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Camellia sasanqua 'Shishi Gashira' is My Favorite Plant...This Week
This one's been kicking around since I was but a boy in 1894. Strangely I don't have one in my garden but at this time of year, before the Camellia japonicas start their blooming that slides winter...
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On The Eleventh Day of Christmas We Visit the Seymour Conservatory
Still decked for the season, the conservatory awaits. Let's see what's waiting inside.An explosion of Poinsettias and Hippeastrum (amaryllis) Poinsettia trees along with the huge always-fruiting...
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On the Twelfth Day of Christmas - Zoo Lights
Attending Zoo Lights at the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium is a holiday tradition for many. We almost skipped it this year but decided to go on the last weekend of the event.This lighted sea lif...
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Just Can't Let Go Yet!
Although yesterday was the twelfth day of Christmas and it should be over, I still have one more small group of photos of holiday stuff to post so I'll make up an excuse to keep the season going. In...
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A Peek Inside The Greenhouse
Not yet hung, this gift of my teaching partner (AKA my work wife) makes me smile.These red ceramic pots/soil/bulbs were a steal at 2.99 at an after Christmas sale. More Paperwhites and another...
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Looking Up
The drama of lichen-covered branches is changed a bit when they're photographed with a flash at night. Here are some spotted at the Bellevue Botanical Garden.The tree almost appears to be covered with...
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Looking For Spring at Garden Sphere
Garden Sphere is a sweet nursery that is only about a ten minute drive from my house. In looking at their website I was shocked to see that they've been in business for nine years as it seems like...
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Playing on Alberta Street in Portland
After the Garden Bloggers' Fling in Portland last July, we stayed in town for an extra day to visit some favorite places. Here are a few fun things spotted on Alberta Street on the way to Digs Inside...
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This Just In From Florida
Each time I visit the Seymour Conservatory, I admire their beautiful Spanish moss (Tillandsia usnoides.) I grew some of it in one of my trees one summer but it's not cold hardy here and by the end of...
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Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day January 2015
Because of our recent relatively mild weather, some of the Camellia japoinicas think it's February already. This one sits and faces me when I sit on the back porch sipping coffee in the morning so...
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Foliage Follow-Up January 2015
Each month on the day after Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day, the inspirational Pam Penick from Digging hosts Foliage follow up to rmind us of th important role foliage plays in our gardens. Here are a few...
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All In All, It's Just Another Plant In the Wall
Some of the things I wonder about green walls is how they will hold up over time, the degree of maintenance they require, and, in the case of really large expanses of vertical gardens, how that...
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It Was a Dark and Stormy Day: A Tale of Two Urban Gardeners
Recently, I visited Bark and Garden Nursery in Olympia, was chatting with a delightful lady named Linda who told me about The Urban Gardener in Tacoma owned by her friend Sue and said I should check it...
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Random Stuff From My Garden
There are a few pictures from my garden that haven't really fit in other posts so today we have a random collection. Artichoke flowers are beautiful when they open and equally lovely, I think,...
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Visiting Bark and Garden On A Rather Wet January Day
Bark and Garden is a very large nursery and the first thing I noticed when driving in is that they've added another building, a huge lath house. Right now it is full of evergreens but one wonders what...
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Nandina domestica 'Moyers Red' Is My Favorite Plant...This Week
Looking for a jolt of bright color in the winter? Nandina domestica 'Moyer's Red' might just be the answer.Upright, multi-stemmed, broadleaf evergreen shrub with green, dissected, bamboo-like foliage...
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The Tacoma Home and Garden Show Part One
This Weekend, Alison (Bonney Lassie) her husband Nigel, and I met at the Tacoma Home and Garden Show. It's always a joy to see them and we had a blast taking in the event. I was uncharacteristically...
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The Tacoma Home and Garden Show: Part the Second
The good news about the plant sale part of the show was that there was a lot of space to walk around the tables. The bad news is that the reason there was so much space is that there were fewer plant...
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The Internet and Copyright...Hmm.
One of my favorite stained glass panels is this one made by my glass guru years ago. I published an image of it on my blog a year or so ago."Winter" by Florence WelbornA few months ago, while perusing...
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Flinging in Portland - The Pre-Fling Party at Pomarius Nursery
I loved the fact that the Portland Garden Bloggers' fling was only a few hours drive away for me. We'd just arrived home from a trip to Alaska, where we visited many gardens, and had a day to get ready...
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