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A Podophyllum's Progress - My Favorite Plant...This Week.
If you've been reading my blog for a while, you know that I have a major crush on Podophyllum, especially Podophyllum delavayi. Â Previous posts here. Late last winter, I took a deep breath and sawed in...
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Knock, Knock. Who's There?
Marcus Welby. Â Marcus Welby Who?It Marcus Welby spring.(sung to the tune of "It Might as Well be Spring"From Rogers and Hammerstein's State FairIf you're too young to remember Marcus Welby or State...
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Random Friday: A Quick Peek Inside the Greenhouse
This cute egg shell with chick feet is a perfect tillandsia holder. Â (Portland Nursery on Division)New Tillandsia looking for a home in a shell. Â Purple and chartreuse glass from Garden Fever in...
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Springing Over to the Rhododendron Garden Nursery
I've visited The Rhododendron Garden Nursery a few times before (See previous posts here.) but never this early in the season. Â Diane Bell, a former teacher, is the one woman dynamo who has run this...
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The Heronswood Early Spring Sale 2015
Thinking that there were already too many plants waiting in my pot ghetto to squeeze into my already crowded garden, I was tempted to skip this sale but Alison and I had made plans for the rest of the...
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Another of those Random Posts
First, what I got at the Heronswood spring sale in addition to the three begonias from yesterday:Helleborus multifidus var. hercegovinus  which I first saw and fell in love with at Heronswood years ago...
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So, After the Plant Sale...
Alison and I decided to hit a few places. I mean, we were out there anyway, right?  Our first stop was Dragonfly Farms Nursery, a place that I've visited often and love.  Heidi, the owner of...
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Visiting A Friend
Alison had a lovely idea for lunch after we visited Dragonfly Farms Nursery. Â We went to Henry Hardware in nearby Kingston to see author, blogger, website queen, and friend, Debbie Teashon who is now...
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Alison Leads Me Up The Road
For a few of days before we attended the Heronswood sale and visited a couple of nurseries, Â Alison had been staying near that area had found a new to us nursery (It's been there for thirty years)...
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Springing over to Vassey Nursery
If you're a long-time reader of my blog, you know that I visit Vassey Nursery often. Â Great plants, friendly, knowledgeable people, cool stuff, and on my way home from my Sunday job; Â who could ask for...
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Wednesday Vignette
A few weeks ago, my friend, Anna at Flutter and Hum, started a new meme called WednesdayVignette. Â The meme celebrates combinations of all sorts that we find visually arresting and I'm finally joining...
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A Healing Moment
No, it's not a visit with Aimee Semple McPherson or Pat Robertson.Over at the Seymour Botanical Conservatory, the current display in the ever changing areas is "The Healing Garden."Â We all need a...
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What Did The Easter Bunny Bring to Watson's?
Watson's Nursery is also on my way home from my Sunday Job but they were closed on Easter. (Can you imagine?) Â So, since this week was my spring break, I stopped by on Monday. Spring has definitely...
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Good Fences Make Good Neighbors.
If you've visited my garden either in person or on my blog, you may remember that for years now, I've had this view of my neighbor's back garden from a path in my garden and glimpse part of it from my...
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Evensong - A Garden Place
Years ago, before I started the blog, I used to visit a nursery in Puyallup called Evensong. Â The woman who operated the place knew a great deal about plants and always had wonderful offerings...
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Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day April 2015
Another month is half over already; can you believe it? Â This is the time of year when I want time to go more slowly as there are so many things happening in the garden and so much that needs to be...
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April 2015 Foliage Follow-Up
Thanks to Pam Penick at Digging, we have a meme to celebrate the importance of foliage in our gardens. Â Each month on the day after bloom day, Pam hosts the foliar frolic. Â Click on over to her blog to...
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My Favorite Plant...This Week. Can You Guess?
Last weekend we visited Well's Medina Nursery (more on that in another post) where I met my new plant crush. Â Look at the new bronze-tinged golden foliage and the zowie red new stems. Â Can you guess...
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The Danger Gardenette Gets a Floor.
Perhaps you remember last spring when I cleared out this area, formerly a thicket of interesting but overgrown shrubs, to make space for my growing collection of potted succulents and cacti that had...
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Wells Medina Nursery Part One.
Medina is a very exclusive area quite near Seattle with a population of nearly 3,000 people of which Bill Gates is probably the best known. Â Visitors are welcomed by signs that read "You Are Entering A...
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