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The Agave Report May 2017, front garden
I guess I'd better get on with it...like a good blogger I took photos (on April 27th) but then still couldn't quite decide how to go about sharing them. How to compare the "now" with what was before?...
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The Agave Report May 2017, back garden
Yesterday we looked at the front garden Agaves, today we move to the back garden — photos from November 2016, interspersed photos from April 2016. Henceforth referred to as "then" and "now". We start...
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In a Vase on Monday; frothy!
It all started with the tulips. Their vibrant wine color stood out against the common red, white, purple and yellow blooms in the grocery store display — of course they had to come home with me. I gave...
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2017 Rare Plant Research outing, with the Outlaw
I've been making the annual, late May, trip to Rare Plant Research since before I started writing this blog. I think my first outing was in 2006, if not then, than definitely 2007. There are years I've...
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Wednesday Vignette, the Podocarpus show
If the non-conifer-like foliage of Podocarpus matudae didn't already have me under its spell, then the way the new foliage unfurls would pull me in for sure.It's a two-fer for my Wednesday Vignette,...
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A May visit to Joy Creek Nursery
Free sunny days are for working in the garden, whereas free rainy days are for visiting nurseries. That's why I found myself at Joy Creek Nursery on a rainy Friday morning...Rodgersia all around Oregon...
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But I can't wait until July! Building my fern table...(it's my month end...
You may have noticed I've fallen hard for ferns. My purchases at the spring plant sales, and outings with friends, have fallen into two distinct groups, spikes and ferns. Extremes, with little in...
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In a Container on Monday...PINK!
It's not a vase and those aren't cut flowers, although now that I type those words I do wonder how Bougainvillea respond to cutting...I'm thinking not well, but hopefully my plant will thrive and I'll...
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Oh my! This is gonna be fun...
I knew there was a shipment from a friend in Denver on it's way to me, but I had no idea what exactly was coming my way. The box was so light as I carried it inside...Hmm...Oh my! A box full of...
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Wednesday Vignette, sedum table!
Last week — when I posted photos of my fern table— several friends who live in sunnier, dryer, climes lamented they wouldn't be able to enjoy such a thing in their gardens. So I couldn't help but think...
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Salem Study Weekend, the Southard Garden
Last June I had the privilege of touring several gardens in Salem, Oregon, as part of the 2016 Salem Hardy Plant Society Study Weekend. I've been ridiculously slow in posting about these gardens...but...
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One random drive-by leads to another random drive by...
A few weeks back, on one of our first sunny nice days, I was working in the front garden and noticed a car slowing down as it drove by. I thought it was a neighbor and so turned to wave, then realized...
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Garden update: the Agave dish planters
Back on March 27th I came to terms with the fact (and then confessed)Â that one of my Magnolia laevifolia was going to be done away with. Sad bent thing that it had become...Wrong plant, wrong place...
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Finally! My neighborhood is happening...
We moved to Portland in 2004 and rented for a year while we figured out what part of town we wanted to live in. When we finally bought our house the market was out of control, you had to bid the day...
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Wednesday Vignette, this looks like a good place to nap
After a big meal everyone feels like napping, right?I had to brush by the Symphytum × uplandicum 'Axminster Gold' several times while cleaning out the stock tank pond. That big bumble couldn't have...
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Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, The Palm Oasis
Way way way back in January (which honestly feels like another lifetime ago) Andrew and I flew down to Los Angeles for a few days. He tended to work business the first couple of days while I immersed...
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Vertical gardening...my way
If you're a regular reader you know I love me some old metal bits that can be re-purposed as a planter. I found this metal vent at Portland's Rebuilding Center.Super drainage! Actually too much...
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Memories Monday..."it's okay...."
Am I starting a new meme? No...just feeling a little sentimental after spending the weekend in Spokane for my nephew Trent's high school graduation. I had every intention of doing a "In a Vase" post...
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It's that time again! The 2017 ANLD Garden Tour...
It's time for the Association of NW Landscape Designers Annual Garden Tour, their 13th Annual. I first attended in 2009, which would make this my 8th...oh but wait, I was out of town one year, so only...
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Wednesday Vignette, Kennewick 5:43 am
I am not a morning person, yet here I was, walking into a semi-vacant lot at 5:43 in the morning last Saturday. Lila needs medication every 8-hrs. The first pill of the day is at 5:30, and it's...
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