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Wednesday Vignette, L.A. Street Art
Visit Flutter & Hum for more Wednesday Vignettes.All material © 2009-2016 by Loree Bohl for danger garden. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited and just plain rude.
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Not just surviving, but thriving!
You probably remember my gushing over the Passiflora 'Sunburst' with it's fabulous orange flowers and interesting foliage. It's not hardy here in Portland so I dug it up and over-wintered it in the...
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On the streets of Los Angeles – where I come from those are houseplants!
Here I am again, back in Los Angeles. It was December 21st and I was headed to pick up Andrew who'd been enjoying time at The Last Bookstore, in downtown L.A. However when I spotted this HUGE Kalanchoe...
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In a Vase on Monday; on the road...
I spent last week at my parents place up in Spokane. Since I knew I wouldn't be back again before Mother's Day, in May, I took my mom's gifts with me. Last week on the plant lust blog I spoke of a...
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Will you be in Minneapolis this July?
You know how you can make a decision for all the right reasons but it still feels wrong? That's how I'm feeling about missing this year's Garden Bloggers Fling in Minneapolis. There are a few reasons...
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Wednesday Vignette - best laid plans
As I mentioned on Monday I just returned from a week away. A week away from my garden. In spring. A week that included the longest dry and sunny stretch Portland had seen since November. I wasn't...
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Seaside Gardens in Carpinteria, part one
Seaside Gardens was one of our stops last December when we visited Southern California. What a classy operation they are! A beautiful display garden (map below), fabulous plants and very helpful and...
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Seaside Gardens in Carpinteria, part two
Yesterday we started our walk through the display gardens at Seaside Gardens, in California. Today we pick it back up...The always beautiful Bismarckia nobilis, I believe nope, Brahea armata...Trevesia...
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In a Vase on Monday - "learn from my mistakes" edition
I killed a Magnolia. On purpose.I have no before pictures to share, because I had to kind-of "back into it"– not admitting I was really going through with it – even as I started to cut, and cut and...
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Another year, another HPSO sale...
Last weekend was the annual Hardy Plant Society of Oregon's plant sale...aka...Hortlandia. Having just been out on a day-long "plant-centric" field trip on the Thursday before (more about that tomorrow...
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Wednesday Vignette - the haul
After the first of the year — when I start dreaming about the gardening season ahead — there's always a date on my April calendar marked with an all caps heading: FIELD TRIP. It's not the most exciting...
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Naked!
I drive by this house frequently and naturally turn to admire the palms and other plants each and every time.Imagine my surprise when, instead of the usual hairy Trachycarpus trunks, I saw these! As my...
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Garden Bloggers Bloomday for April 2016
Spring is in full, glorious bloom in Portland this April...and I've got a lot of flowers to share! First up let's start with the Euphorbias and the bright acid yellow of E. polychroma...Fabulous!More...
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In a Vase on Monday...oh the riches!
The "problem" with participating in this Monday vase ritual is that you get used to having fresh cut stems from the garden around the house. Then when you get busy (or go out of town) and they all pass...
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Anemone Paper Flowers
Some of you might remember a previous mention of Anemone Paper Flowers here on the blog. I discovered them when up in Spokane for Thanksgiving, but since they were closed then I vowed to return when I...
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Wednesday Vignette – Iris cristata
Look at those cute little blue flowers peeking up over the side of the stock tank...They're Iris cristata and I never expected to see them.Why? Because I bought the plants for their foliage, not giving...
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Garden walk with me...
Portland just wrapped up a streak of sunny days in the (record breaking) high 80's. Weather like that means morning garden walks are mandatory. Care to join me?...First flower of the year on the...
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Porch, where shelter and nature converge
Last December, after we visited Seaside Gardens, we stopped at a little shop in Carpinteria called Porch. I've got a soft spot for retail establishments that mix interior and garden and remembered this...
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In a Vase on Monday – the accidental propagator
This won't be your typical "In a Vase on Monday" post, I have no vase creation to share. What I do have however are plants – new plants, baby plants – it's all quite magical! You see I'm no propagation...
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Project remake: fern dish planters...
Last summer I added a few more of my "dish planters" to the garden. These two were planted up with purple sweet potato vine (Ipomoea batatas 'Blackie') which never really looked as good as I'd hoped...
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