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In A Vase On Monday/ Foliage Follow Up: Gifts from Special Friends
Foliage Follow-Up is hosted by Pam Penick of Digging on the day after Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day to remind us of the important role that foliage plays in our gardens. In A Vase on Monday is hosted by...
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What's More Fun Than a Barrel of Monkeys? A Garden Full of Plant Crazed...
Twice a year, the Portland areal garden bloggers organize a plant exchange which takes place in someone's garden. It's an opportunity to get together with a great group of folks who whose blogs and...
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Wednesday Vignette
Wednesday vignette is hosted by the amazing Anna at Flutter and Hum. Click here to see more!A Shadow of summers past from Cistus Nursery.It's May 18, the day on which, 36 years ago, Mt. St. Helen's...
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A Prickly Visit to Cistus Nursery
The plant mobile seems to have a mind of its own when it comes to stopping at nurseries. Try though I might to control the car, when it's near Portland, it stops at Cistus. Since the vehicle was...
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Joy Creek Nursery: Strolling Through The Garden
I've done previous posts about visiting Joy Creek Nursery (here) and as always, this visit found the nursery packed with great plants. On this visit, the glorious abundance of May, the blue sky, warm...
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In A Vase On Monday: Roses, Roses
In A Vase On Monday is hosted each week by Cathy at Rambling in the Garden. Click here to see her arrangement this week and links to those of others.The climbing rose on the right, brought as a...
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Cornell Farm Nursery
This was only my second visit to Cornell Farm in Portland. My first visit happened a little over a year ago and that post can be found here. Cornell Farm is a large nearly thirty-year-old full service...
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Wednesday Vignette: To A Wild Rose
Thanks to Anna at Flutter and Hum for hosting our weekly Vignette party! Click here to join in the fun!Five little petals, so sweet, innocent, and fragrant.
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When What to My Wondering Eyes Should Appear...
The other day, I was driving on South Tacoma Way (part of historic federal highway 99 that stretched from one end of the pacific coast to the other) in an area between Asian markets and a large...
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End of the Month May Favorites
I'm joining with Loree at Danger Garden in sharing some favorite plants in the garden, this month. Click on over there to see plants that others are loving this month!I'm cheating a bit here as none of...
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In A Vase On Monday - Pineapple Pruning
Pineapple Broom (Argyrocytisus battandieri) that is. A now rather large specimen grows in our parking strip and must be cut back from the stop sign a couple of times a year. Tom decided it was time...
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End of Month View
This is my first time to participate in this popular garden blogging meme, mostly because I finally remembered that it's the last day of the month. End of Month View is hosted by Helen at The Patient...
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Wednesday Vignette: Enjoying the Passing of Time
Wednesday Vignette is hosted each week by the amazing Anna at Flutter and Hum. Click here to see her vignette and links to those of other participants.On a recent stroll around the gardens at Joy...
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Stopping by Xera and Potted
Meanwhile, back in Portland...more nurseries called my name. If you live in the Pacific Northwest, you may have been purchasing plants grown by Xera Plants for years (since 1999.) Just two years ago,...
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Playing with Concrete at Rare Plant Research
If you've ever visited Rare Plant Research or remember my previous visits you know that Burl Mostl, it's creator and owner has a way with concrete (more correctly, a Portland cement/polymer blend.)...
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In A Vase on Monday Major Cheating and A Drawing.
In A Vase on Monday is hosted by Cathy at Rambling in the Garden. Click here to see her vase this week and links to those of others. Thank you Cathy for hosting this fun meme!This weekend, it was...
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Rare Plant Research Open House 2016
Although I'd bought plants originating at Rare Plant Research from some of my favorite nurseries (Jungle Fever, Dig!) for several years, it wasn't until a few years ago that I started going to their...
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Wednesday Vignette - Just Beneath the Surface
Wednesday Vignette is hosted each week by blogging pal Anna at Flutter and Hum. Click here to see her vignette and links to those of other participating bloggers.We pass each other in traffic, work...
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Visiting Vassey
Vassey Nursery in Puyallup is one of my (many) favorite nurseries. Small enough to be friendly and fun, large enough to carry a large variety of plants. See many previous visits here for information...
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Watson's in June
Fresh strawberries purchased directly from the grower are one of my favorite June treats. For those of you (are there any of you?) who have only eaten those huge tough strawberry-like things offered...
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