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What's In and What's Out for Fall; An Agave Report
Periodically, Loree at Danger Garden posts an Agave Report to update her readers on the current state of her agaves, quite a few of which are growing in the ground. Loree loves these plants and...
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Euonymous europaeus 'Red Ace'
My Favorite Plant in the Garden This Week...From the gospel according to Hinkley, (Heronswood: 1999 eueurre p. 78)"This selected form of the European Spindle Tree has exceptionally profuse crops of...
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Random Friday: In A Fog As Usual
Although I often walk around in a fog, this week it's been doubly true as the weather outside has been foggy for days with only a couple of days when the sun barely broke through by about 3:00 p.m....
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A Pumpkin Patch Visit; Spooner Farms Harvest Festival.
It just wouldn't be October without planting a few bulbs for spring and visiting a pumpkin patch! Someone was excited that we were getting closer and took this picture from the moving vehicle. A...
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Todd's Nursery
Is there a nursery that you visit far to seldom? For me, Todd's Nursery is one of those. It's a wonderful and huge place very close to a couple of pumpkin patches that we often visit in the fall....
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A Very Scary Visit to Watson's
Is this a comment about patrons staying a little too long at the nursery? Oh sure, pack a lunch, stay all day, in fact why not spend eternity here!Flowering cabbage/kale looks gorgeous to me but some...
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Happy Halloween All!
I'm sure that many neighborhoods have houses whose owners go all out decorating for Halloween. We saw this one on the way home from the pumpkin patch a week ago. The road stripe yellow color of the...
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Acer conspicuum 'Phoenix' is my Favorite Plant This Week.
At a nursery the other day, I saw an old friend, Acer conspicuum 'Phoenix.' It's golden autumn foliage and red coral branches looking quite fine against the blue (really, it happened) sky. I have...
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Finally the Sun Broke Through the Fog
After nearly two weeks of nothing but dense fog, there was sunshine and blue sky. Since I was already going to be late for work, why not pull out my camera and take a picture of my street. It...
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The Garden of Scott and Pat Bergford
On these cool and crisp autumn days, which I love, it's fun to remember the warmth of summer. To help with that, let's take a late July, the 27th to be exact, tour of Pat and Scott Bergford's garden...
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Arbutus unedo, My Favorite Plant This Week
Go here to see a cool video of this plant and hear a recording of "My Love's an Arbutus" by Charles Villiers Stanford, performed by Fairhaven Singers. Arbutus unedo grows to 15 to 30 feet...
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A Color - Filled Visit to Vassey Nursery.
You can read more details about the wonderful Vassey Nursery in other posts here. Today we'll look at some gorgeous fall foliage from a couple of weeks ago.Euonymus alatus is such a gorgeous plant...
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The Mirgation is Almost Complete.
Heather from Just a Girl With A Hammer wrote that she still has some room in her house for tender plants so next year she'll buy everything. Right now the plants that Heather has brought inside are in...
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Things That are Even Better Naked
You're probably way tired of me posting about Euonymus europaeus 'Red Ace' but this year the leaves were blown off by a couple of wind storms leaving the neon fruits on the otherwise bare branches....
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The Garden of Jan Jensen and Harry Welling
Meanwhile, back on July 27, Alison and I continued our tour of south sound treasures at the charming Lakewood garden of Jan Jensen and Harry Welling. I'll let Jan's words describe her gorgeous...
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Hope
Many of the leaves have fallen from the trees but there's still some beauty left on the ground. So pretty, it's difficult not to love autumn!This too will soon be just a memory.Looking up, I saw the...
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Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day November 2013
On the fifteenth of each month, garden bloggers around the world join with Carol at May Dreams Gardens to post images of what's currently blooming in their gardens. Do click the link to explore the...
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Foliage Follow Up November 2013
For foliage follow-up this month, I've chosen a couple of maples that are particular favorites of mine. The first is Acer palmatum dissectum 'Emerald Lace' which grows in a large pot next to my house....
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