brighten up a grey day...
Walking behind the shade pavilion "greenhouse" the other day I was struck by the bright shades of this Disporum cantoniense 'Moonlight'.Variegation does that in the low-light of winter, a little bit of...
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Shadowland V2
It was last July when I rounded the corner in our living room and saw this image on the wall.Naturally I grabbed the camera and started snapping away.This scene was captured in August. The lacy foliage...
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Aloe Haworthioides is my favorite plant (in the house), this week...
It's hard to photograph such a petite flower spike...This is where it begins...From the "furry"Aloe Haworthioides.I'm sure if it were outdoors there would be lots of attention paid to it by the...
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Strolling the Boulevard...
Here we are, back on the streets in the Bay Area...There were many amazing plants competing for the title of the "it" plant of this vacation, but I think the winner was the loquat, Eriobotrya japonica....
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WWTT #18
This is another "garden" from our September trip to the Bay Area. In fact TBT (truth be told) it was on the same street as yesterdays awesomeness. I just didn't have the heart to include it in that...
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Merry Christmas!
Wishing all of you who celebrate the holiday a most wonderful day.. (of course the same wish goes out to those of you who don't celebrate)All material © 2009-2014 by Loree Bohl for danger garden....
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Embothrium coccineum is my favorite plant in the garden, this week (and the...
That's it, on the left (bamboo on the right).This is what it looked like in 2012, when I bought the tiny little guy at the Northwest Flower & Garden Show, not even a foot tall.I have to admit the...
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Vacation! A trip back to the Desert Botanical Garden
I’ve decided to do something I’ve never done before: take a week off! Crazy right? I know. However I can’t accept complete radio silence here on the blog, so instead each day this week I’m going to...
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A trip back to the The Bloedel Reserve
The Bloedel Reserve was a stop on the 2011 Garden Bloggers Fling held in Seattle, WA. I'll be honest, I wasn't thrilled at the idea of visiting, however the garden won me over with it's serene (green)...
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A trip back to the The Gardens at Cornerstone
In 2012 I was able to make a quick run through The Gardens at Cornerstone. From their website: "Situated along the main gateway between Sonoma Valley and Napa Valley, The Gardens at Cornerstone Sonoma...
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A trip back to the UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research
The fall of 2010 we spent a week in beautiful British Columbia, Vancouver B.C. to be exact. It's a city of tall buildings, rugged mountains and many gardens. We'd previously spent a Thanksgiving...
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