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Just submitted an article I wrote on Aging in Place Gardening for the HPSO’s spring newsletter. There are many points to be made on the subject, of course, but one of the quotes that resonated with me was ”Art requires less work than plants, so if a plant isn’t performing as it should...” Well, you get the idea. Here is an example of what that might look like, that I just love. Look for it some time in April - a peek at the wonderful gardens of Marian & Rick. @marianazorrIt blooms for so long that after a few months, I shamefully admit to get a bit tired of it, but that just shows you how spoiled I am. When the light hits it just so, it’s just a beautiful display. #camelliasasanquayuletide #camelliayuletideLook at that blue sky! Here seen through the tracery of a #liquidambar or #sweetgum - the kind of tree that I appreciate more in other people’s gardens. Today was just a beautiful day, and we passed under this beauty on our walk around the neighborhood. I’m sure all those fallen fruits are a pain in the butt to deal with, but so are both the leaves and the cones from my big magnolia. Even so, I would rather be surrounded by trees than not. Plant more trees! Now is a great time to do it!We have the best neighbors. Mike is a baking god. He just brought over this freshly baked loaf of bread. Note the leaf pattern. Too pretty to eat, but so darn tasty! #freshlybakedbread #homebaker #stillwarm #bestneighborsSuper excited! I just planted a tree. After three years of relative misery in progressively larger pots, it’s finally tall enough to have its head above the fray in the spot where I want it, so it finally got its feet in the ground. By the time I finished, it was dark, so no photo yet. It’s pretty much a stick this time of year anyway. Snapped a couple of other little vignettes, lit by my favorite solar spots. #plantedatreetoday #treesaretheview #carexsparkplug #ferns #epimediumfargesiiA favorite spot on my neighborhood walk. Love the foliar textures, and the fact that it completely conceals the house behind it. #neighborhoodwalk #evergreenshrubs #evergreentrees #fabfoliage #screeningplants #privacysolution #busystreet #shutouttheworldelegantly
Tag Archives: flowers
What’s the deal with little girls and pink?
When I was a little girl, I absolutely ADORED pink. And purple. Had you asked me back then, I probably couldn’t have told you which one I liked best. Which, of course, makes me much alike the majority of other … Continue reading
Posted in Color
Tagged color preferences, flowers, gender, nature v/s nurture, pink, purple, stereotypes
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Fall foliage, berries, and a few blooms too…
How I could completely miss both October Bloom Day and Foliage Follow-up is beyond my comprehension. When I finally realized it, and wandered out back to survey the garden, I realized I had indeed missed a bunch of things out … Continue reading
Posted in Bloom Day, Cool plants, Foliage Follow-Up, Gardening and Landscaping
Tagged autumn, Bloom Day, Color, fall, flowers, foliage, Foliage Follow-up, garden, Green, red
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Veni vedi WeHoP – part 3 – fabulous plants, color, and texture
While the previous two posts about our awesome adventure focused more on overall shots and a chronological narrative of our trip, I figured I’d cram a few more photos into a final post on the matter. It was such a … Continue reading
Posted in Cool plants, Gardening and Landscaping, Uncategorized
Tagged Color, combos, flowers, foliage, garden, landscape, Pacific Northwest, Plants, texture
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‘B’ is for Blue…
Can’t believe it is mid-August already! Along with the happily buzzing bees, butterflies and hummingbirds, my current garden favorites are the blues. It is such a magical color! The dark blues are especially mesmerizing – they are almost electric. Dusk … Continue reading
Posted in Bloom Day, Color, Cool plants, Gardening and Landscaping
Tagged agapanthus, bees, Bloom Day, blooms, blue, bluebells, clematis, flowers, Purple color, Salvia
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Alchemilla alpina – cute, cuddly and carefree!
I first laid eyes on it when a relative brought a small clump of it home. It was a gift to her from a gardener friend at Bergianska Trädgården – the botanical institution at the Stockholm University in Sweden – … Continue reading
Posted in Cool plants, Foliage Follow-Up, Gardening and Landscaping
Tagged adorable, Alchemilla alpina, cute, flowers, foliage, garden, groundcover, Plants, silvery
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Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – July 2013
Happy GBBD everyone! Well, things are definitely slowing down over here, or perhaps more so taking a break. The Asiatic lilies are spent while the orientals are coming, the crocosmias are on fire, as are the Rudbeckias. This year the … Continue reading
Posted in Bloom Day, Cool plants, Gardening and Landscaping
Tagged agapanthus, asiatics, clematis, flowers, garden, July, lilies, orientals, Rooguchi, Rudbeckia 'Cherry Brandy'
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The birth of a monster – Allium shubertii
This past February, at a Portland garden show, I came across this gigantic seed head on display. It turned out to be an Allium shubertii, the like of which I had never seen before. The vendor was selling sprouting bulbs, … Continue reading
Posted in Color, Cool plants, Gardening and Landscaping
Tagged allium, Color, flowers, foliage, garden, huge, onion, ornamental, shubertii
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