Tag Archives: foliage

Glimpses from the garden – July 2018

Posted on July 15, 2018 by

I’m all out of space on Flutter & Hum, so this Bloom Day contribution will come to you from The Creative Flux – the blog I started a few years before I went off the deep end into my plant- … Continue reading →

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Belated Bloom Day and Foliage Follow-up – March 2014

Posted on March 19, 2014 by

…. or as it could also be called; “The dance of the yet unplanted”. Temperature-wise, this winter was a rough one, and it was also a very busy one. So busy, in fact, that most everything procured last fall are … Continue reading →

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Fall foliage, berries, and a few blooms too…

Posted on October 18, 2013 by

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 →

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Eggsactly what color is ‘eggplant’?

Posted on October 12, 2013 by

When you tell people you just recommended to someone they paint their house purple, you get some funny looks, communicating bemused disbelief. So, for the purpose of calming the waters, I have taken to circumventing my aversion of assigning names … Continue reading →

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Veni vedi WeHoP – part 3 – fabulous plants, color, and texture

Posted on September 9, 2013 by

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 →

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Veni, vidi, WeHoP – a glorious garden geek adventure – part 2

Posted on September 8, 2013 by

We got out of our cars less than a minute after we left Heronswood, stretched our travel weary limbs, and began exploring the offerings of Celestial Dream Gardens. But, alas, we got distracted! A few yards after getting back on … Continue reading →

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Rubus lineatus – not quite on the wild side…

Posted on August 21, 2013 by

You can always tell the pot smokers from the non-users the first time they as new visitors walks up our driveway. At a particular point in this short journey, the hemp users invariably jump, which always makes me giggle because … Continue reading →

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