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Paul's garden just outside Eugene, Oregon
Yesterday, for my Wednesday Vignette post, I shared a couple images from the grounds surrounding the Celeste Campbell Senior Center in Eugene, Oregon - and over on the plant lust blog I posted images...
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An empty spot in the garden, remembering my Grevillea 'Neil Bell'...
As you may have read, I recently lost my Grevillea 'Neil Bell'. It's demise was quick and unexpected. By all indications it was quite happy in my garden, growing and flowering almost continually for a...
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One week left to get your OC&K Challenge entry in!
Next Sunday, Nov 1st is the deadline...you've got a week to be creative and get your Ornamental Cabbage and Kale Challenge entry in to me (email an image to: spiky plants at gmail dot com). In the mean...
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A return to the Outlaw's garden...
I first visited my friend Peter's garden back in June of 2012, just a week after he launched his extremely popular blog The Outlaw Gardener. I've made another couple of quick stops over the last few...
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Travels with My Cactus
The trouble with putting things aside to share at a later time is that the details get foggy. Case in point I'm having a hard time remembering how I came across this Peanuts book, Travels with My...
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Wednesday Vignette - only 4 days left to send in your OC&K Chalenge entry!
From Cornell Farm here in Portland comes an image reminding you to get your Ornamental Cabbage & Kale Challenge entry in to me by Sunday, November 1st! (email to spiky plants at gmail dot com). And...
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Operation Embrace Autumn, it's been easy
The back garden, last week...This was going to be the year I stopped mourning the loss of summer and fully embraced the beauty of autumn. Well honestly I feel like a bit of a faker because this autumn...
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Some favorites for the end of October 2015
All year long this poor Phlebodium Pseudoaureum (Blue Rabbit's Foot Fern) has been largely ignored. Sure I watered it, but I failed to realize just how fabulous it was looking until moving things...
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Wishing you a thrilling Halloween!
Halloween is the carefree, act like we're all kids again, holiday. How can you not enjoy that?And to celebrate naturally I had to send the Ornamental Cabbage and Kale Challenge out on a high...
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Big Leaves, Little Flowers - in a Vase on Monday
I've mentioned my admiration for those who religiously participate in the weekly "In a Vase on Monday" meme. As an sporadic participant I must admit I've caught the bug, in other words even when I'm...
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WWTT #22, Edward was there
One afternoon last week I had a date to meet up with my husband at Schoolhouse Electric, oddly I found myself running early. This never, ever, happens, I'm usually always late. I don't even know how to...
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A Wednesday Vine Vignette
I frequently walk by this vine covered fence, and first wrote about it back in 2011. Walking by a couple of weeks ago I thought it was looking particularly fetching and snapped this photo. I'm again...
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Hurry up already, it's not August you know!
I was out scavenging in the garden for things to use in a vase when I discovered this - buds on my Acanthus sennii...This happened once before, on another Acanthus, but they weren't this big and sadly...
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Discovering the Pat Calvert Greenhouse at the Washington Park Arboretum
Oh the magic of the internet! Sometime back I stumbled upon the fact you can buy plants near the visitors center at the Washington Park Arboretum, in Seattle. I didn't even know there was a visitors...
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In a Vase on Monday - the “before you rot” edition
Our night-time temperatures have been fairly tame, we dripped to 38F one night last week but haven't yet experienced anything that would put an end to my tender succulents planted in the ground....
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Those who rose to the OC&K Challenge...and a winner!
So here we are, the Ornamental Cabbage and Kale Challenge is complete. I received 11 entries total, thank you so much to everyone who took the time to put something together, photograph it and send in...
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Wednesday Vignette, the final paws of the season
Last week I finally broke down and snipped the final blooms off my Kangaroo Paws (Anigozanthos) which were still pushing out flowers in November - not bad! A little sun came out right before I made the...
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The Ninth Moon Floral Design Showcase at Lan Su
Maybe you remember? This year I pledged to live in the moment and enjoy autumn...no thinking back to summer or looking ahead (with dread) to winter. So when I read that our Chinese Garden was...
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The little shelf of horrors
Okay I admit it. I can't visit a big box store without walking through the plant department, you just never know what you might find. Unfortunately every one of these stores has a little shelf of...
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November 15th 2015, what's blooming?
Yikers, only one more Bloomday left after this...what a year it's been. Quite a few of my plants decided to try my patience and wait until November to bloom, like this Brugmansia 'Charles Grimaldi'...
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