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The Cordylines, my favorite plant in the garden this week…
This week’s favorite owes its recognition to the cutting back of the Rhody which I posted about yesterday. I knew these once dead plants were growing large again but I didn’t realize just how large...
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Xera retail, open for business...
You know that saying about how the rich just keep getting richer? It's true. We Portlanders are spoiled with so many excellent nurseries and yet here's another one, just opened yesterday!If you live...
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Yes, actually I'd love your vote...
If you're curious my entry is up for voting in this weeks "That's So Potted" contest on Potted's Facebook page. If you were to pay a visit to their page and perhaps find my entry worth giving a "like"...
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Inspiration walk…
Scheming on what to plant in front of our window (where the rhododendron was) I decided to take a walk for inspiration. I’ve shared this garden many a times, and I thought perhaps I might discover a...
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Finally! Visiting DIG Nursery on Vashon Island…
Sometimes when you’ve heard a lot about a place, and then finally get to see it for yourself, the reality doesn’t quite live up to the hype. This is especially awkward when you’ve talked a friend into...
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Meet the newest member of the family…
Andrew and I are pleased to announce…another Yucca rostrata has joined the family! Meet Alberta…Alberta came to us from the Cistus Nursery adoption agency. It was a tough decision whether to adopt...
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Rhododendron sinogrande; my favorite plant in the garden, this week…
I think it knows……knows that it’s the last Rhody left on our little plot of land. It heard the cries as the front garden Rhody was sent packing. And as a result it’s wooing me all over again by pushing...
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Unexpected succulent and unexpected places…
I don’t think there’s another group of plants that have been quite as tortured and manipulated as succulents. If you doubt me just take a quick look at Pinterest! Our first exhibit today is one that...
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It’s June, it’s Garden Bloggers Bloomday…life is good!
I think there are two different kind of bloggers when it comes to Garden Bloggers Bloomday; those that record every single bloom in their garden and those that stick with the highlights. I tend to be...
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Squid, Sardine and Coconut Jam on Potted!
Yes once again I’m asking for your vote, only this time it’s not for me but for my husband (okay it’s kind of “for me” because after all who do you think is going to spend that $500 at Potted if he...
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Cistus Nursery, blinded by the light tour
For some reason I thought it would be a great idea to visit Cistus Nursery right after an eye exam, one in which my eyes were dilated. Sometimes my determination can be blinding (ba dah boom!). Taking...
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Tetrapanax papyrifer, my favorite plant in the garden…this week.
Coming home from a dog walk I realized that finally it had happened. This was always what I’d envisioned when I’d planted a Tetrapanax in this corner...They were going great a few years ago but then...
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The 9th Annual Designers Garden Tour from the ANLD...
Last week I joined fellow garden writers and designers, for a pre-tour of the ANLD Garden Tour. I wonder, do other cities have the same wealth of opportunities to explore gardens that we do here in...
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Schefflera, a dime a dozen?
A couple weeks ago I was up in Seattle, visiting a friend, and found myself with a completely free Sunday. Sure I had to drive back to Portland but why not break up the journey with a few nursery...
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More from my nurseries stops in Washington...
Yesterday I shared the Schefflera highlights from my nursery stops en-route back from Seattle, but there were other things worth noting. First stop City People’s Garden Store on Capitol Hill in...
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Visiting the garden of Paul Bonine…
Does that name sound familiar? Probably because he’s co- owner of Xera Plants and the author of Black Plants: 75 Striking Choices for the Garden from Timber Press. I had the opportunity to visit Paul’s...
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Podocarpus alpinus ‘Orangeade’ is my favorite plant in the garden, this week…
I’m willing to bet this week’s favorite plant hasn’t been noticed by anyone who’s visited my garden. Heck I even forget it’s there most of the time. My I present Podocarpus alpinus ‘Orangeade'...I went...
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More from the ANLD tour...
You didn’t think I was going to be okay with sharing just a little teaser from the gardens I visited on this tour did you? No! There are three of them that needed a little more coverage…First up we're...
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A little creative reuse in my garden…
If you’ve read this blog for any length of time you know I’m not a fan of garden art. Need a focal point? That’s what the plants are for, sculpture and the like are just taking up space where another...
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Alberta and friends, happy in the ground…
Just a few short weeks ago this was the scene in front of our living room window:Now it looks like this:I’ve previously posted about our new short, but trunking, Yucca rostrata (Alberta) which we...
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