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Yucca filamentosa; my favorite plant in the garden, this week…
Actually let me correct that, Yucca filamentosa is my favorite plant in my mom’s garden this week (and that explains the snow)…These plants are all growing at my parent’s home in Spokane, Washington,...
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What the what?
No doubt there’s a good story here.As we know, truth is often stranger than fiction, but since I don’t know the “truth” how about we make up some fiction? The winner gets…well…to be the winner. That...
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I have some predictions for 2013 and yes I’m actually going to write them here knowing that come December 31st 2013 you’ll be able to look back and see if I was right. It’s a lot of pressure but here...
View ArticleGetting through the cruelest month…
Everyone has their least favorite time of the year. For me this is it…January, the longest, darkest, cruelest month of all.When I lived in Seattle (always in an apartment, never with more than...
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Edgeworthia chrysantha…my favorite plant in the garden, this week!
Most of the leaves have fallen from my Edgeworthia chrysantha 'Nanjing Gold' leaving behind beautiful brown stems and fat flower buds which hold the promise of fragrant late-winter flowers. That’s why...
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Lawns, who needs lawns?
I am happy to say lawns are not a front yard standard here in Portland. Sure there are still plenty (especially on my street) but it isn't at all unusual to see a front yard completely void of lawn and...
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Again with the nursery diversion…
As you've probably figured out one of my favorite coping mechanisms for the winter months is to visit nurseries as frequently as possible. During this particular visit I hit the jackpot; a blooming...
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Echium wildpretii; my favorite plant in the garden, this week…
This one was a no-brainer, after all every day (above 25 degrees F) is a good day for the Echium wildpretii…After all it can end up looking like this……very quickly if overnight temperatures are cold...
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We revisit an extraordinary garden, chapter 1…
I originally shared photos of this garden in October of 2011 (day 1, day 2); however with the harsh shadows of the early morning hour those images were of less than stellar quality. As luck would have...
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We revisit an extraordinary garden, chapter 2…
Well here we are, in the amazing back garden (yesterday we were out front). As you scroll through these photos you’ll probably notice there are a few that seem to be rather repetitive, but each one...
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If you open my blog to read this post no doubt you'll notice things look a little different. I like change (on my own terms) and the New Year seemed like a good time to spruce things up (so what if I'm...
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Gardens at the Imperial War Museum, London
After finishing my visit to London’s Garden Museum the plan was to meet up with Andrew at the Imperial War Museum, where he’d been for the last couple of hours (there is something for everyone on...
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The first Bloomday of 2013…
January…it can only get better from here right? There is so much about to bloom in my garden I almost went with a “bud day” theme (that’s Arctostaphylos x ‘Austin Griffiths’ above) but that wouldn't be...
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Foliage Follow-up (and my favorite plant in the garden this week)…
Since my favorite plant feature this week is a favorite because of its foliage it seemed a natural to combine these two topics into a single post. May I present the Saxifraga…Yes they’re there….I’m...
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Roots, literal and otherwise...
Several of the succulent cuttings I took last fall have developed air roots.There is something a little unnerving about them, kind of like old man ear hairs (I know…and yes, I’m sorry).As January...
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My first plant purchase of 2013…
Well it's official, I've made my first plant purchase of the New Year! Can you guess what it might be?If you’d told me this would be it I would have laughed…But the bargain hunter in me got so excited...
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My Garden of Misfit Plants
You've heard of the Island of Misfit Toys right? Well I've realized my garden has become the Garden of Misfit Plants, or maybe I should say misshapen plants. I don’t know exactly how it happened; I...
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Sedum rubrotinctum; my favorite plant in the garden this week…
This week’s favorite plant, Sedum rubrotinctum, is tiny and therefore easy to miss. However when you’re out inspecting the garden after the coldest temperatures of the season (26 F in my garden),...
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We continue our January therapy…
If you wanted to find yourself in the absolute opposite of Portland, Oregon, in January where would you go? Well here of course…I apologize for the lousy photos; they were taken from the window of the...
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