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Tag Archives: Plants
Going gaga over green flowers
The delight of the out-of-the-blue, sudden blossoming of one of my cacti a few weeks ago – for the first time in seven years! – carried with it another surprise… The flowers were green! How cool! Their obvious oddball appeal … Continue reading
Posted in Color, Cool plants, Gardening and Landscaping, Just for fun
Tagged Anna Pavord, bulbs, Green, green flowers, phyllody, Plants, unusual
28 Comments
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
16 Comments
Veni, vidi, WeHoP – a glorious garden geek adventure – part 1
It started with an invitation to visit WeHoP – Western Horticultural Products – a Pacific Northwest plant broker that tests and experiments with an enormous variety of plants to determine their suitability for the PNW climate, and then supplies them … Continue reading
Posted in Cool plants, Gardening and Landscaping, Just for fun, Nice People
Tagged garden, Heronswood, Kitsap peninsula, landscaping, Plants, road trip, Valley Nursery, WeHoP
23 Comments
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
19 Comments
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
37 Comments
Sage – a plant for Salvation
Lamiaceae, or the Mint family, contains the majority of the species we usually consider culinary plants, and include in our kitchen gardens. An older name for this group was ‘Labiatae’ which referred to how its petals were usually fused together … Continue reading
Posted in Cool plants, Food and Drink Recipes, Health and Safety
Tagged edible, flowers, folklore, Four Thieves Vinegar, life elixir, Plants, recipe, Sage, Saint Germain, Salvia, soup
9 Comments
Foliage Follow-up, May 2012
Three days after my first Bloom Day, I can only succumb to the fact that I’m hooked! Taking photos of your garden and posting them online is really, really fun! But, for as great as they are – blooms are … Continue reading
Posted in Cool plants, Foliage Follow-Up, Gardening and Landscaping
Tagged Color, contrast, Curb appeal, foliage, garden, Garden design, Pacific Northwest, plant vignettes, Plants, texture
20 Comments
My first Bloom Day ever – May, 2013
For a while now, I’ve seen friends posting blogs referring to “Bloom Day”, but never known what it was. I finally learned! It was started by Carol at May Dreams Gardens. She hosts a number of garden bloggers for a … Continue reading
Posted in Bloom Day, Cool plants, Gardening and Landscaping
Tagged allium, clematis, enkianthus, flowers, iris, May-blooming, mayapple, Plants, rose, trillium, viburnum
20 Comments
Iris confusa a.k.a. Bamboo Iris – one of my absolute Top Ten garden picks for spring!
And almost any other time as well, for that matter… Of all the worthy possibilities out there, there are a few that take the cake! Solidifying the shortlist is probably beyond me, hopeless plantoholic as I am, but this one … Continue reading
Posted in Cool plants, Gardening and Landscaping
Tagged Bamboo iris, drought-tolerant, favorite, garden, Iris confusa, Plants, plants for sun, shade plants, Top Ten, versatile
16 Comments
A little vernal plant-porn, anyone?
Perhaps it’s silly to get so excited about it, but I can’t help it! My garden is veritably exploding! You can feel the power rising up through the soil – it’s a barely perceptible hum, a vibration of life, as … Continue reading
Posted in Cool plants, Gardening and Landscaping
Tagged birth, death, fertility, garden, life, life cycle, Plants, spring, spring flowers
10 Comments
The Creative Flux 