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Visiting the Rhododendron Gaden Nursery
It's always a joy to visit the nurseries of independent growers. The Rhododendron Garden Nursery in Federal way is a one woman show. A retired school teacher, Diane Bell is living her dream of...
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Weird Wednesday at Fred Meyer
Fred Meyer has a little bit of everything, including plants. On this visit, there were lots of these Celosia cristatas on sale. I can't decide if I like them or not but they certainly are...
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Puyallup's Answer to the Circle Pot
You may be familiar the the very cool circle pot by Potted, indoor style for outdoor living. This image is taken from their website which you should check out as they have all sorts of great items....
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Time Flies When You're Having Fun!
Two years ago today, I started The Outlaw Gardener with a post with three pictures of the view from my back porch and some words. I thought it would be interesting to take pictures from the same...
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Tatyana's Secret Garden
Tatyana writes the blog My Secret Garden which I've read and admired for quite some time. Her garden and photographic skill are exceptional! How exciting it was that her garden was one of the...
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They Grow 'em Big!
My eldest sister lives in the Matanuska Valley in Alaska where the world's largest cabbages are grown. I recently received these images in my email. It seems that this year, Dirce's peonies are...
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Wordless Wednesday - Kind of.
At Dragonfly Farms Nursery - Garden art with a message: Time to do some pruning!
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Jamie Durie Tilting at Windmills?
Well, not quite. Recently Mr. Durie made an appearance, sponsored in large part by Proven Winners, at Windmill Gardens in Sumner. For those of you who don't know the name, Jamie is an Australian born,...
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Happy Independence Day!
Here are some floral fireworks from the Gig Harbor Farmers' Market grown by independent family-owned local growers. Happy Fourth of July to my friends in the U.S. The Rose is from Raft Island Roses in...
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The Garden of Peggy and Bill Fox
Meanwhile, back on the Northwest Perennial Alliance Gig Harbor garden tour with Alison and Annette...I'll let Peggy's words guide you through the garden. " We have lived here for 26 years, but didn't...
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Fun From My Garden
With working seven days a week during most of the year, it's been a treat to have a couple of free weeks to play in my garden! Lots of little projects got done with a lot more that need to be done....
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Wordless (right) Wednesday
Poppies from Heidi's Garden at Dragonfly Farms Nursery in Kingston. I never get tired of looking at these interesting plants. Good things come in small packages! How did all that fit in such a small...
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Crazy Critters at Rosedale Gardens
On our tour of Gig Harbor Gardens, Alison, Annette and I stopped at Rosedale Gardens. They always have a nice selection of plants but their large collection of statuary is also a draw! You never who...
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Desfontainia fulgens is my favorite plant...this week.
It's also known as Desfontainia spinosa and Chilean Holly. When I first saw this large specimen at Far Reaches Farm (full post about the visit soon) I asked Sue how she glued those flowers to her...
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Karen Mashburn's Garden
The next garden that Alison, Annette, and I visited on the Northwest Perennial Alliance Gig Harbor Garden Tour was that of Karen Mashburn. Karen is obviously a lover of plants and whimsy! The...
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Garden Blogger's Bloom Day July 2014
July is such a floriferous month that there are too many things in bloom to post pictures of them all. Here are a few of this months blooms in my garden. FremontodendronMitraria coccineaThe summer...
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Foliage Follow Up July 2014
On the day after Bloom Day each month, Pam Penick hosts foliage follow up to help us remember the importance of foliage in our gardens. Here's what caught my eye today. Arenaria tetraquetra is that...
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Visiting Valley Nursery - You Never Know Who You'll Run Into.
Last month, Evan Bean, plant geek, Vicki Haushild, plant nut, and I went on a day trip to visit Valley Nursery, Windcliff, Dragonfly Farms, Celestial Dream Gardens, and Far Reaches Farm. At our first...
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X Didrangea 'Sandy Reed' is My Favorite Plant...This Week.
On a recent trip to Windcliff (Martha can post pictures!) with Evan and Vicki, I acquired a lovely plant that looks very much like Dichroa febrifuga, which I grow for it's amazing blue berries....
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A Strange Garden Visitor
The other day as I was pulling weeds (it sometimes happens!) I found this little fellow (well, fellow may be insulting as, "...in case of the terrestrial pulmonates, generally are hermaphrodites, it...
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