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Colvos Creek, Ave atque vale
After almost 40 years of finding and propagating a wide variety of rare and unusual plants, Mike Lee decided to close the doors of Colvos Creek Nursery. Mike was a pioneer of growing unusual and...
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Typeless Tuesday - Allium Seed Heads in My Garden
This was going to be a Wordless Wednesday post but I got busy yesterday and didn't get anything else done for today so Typeless Tuesday it is! These allium seed heads looked especially lovely one...
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So, What's Happening in Les Brake's Garden?
An earlier post about the garden of green magician Les Brake revealed a sumptuous visual feast miraculously situated in zone two. Since our visit, Les and I have stayed in contact via email and he has...
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The Elizabeth C. Miller Botanical Garden part one: I Got a Golden Ticket!
As you may recall, I was in Alaska during the first week of July, returned home on the evening of July eighth and would have the ninth to get ready to head out to the Garden Bloggers' Fling in Portland...
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The Miller Garden Part Two; The Sunny Side
Continuing yesterday's tour of the Miller garden, as one wends ones way further down the steep forested hill, there is a clearing and a sunnier garden which gives way further down to some trees marking...
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Dig Nursery - The Magic Continues!
After visiting the Colvos Creek Sale, we headed over to Dig Nursery because it's just not a complete day on Vashon without stopping by Dig! This winter, Ross and Sylvia replaced the floor of their...
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Sylvia and Ross's New Garden
About a year ago, Sylvia and Ross, co conspirators at Dig Nursery which we visited yesterday, sold their fabulous contemporary home and garden and moved to a turn of the century house. It will be...
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Kathy's Corner - An Explosion of Color!
After visiting Colvos Creek and Dig! we just kept going up the road a piece to Kathy's Corner. This place always has something in bloom and in late June when we visited, it was ablaze with blossoms!...
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Whatever You Want to Call it Now is my Favorite Plant - This Week
So, there I was, innocently looking up information about this weeks plant fave when the rude interweb informed me that the name I was using was that of a defunct genus and is now considered a common...
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The Fabulous Frondrosa Frolic 2014
An apology: I so enjoyed this event that I forgot to take pictures of the vendors on the other level. There was a great sempervivum grower who also had bulbs for saffron crocus. Their farm produces...
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Lunch With A Friend at Windmill Nursery
After returning from our various travels, Alison and I decided to touch base with each other and have lunch at Windmill Nursery (see previous posts here.) High summer and the gardens are looking...
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My Garden Helpers
Due to popular demand, I've decided to reveal the crew that does my gardening for me. These all came to us as adults already named. First up is Henny Penny AKA Chocolate (because she's so sweet.)...
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It's That Special Time of Year...
Shorter days got you down? That tiny chill in the air at night making you feel a bit melancholy? Here's something that's bound to put a smile back on your face and s spring in your step. It's late...
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Colchicum autumnale is My Favorite Plant ... This Week
When we first looked at our house 17 years ago, there was a large number of these lovely, late summer crocus-like blooms popping up in what was then a grassy slope.They have multiplied nicely and have...
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Christina's Bugs
One of my pals at school has been finding Praying mantises lately. This one was found on a nature trail not far from her house. She "tortured" it by making it pose on her gorgeous dahlias. This bold...
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A Surprise in Des Moines!
We met a friend from Seattle in Des Moines, WA for lunch on a Saturday a few weeks ago. On the way to the restaurant, we kept seeing these signs. On the way out, we decided to follow them. What could...
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There's Good News and Not so Good News this Wednesday
First, the good news:Look what was waiting at my door when I got home from work last night. To non gardeners, a box of paper bags might not seem very exciting but for a gardener, a box of bags full of...
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A Quick Stop at Flower World
After attending the Fabulous Fronderosa Frolic and having brunch at the Matlby Cafe in August, Alison and I decided to drive up the road a piece to visit Flower World. This is a huge nursery with...
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Furney's Nursery, A Summer Visit
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...
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