Let's take a quick look at part of my garden. Why so quick? Well because it's raining. What is it that April showers bring? Wet gardeners, that's what. Although we here in the PNW have moss-covered webbed feet, electronics haven't yet adapted to the rain quite as much.
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Acer in the distance is starting to leaf out and will soon hide the house across the alley again. Hooray.
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Enter smell-o-rama - Escallonia illinita, buried somewhere in the shrubbery is pouring out the fragrance of curry. With the camellia showering the ground with vibrant color, it feels a bit like the garden's own celebration of Holi. Podophyllum delavayi is popping up to say hello.
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Since you're all wet and cold now, come sit by the fire and warm yourself a bit. I wonder if the canna in here made it through the winter?
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Spring is a time for happy surprises like this Senecio candicans 'Angel Wings' which is sold as a "temperennial." When they're dry (that'll happen around July 5th) the leaves are silvery white and soft as a baby's behind. I got this before our big freezes, left it out in it's pot and surprisingly it survived beautifully.
Acer in the distance is starting to leaf out and will soon hide the house across the alley again. Hooray.
Maybe it's time to divide this clump as it was larger in years past.
Brugmansia just liberated from the greenhouse.
Good old 'President Roosevelt' is providing color while Skimmia Japonica adds fragrance.
Enter smell-o-rama - Escallonia illinita, buried somewhere in the shrubbery is pouring out the fragrance of curry. With the camellia showering the ground with vibrant color, it feels a bit like the garden's own celebration of Holi. Podophyllum delavayi is popping up to say hello.
It's magnolia time!
Cordyline
Somebody had better clean up this mess soon.
Since you're all wet and cold now, come sit by the fire and warm yourself a bit. I wonder if the canna in here made it through the winter?
Happy weekend all.