Furney's has changed the look of their main entry with these colorful sails. They had less giftware and garden structures this season and seem to be concentrating more on plants. See previous visits here.
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There's still some great statuary. This lady does not seem amused in the least with the little robot.
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It seems like a lot of nurseries are featuring citrus, some hardy some not, for growing in the Pacific Northwest. Were they always doing this and I wasn't paying attention or is this a growing trend? Jungle Fever has carried them for years.
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Made using the "Reeder Technique" of gluing to a bud vase or, in this case, a bottle, for placement on a piece of rebar driven into the ground, these were quite nice. I'll definitely steal the idea of gluing glass blobs to the plates/bowls!
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A creative use for some of those broken plates you have sitting around to make mosaics with someday.
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Yellow kniphofia, red and white penstemon, and orange crocosmia make an interesting combination. Fun fact about crocosmia from Wikipedia: The genus name is derived from the Grek words Krokos, meaning "saffron" and osme, meaning "odor" - from the fact that dried leaves of these plants emit a strong smell like that of saffron (a spice derived from Crocus - anothr gnus belonging to the iridacaea) when immersed in hot water. I'm going to go out and grab some crocosmia leaves to check this out!
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Seeing Schefflera taiwaniana reminds me of the excitement many of us felt when these were first being introduced and were very difficult to find.
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These almost came home with me because they're so bizarre and were on sale but I decided to think about it and when I went back, they had run away.
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What are two mermaids in a birdbath to do? Looks like they should have a chess board between them.
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We've had a lion of a summer, which still has a couple of weeks left, this year and I hope you all have enjoyed the heat (A relative term. In the PNW a hot summer is one during which sweaters are not necessary) and sun as much as I.
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Here's to enjoying the coming autumn to the fullest and sleeping as much as possible during that unfortunate season between fall and spring! Happy gardening all!
There's still some great statuary. This lady does not seem amused in the least with the little robot.
It seems like a lot of nurseries are featuring citrus, some hardy some not, for growing in the Pacific Northwest. Were they always doing this and I wasn't paying attention or is this a growing trend? Jungle Fever has carried them for years.
Loving the glass flowers!
Made using the "Reeder Technique" of gluing to a bud vase or, in this case, a bottle, for placement on a piece of rebar driven into the ground, these were quite nice. I'll definitely steal the idea of gluing glass blobs to the plates/bowls!
Acacia cognata 'Cousin Itt' is also a more frequent sight at nurseries these days.
gotta love a nice full nursery in the summer. O.K. a nursery at any time of year is pretty wonderful!
A little something from south of the border.
A creative use for some of those broken plates you have sitting around to make mosaics with someday.
Flat Cats.
And of course, TAAG (there's always an agave)
Yellow kniphofia, red and white penstemon, and orange crocosmia make an interesting combination. Fun fact about crocosmia from Wikipedia: The genus name is derived from the Grek words Krokos, meaning "saffron" and osme, meaning "odor" - from the fact that dried leaves of these plants emit a strong smell like that of saffron (a spice derived from Crocus - anothr gnus belonging to the iridacaea) when immersed in hot water. I'm going to go out and grab some crocosmia leaves to check this out!
Seeing Schefflera taiwaniana reminds me of the excitement many of us felt when these were first being introduced and were very difficult to find.
These almost came home with me because they're so bizarre and were on sale but I decided to think about it and when I went back, they had run away.
Delicious foliage! Notice those adorable pink eucomis blooms in the foreground.
What are two mermaids in a birdbath to do? Looks like they should have a chess board between them.
We've had a lion of a summer, which still has a couple of weeks left, this year and I hope you all have enjoyed the heat (A relative term. In the PNW a hot summer is one during which sweaters are not necessary) and sun as much as I.
