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Growing Steady: May 2014
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Monday, May 19, 2014. Why One Podophyllum Delavayi Just Isn't Enough. Had been close to the top on my plant wish list for many years until I finally scored one from Dan Hinkley last summer. Isn't it beautiful? So you would think that when Far Reaches Farm sent out an e-mail a few months ago saying they had Podophyllum delavayi. In stock, I wouldn't need to order one because I already had one. You would be wrong. From Far Reaches Farm. From Woodland Way/Hortlandia 2014. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). The Exo...
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Growing Steady: February 2015
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Thursday, February 26, 2015. The 2015 Northwest Flower and Garden Show. The timing of the Northwest Flower and Garden Show in mid-February coincides perfectly with the capitulation of winter. The endless arrays of flowers are always a sight to see, but the richness of the show for me is in its fresh ideas. West Seattle Nursery repurposed left over Christmas trees by slicing up their trunks and drilling holes to create mason bee huts. Most things were not so practical. NW Flower and Garden Show. This blog...
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Growing Steady: Awesome Plants from Northern Vietnam
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Friday, November 28, 2014. Awesome Plants from Northern Vietnam. During their visit to Seattle last month, they shared with us some of their seed collections. Each plant listed below is either linked to a post about it on their website or a Google search if no post exists. Many of their collections are new to science which means they aren't going to have much of an Internet presence, but that is all the more reason to find them and grow them! Dendropanax cf. trifidus. Chirita speciosa 'Crûg Cornetto'.
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Growing Steady: August 2014
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014. As I was walking around the garden this week there were a few flowers that just struck me as ridiculously perfect. Notice the structural similarities of the first three which are all more or less lilies (this family is always changing). Tropical Giant Sister' aka Spider Lily. Bromeliads and orchids in a basket. Is right in the middle of its almost endless stretch of flowering. Another plant that slowly changes the color of its flower is this Opuntia. And finally, here's one of ...
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Growing Steady: The 2015 Northwest Flower & Garden Show
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Thursday, February 26, 2015. The 2015 Northwest Flower and Garden Show. The timing of the Northwest Flower and Garden Show in mid-February coincides perfectly with the capitulation of winter. The endless arrays of flowers are always a sight to see, but the richness of the show for me is in its fresh ideas. West Seattle Nursery repurposed left over Christmas trees by slicing up their trunks and drilling holes to create mason bee huts. Most things were not so practical. NW Flower and Garden Show. Just real...
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Growing Steady: Books
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Here's the best of the best of what's in my library. Click on the pictures for more info at amazon.com. The Encyclopedia of Exotic Plants for Temperate Climates. The Explorer's Garden: Shrubs and Vines from the Four Corners of the World. By Daniel J. Hinkley. And Sean Hogan's Trees for All Seasons. The Maritime Northwest Garden Guide. Produced by Seattle Tilth. Principal authors Carl Elliott and Rob Peterson. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Seattle, WA, United States. View my complete profile. Northwest Flow...
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Growing Steady: March 2014
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Monday, March 24, 2014. Doing It Island Style, Part 2: Na 'Āina Ka Botanical Gardens. About five hours before boarding the plane back to Seattle, we made an impromptu decision to tour the gardens of Na 'Āina Kai. This huge botanical garden and hardwood tree farm, formerly a private estate, spans 240 acres on the northeast coast of Kauai. To begin our tour, we loaded onto a golf cart and drove to a meadow flanked by various species of acacia, albezia and eucalyptus trees . Yes, it's indeed some kind of sc...
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Growing Steady: July 2014
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Wednesday, July 2, 2014. The Galloping Gourmet Is Only A Few Days Away! Graham Kerr a.k.a. The Galloping Gourmet is our speaker at this year's Normandy Park Garden Festival and Plant Sale. It will be held right here in the garden and will go from 11:00am-3:00pm on Saturday, July 12th. Everyone is welcome - not just Normandy Park residents. It's free (supported by donations and plant sales) and kid-friendly (we're bringing back the bouncy house). 11:00am: Plant sale opens. 1:30pm: Mr. Kerr speaks and.
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Growing Steady: Rock On!
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Monday, May 4, 2015. Real is pretty much always better than fake, but when it comes to rocks, there's just something about an artificial rock that I find fascinating. Armed with some mortar mix and a few how-to videos off YouTube, I set out to create a few of my own. Here is the before shot:. Step 3: I experimented with different mortar mixes. This mixture in the photo below is a 3:2 mix of Portland cement to Lane Mountain sand. It hardened into a very dense material that was completely smooth an...And n...
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Growing Steady: September 2014
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Friday, September 26, 2014. Far Reaches Farm.Finally! Last week I finally made it to Far Reaches Farm. In Port Townsend, WA for the very first time. I was completely determined to go this year before they closed for the season. Their selection of plants is mind-boggling. Like Plant Delights Nursery in North Carolina or Cistus Nursery in Oregon, this is a horticultural hotspot. And being the horticultural hotspot that it is, I did manage to pick up a few plants:. Top row (from left):. Labels: Cautleya spi...
