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December 2013 Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day
After our big freeze there's not a lot blooming in the garden that doesn't look a little like this. Fortunately, Chavliness said that her stinking hellebore was budded up so I ran (who are we kidding...
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Foliage Follow Up December 2013 An Agave Report
I know that it's a long term thing and that all may not be as it seems in the who survived and who didn't department but so far there's good news - Agave ovatifolia 'Frosty Blue' planted in the ground...
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The Ruth Bancroft Garden Part One: Plants
The Ruth Bancroft Garden is a 2.5 acre dry botanical garden containing more than 2,000 cactus, succulents, trees, and shrubs native to various dry parts of the World. The Garden began in the early...
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Dumpster Dive Follow Up
You may remember that a couple of weeks ago, I had a dilemma about weather or not I should take plants from a dumpster outside of a nursery. I was a little embarrassed to ask in person so I called...
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You Know
Dasher andDancer and Prancer andVixen, Comet and Cupid and Donder and Blitzen.But do you recall the most famous reindeer of all? I know you think that it's Rudolph but in these parts it's the live...
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A Yuletide Visit to Watson's
Camellia sasanqua 'Yuletide' is interesting even after the petals fall! I have two at home, both of which have buds but no flowers yet. Don't think they'll be open for Christmas this year. (Darned...
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When Bloggers Inspire...
Last year, I greatly admired Tatyana's beautiful post about choosing and decorating her Christmas tree. If you missed it, go here. Each year Loree posts images of her magazine-worthy holiday...
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I Heard the Bells on Chrstmas Day
I heard the bells on Christmas dayTheir old familiar carols play,And wild and sweetThe words repeat Of peace on earth, good-will to men! Ant thought how, as the day had come, The belfries of all...
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Merry Christmas
One of my favorite places to visit during this time of year is Willow Tree Gardens and Interiors in University Place. There were lots of interesting plants outside but what I came to see was the...
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Before Dawn on Friday Last
The forecasters had predicted it but one has learned that in this area, with it's many influences (bays, mountains, valleys, etc.) snow is very difficult to accurately predict. Just the week before,...
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Lonicera fragrantissima, My Favorite Plant This Week
On Christmas day, I smelled something lemony sweet as I walked through our front parking strip en route to the car. How nice to enjoy a floral fragrance on Christmas. It only took a second to spot...
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The Ruth Bancroft Garden Part Two; An Art Show
When, on the third day of the Garden Bloggers' Fling in San Francisco, we visited the Ruth Bancroft Garden, we got not only a wonderful garden to explore but also an art show to admire in the blazing...
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Feeling Crabby?
What sort of monster is this that's menacing pier 39 in San Francisco? Is it a sea creature that was exposed to radiation and has now emerged from the deep to wreak vengeance? Result of climate...
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Happy New Year!
On December 21st, Tom gave me this winter solstice/25th anniversary gift, my first Cymbidium Orchid. Hope I don't kill it! Some house plants like to be watered more regularly than succulents so...
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Fused Glass Snowflakes (Again)
I like to make gifts for my co-workers and choir members. Last year I made my first fused glass snowflakes. I liked them and loved the idea of creating a different flake each year. Having decided to...
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Sedum palmeri - My Favorite Plant this week.
Sedum palmeri is charming year round! Whether wearing a cap of snow, ice crystal jewelry, trusses of cheerful yellow flowers or simply blushing, this plant looks good! Grown in more sun, these in...
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Something Old, Something New, Somethig Borrowed, Somthing Blue.
Did you think there might be wedding plans afoot? Not so much, but on December 31st, we were kicking around the house and decided to pay a winter visit to Dig Nursery on Vashon Island. The nurseries...
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So, We're Drivng Down Vashon Highway
Having visited Dig and finding Kathy's Corner closed for the day, we set out to do some shopping at a cool antique shop on the island but on the way, these extremely happy phormiums caught my eye. So...
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Death is Noting to Us
Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.-Epicurus In my garden there are some predictable deaths and some surprise survivals after our recent...
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