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The rest of the day's nursery visits...
Continuing on with our visit to Corvallis, Oregon, and my tour of the local nurseries...after visiting Gindhart Nursery my next stop was Home Grown Gardens.The rain was coming down pretty hard at this...
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The old, the new, and the unfortunate
Starting right off with the unfortunate...This was a formerly pristine Agave ovatifolia. Then the window installation guy punctured a few leaves with his ladder. Then mother nature pummeled it with...
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An early spring visit to Dancing Oaks Nursery
If you've been following along then you know we recently spent some time south of Portland in Corvallis, Oregon. On our drive down I wondered if there was any chance Andrew might become so buried in...
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April Bloomday, 2015
Tax day? No, Bloomday. That is if you're a garden blogger and your priorities are in order. Our freakishly early spring here in the PNW has slowed down considerably. Or at least mine has. We've...
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Tulip crossing
Funny, a single tulip growing in an expanse of lawn. It looks a bit odd though...What a thin stem, kinda brown too.Hey!"Tulip Crossing"Did you notice the other one in the photo above? (across the...
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Greening Portland, the rural and urban versions
Last Saturday was a day of extremes. Bright sunny skies followed by intense downpours, repeat, repeat, repeat. Such is spring in the Pacific Northwest. Andrew and I made a quick trip out to visit a...
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Fool me once, shame on you…
Last weekend was the big (and I do mean B.I.G.) Hardy Plant Society of Oregon Plant Sale (aka Hortlandia). I decided to treat myself to a day of just soaking up the plants and the people. No photos....
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My Hortlandia 2015 Haul...
This is actually my fourth "haul" of the season. The first came back when we bloggers visited Little Prince of Oregon, the second on our weekend away to Corvallis and the third just last Thursday when...
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Toto, I Don't Think We're in Kansas Anymore...
Each year on the Thursday before the big Hortlandia plant sale a group of friends and I spend the day touring nurseries. Lots of fun and lots of plant buying. This year we visited Portland powerhouse...
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A few of my favorite plants in the garden in April...
As planned a strip of sod along the north side of the garden has been removed and I'm busy planting it up. While laying out the plants I got to admiring this Astelia. You're probably wondering why,...
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Okay, you get one more chance...
Some of you may remember my frustration with the uber sexy Yucca Bright Star, aka Yucca gloriosa var. recurvifolia 'Walbristar', aka poster child for a severe case of yuccacne every spring. I had...
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San Gabriel Nursery and Rosemead Gardens
Today we're flashing back to December 23rd and my visit to San Gabriel Nursery in San Gabriel, California. I'd started the day at California Cactus Center, then spent a few hours at the Los Angeles...
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A visit to Walter Andersen Nursery in San Diego
It looks like I'm on a bit of a California nursery roll, Tuesday we visited San Gabriel Nursery near the Huntington Gardens, today we're headed back down to San Diego and a stop at Walter Andersen, a...
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Gardens by the Sea, another nursery visit
Why not wrap up a nursery heavy blogging week with a visit to Gardens by the Sea Nursery? This was a planned stop en route to the San Diego Botanical Garden, and to be honest I'm not sure where I heard...
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An Early Morning Garden Stroll...
The morning was sunny and warm, a cup of of coffee and my camera and I was off to walk the garden...my first ever Libertia bloom! On L. ixioides 'Taupo Sunset'...And my first ever Trachycarpus fortunei...
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What the #@&*? But that's not possible!
Tired, dirty, and ready to head inside after along (fabulous) day in the garden, I was coiling up the hose when I spotted this growing along the foundation of the house. The twigs belong to...
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My flashy annual of the year…
There’s a history behind this latest obsession. It seems each growing season I fall under the spell of a different "annual" (whether or not it's a true annual, it's one in my climate), something new to...
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A quick stop at Roger's Gardens
I've let my posts about our December Southern California trip drag on F O R E V E R...so here's a quick refresher. We flew into San Diego, CA, on the 17th and stayed until the 21st, the morning of...
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A visit to the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden, Part One
The Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden had been on my list for awhile. I wasn't exactly sure what to expect, but I was excited to discover what it was all about during our December 2014...
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My visit to the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden, Part Two
We're back at the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden (here is Part One) ...And I'm wandering around in awe of those Euphorbia (okay the aloes are pretty sweet too)...Amazing.A Sonchus,...
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