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In a Vase on Monday
The weather this weekend has been delightful with highs nearing 60 and I actually got out and played in my garden for a few hours on Sunday. While I've enjoyed spend and dried succulent flowers all...
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Spring's Really Hopping at Bellevue Nursery
Are you familiar with Laura Numeroff's children's books with titles like If You Give a Mouse a Cookie and If You Give a Pig a Pancake? She's written a whole series of these books which advise, for...
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Wednesday Vignette
Wednesday Vignette is hosted by Anna at Flutter and Hum. Click here to join the fun. Flower?Foliage.
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Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day March 2018
Well, somehow we've made it through another winter and spring is only five days away. On the fifteenth of every month, Carol, now twice published author, at May Dreams Gardens hosts Garden Bloggers'...
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March 18 Foliage Follow-Up
Each month, on the day after Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day, Blogging wizzard Pam at Digging hosts Foliage Follow-Up to help us celebrate the important role foliage plays in our gardens every day of the...
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In a Vase on Monday - Beauty and the Beast
Many thanks to Cathy at Rambling in the Garden for hosting In a Vase on Monday, the addictive meme that challenges us to bring something from our gardens or foraged nearby inside to cheer us during the...
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Kent East Hill Nursery: Off to a Great Start!
In these days of big box stores selling plants about which most of the employees know nothing and worrying that independent nurseries might be a thing of the past, a ray of hope in the form of a new...
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Wednesday Vignette
Over the weekend, I visited Heronswood and snapped a shot of this vine covered wall which I'd seen many times and paid it little attention. With so many marvelous plants and favorite spots to visit,...
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The Northwest Perennial Alliance March Madness Plant Sale
In addition to offering a wide variety of classes and workshops, publishing a directory of members' open gardens, volunteering at the NPA border at the Belelvue Botanical Garden, and sponsoring...
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A Late Winter Stroll Through Heronswood
Another weekend; another plant sale. Someone pinch me, I think I must be dreaming. We're so lucky in this region to have so many great growers and nurseries. Last weekend, Heronswood hosted it's...
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In a Vase on Monday
It started with thoughts of camellias brought on by this thrift-store find vase. Joining the camellias are a couple of grape hyacinths and some Kerria japonica prunings. Hastily assembled between...
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Not So Glamorous Gardening - Repotting Agaves
A few years ago, an Agave 'Mr. Ripple' came home with me. It got potted up a couple of times but for at least two years had languished in this pot that got dragged in and out each year. Because the...
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Wednesday Vignette
Off to a rocky start? Thick rhizomes of Darmera peltata are nearly ready to open umbrellas of foliage at Savage Plants.Wednesday Vignette is hosted by Anna at Flutter and Hum. Click on over to her...
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A Serendipitous Stop at Valley Nursery
After visiting the Heronswood plant sale and garden, I always visit nurseries in the area. A nice young person directing traffic in the nearly full parking areas of Valley Nursery was a sign that...
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Springing over to Savage Plants
Savage Plants is another nursery that I try not to miss when I'm out in the area of Heronswood. Here's a peek:In addition to a lot of plants arriving for spring, Savage always has a generous supply of...
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In a Vase on Monday
Happy Easter! The camellias, magnolias, cherries, ornamental plums, and spring bulbs are announcing that spring has arrived. Outside our back door and quite visible from our perch on the back...
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The Migration Begins
This week is my spring break so, ready or not, the annual spring migration of tender plants has begun.These agaves spent the winter outside but sheltered from the rain. Even our freezing temperatures...
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Wednesday Vignette
Wednesday Vignette is hosted by Anna at Flutter and Hum. Click here to join the fun.Scadoxus punicues has started blooming in the greenhouse. This is it's third year of living with me and it's making...
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Bremerton City Nursery
Okay, one last nursery stop on the way home from the Heronswood sale. Bremerton City Nursery is not the largest in the region but they sure pack their space with a lot of great plants, fun stuff, and...
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A Friday Quickie
Let's take a quick look at part of my garden. Why so quick? Well because it's raining. What is it that April showers bring? Wet gardeners, that's what. Although we here in the PNW have...
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