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What looks good now...
If you've read this blog for any length of time you know this is always a hard time of the year for me, I love summer and I hate to see it end. Sure autumn has its own beauty, but winter follows and...
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Flaming cryptomeria branches, in a vase, on Monday
Andrew loves autumn and Halloween. I'm less enamored but manage to do a little seasonal decorating, for him if nothing else. I'd been out in the garden cutting random bits to put in a vase with Solanum...
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Bloomday for October, 2019
Well look at that, another Garden Bloggers Bloomday has rolled around (thanks to Carol at May Dreams Gardens for keeping the tradition alive). I'm feeling kind of detached from the garden right now....
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Wednesday Vignette, Lotusland light magic
I've been spending a little time—a half hour here, fifteen minutes there—editing down the hundreds of photos I took at Lotusland, last April. It's a wonderful way to get lost in the warm memories....
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A return to the garden of Jeffrey Bale
Mosiac pebble artist and garden designer Jeffrey Bale's Portland garden was one of the stops on last June's HPSO Study Weekend event...From the brochure: "This garden includes an exotic blend of...
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Darcy Daniels' Portland Garden, an HPSO Study Weekend visit
I've had the pleasure of visiting Darcy Daniels' garden a few times, still I didn't want to pass up the chance to see it all fluffed and primped for the HPSO Study Weekend...The sign above is in...
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The Greenhouse Complex, Boettcher Memorial Tropical Conservatory, and Green...
That's a mouthful, right? I could have tried to make it easy, but decided to stick with the awkward title. Why? Because I found the Denver Botanic Gardens a little confusing. I studied the map and...
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A small garden I drive by...
We have a default Thai take-out place not too far from home, it seems I pick up food there at least once a month, maybe more. Headed home I drive by this house and it's tiny front garden. I finally had...
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Wednesday Vignette: that clematis!
There have been exactly three times that a clematis has caused me to stop and point, begging for ID from anyone walking by...This first time was at Cistus Nursery, when I saw Clematis tibetana var....
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Tatiana Maxwell's garden, a 2019 Fling stop
As our Fling bus approached this garden, the lead organizer, Judy Seaborn, told a story about jogging past it during a marathon she was participating in. She was so blown away by what she saw that she...
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Quesnelia marmorata 'Rafael Oliviera'—why I haunt Portland Nursery
A couple months back I was at a plant people party with lots of out of town plant lovers. One of them asked about nurseries they should visit the next day. I started naming off the ones I would stop...
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The Aloe Garden, at Lotusland
According to the Lotusland website there are more than 140 kinds of aloes in the Aloe Garden.While I enjoy wandering the paths and admiring the aloes I find the pool and clam shell fountains are my...
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The Fern Garden, at Lotusland
Unfortunately I don't seem to ever give myself enough time to properly explore the Fern Garden at Lotusland. Even when I had the whole day there, as I did last April, I still ended up running through...
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The the other pool with clam shells, at Lotusland
On Monday I shared photos of the Aloe Garden at Lotusland, complete with its fabulous clam shell fountains. But there's another pool at Lotusland with clam shells, and here they're on the beach...The...
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May you have an appropriately scary fun Halloween...
A few images of our Halloween decor. Some you've seen before, some is new. The paper decorations are vintage...Hope you have a scary fun day full of treats, with maybe just a few good tricks.Weather...
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Bloomed out
Knowing the family who purchased this home, and thus inherited this giant agave, weren't terribly fond of it at first, well, I expected it to be cut down and torn out long before now. The fact they've...
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My, what big leaves you have
Walking down to the patio one afternoon I was surprised to see a fallen Paulownia tomentosa leaf laying across a paver. They usually stay in the far corner of the garden and dry-up there, so I never...
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Ninth Moon Floral Design Showcase and Mumvember, Lan Su's annual celebration...
Last Friday I stopped by Portland's Lan Su Chinese Garden for the Ninth Moon Floral Showcase and the beginning of their Mumvember celebration.Attending this event has become something of a tradition...
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Wednesday Vignette, uncovered
Last weekend I finally had time to do the big clean-up, post crazy leaf tossing windstorm. That's when I uncovered this Syneilesis I bought last August (2018) at Far Reaches Farm. It was planted out...
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Workplace Hazards; new plants make everything better
You would think that when my basement currently looks like this...And this...And this...I would know I do not need more plants. But. But when you'd been sitting in front of your laptop screen for...
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