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And that's a wrap, on the HPSO Study Weekend 2019
With this post I wrap up my coverage of the HPSO 2019 Study Weekend open gardens here in Portland. Study Weekend itself is an event that rotates among the PNW plant societies. Last year was in Seattle,...
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White worm coral...aka fairy fingers or white spindles
It's not just a play on words, fungi really are fun. In my compact city lot I've discovered things such as dog vomit slime mold aka Fuligo septica (which admittedly is no longer considered a fungi but...
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Visiting Arium Botanicals, in Portland
At the urging of my friend Ann, I attended a meeting of the PNW branch of the American Begonia Society back on Nov 24th . That meeting took place at Arium Botanicals, a shop I'd never even heard...
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Wednesday Vignette: the moss man endures
Last week I mentioned Beth Winter and her propensity to collect. I first visited Beth's garden in July of 2015. I tour many gardens but Beth's stands out in my mind, it's not just her collecting of...
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Beth Winter's garden, my second visit
I've shared a pair of quick vignettes from Beth's garden (here and here) but finally I'm posting a longer look. Granted it's still not long enough (for a look at my first visit back in 2015 go here). I...
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Everything you wanted to know about the yucca moth, but were afraid to ask...
How does the saying go? The more you know, the more you realize you don't know? Something like that. Anyway, I knew yuccas were pollinated by a moth, but there was so much more I didn't know about the...
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December's Bloomday (are there any flowers out there?)
Yesterday was Garden Blogger's Bloomday, hosted by Carol at May Dreams Gardens. I'm late, but I still must play along, and so I went in search of flowers in my garden...The Fatsia japonica is right...
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Greenhouse envy...
I drive by this greenhouse every time I go to the Hardy Plant Society of Oregon office, which is roughly 8 times a year, give or take...The thing is though, I never have time to stop and take photos. I...
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Wednesday Vignette, bougainvillea
Sure it was in a greenhouse, but anytime you run across blooming bougainvillea in Oregon, in November, well...you have to stop and stare. This beauty was at the Potted Elephant. Full photo...
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The Potted Elephant Open House, visiting their new location
Back in October of 2018 I visited the Potted Elephant during one of their open house events. Since that original visit they've relocated, to an entirely different area. This last Thanksgiving weekend I...
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In Search of Small Things, at Emily's Place
First of all let me just warn you that my photos do not do this set-up justice. Emily has created an indoor wonderland of plants. It's pretty amazing...So many plants in a small space...Which of course...
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It's a little bit Christmas...
This has been a strange holiday season. First of all, we were supposed to be out of town over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Then I was scheduled to travel again—gone for 4 days the following week....
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In the tradition of...
Remember when department store windows were all done-up special for the holidays? I do. Stopping to see the decorations; moving twinkling, snowing...it was magical, for a kid. I remember my parents...
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A shrubby layered look...
Out on a walk in November I came across this colorful scene. I was impressed with how much texture and variation was achieved with shrubby evergreens, in a relatively narrow strip of land between the...
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The Gardens on Spring Creek, from the 2019 GBFling
We're traveling back in time to June 14th and the GB Fling visit to The Gardens on Spring Creek, in Fort Collins, Co. The good news for the community is that the garden is under expansion, the bad news...
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Agave abuse in Pasadena, California
I had several alternative titles for this post:Gardening with straight linesGardening within the boxAgave, corneredStand back!And on, and on—but really it all comes down to agave abuse. Someone planted...
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An amazing year draws to a close...
I’ve never been one for an end-of-year round up post where I look back and reminisce on the highlights of the year, or share a collection of my favorite photos. However on December 21st, while I was...
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Happy New Year!
May your 2020 be full of huge agaves (or whatever plant makes your heart go pitter-patter) and someone to share them with...Weather Diary, Dec 31: Hi 51, Low 40/ Precip .21All material © 2009-2020 by...
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The Lower Bromeliad Garden, at Lotusland
I've already written about the bromeliads around Ganna Walska's home at Lotusland, the area known as the Upper Bromeliad Garden. By the late 1970’s however, those bromeliads had become overcrowded and...
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