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I don’t really have enough sun to make Asters happy, but they still humor me by blooming - at least enough for a splash of purple with all the green. #asters #fallcolor #astersonthenorthside #bravetheodds #cramscaping #myfrontyard #mygardenAside from ferns and rhubarb, one of the very few edibles I grow - a pineapple, grown from planting the leaf rosette of a very tasty pineapple a couple of years ago. I doubt it will set fruit, unless of course, I bring it inside and give it everything it needs. #prettibles #prettyedibles #tropicalgoodies #mygarden #myjungleA backlit Clematis ‘Romantica’ rambling through a Barberry. #clematisromantica #berberisatropurpurea #mygardenFern and grass combo in the garden. I need more of that! #polystichumsetiferumplumosummultilobum #carexmuskingumensisoehmeThe single little corm I stuck in this fern table last year is paying me back plentifold for that minor effort. There are a bunch of Cyclamen blooms this year! 😃 #ferntable #mygarden #octoberflowersAdvertisements
Tag Archives: foliage
Glimpses from the garden – July 2018
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
Posted in Bloom Day
Tagged clematis, foliage, fuchsia, gardening, hellstrip, July flowers, my garden
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Belated Bloom Day and Foliage Follow-up – March 2014
…. 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
Posted in Bloom Day, Cool plants, Foliage Follow-Up
Tagged citizenship, Color, daphne, ferns, flag, foliage, hellebores, mini-daffodil, podophyllum, spring flowers
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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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Eggsactly what color is ‘eggplant’?
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
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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Veni, vidi, WeHoP – a glorious garden geek adventure – part 2
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
Rubus lineatus – not quite on the wild side…
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
Posted in Cool plants, Gardening and Landscaping
Tagged Curb appeal, foliage, garden, leaves, Plants, Rubus lineatus, Shrubs
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