PNW Garden Photos of 09

His card says" unique & unusual perennials, Hellebores, Trilliums, hard to find potted bulbs and a great selection of native flowering plants" That about says it.

Does it give his hours and were the prices reasonable? if so... i'll have to check it out!! What sort of things did you get to help support the economy? lol

Prices were good, but the plants were small and not blooming yet. So not a good idea if you wanted to be sure. But he seems to have quite a following, so I'm betting it's pretty reliable. His # is 541 345-4388. It was posted before, I called to rsvp and he returned my call. Always a plus for me.

I got an Actaea simplex 'Black Negligee', Heuchera 'Plum Royale', a columbine (forgot to get the name) and they gave everyone a plug of Echinacea 'Tiki Torch'. Bought one other one at the last minute, didn't get the name on it either, I'm still looking for it in the book. If I can't find it, I'll call him. That's what happens when I get excited about plants. LOL

I forgot to say the man from Terra Nova passed out big catalogs, can't use for shopping since it's wholesale, but this way we would know what to look for or "ask your nursery to order". Just drumming up a little business. LOL Had some neat ideas for different plantings in them too. His talk was on tissue culture, which I found really interesting.

OHhhhhhh..... I sooooo wish that I could have been there.... just to get Tiki Torch!!! Did he have any left?

It sounds as if you picked up some really good things. They're all nice colors. They should look great! Maybe we'll get to see some more pictures here soon?

As soon as I have something to take a picture of. LOL Going to put up my topsy turvy pots again, but a little early for annuals. Everyone laughs at the tomatoes in my bathtub, but that's where they'll stay until it's safe to put them out. Tulips are starting to bloom. So far the only pictures I've been putting up are on the humming bird threads, it's fun trying to get those.

hahaha, surprisingly enough... bathtubs are a very popurlar place for plants in the winter. That's the only room in te house where any indoor plants will grow for me. So, they're all on the ledge of the bath tub!

Nope, mine are in the tub. We have a separate shower and don't use the tub. My cymbidium is still in there and it takes up most of the tub! It's still blooming, so I don't want to put it out yet. And I have an Ascocenda that I hang from the skylight. And there are 9 tomatoes, DH likes to have lots to share. LOL I have orchids growing all over the place, plus african violets, a few Christmas cactus, etc.

I have all my seed trays actually in the tub right now. lol

Those I have under lights in the laundry room. No room in the tub. LOL

If I did that, either my seeds or I would likely have to go. lol Good for you!

DH indulges my hobbies, he doesn't like it when I'm not happy. Plus the tomatoes and cactus are his!

editted to add......I've been listening to him learn to play his keyboard for the last two years, he's actually getting pretty good.

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a few other random things from last weekend. These were taken at a variety of places.

FYI, that erythronium up above is the largest one that I've ever seen. it seems to be on steroids or something.

for Katie......

and last for now, a camellia almost open

Redchic you must check out the photographer Jonathan Singer and his plant photos. His work is in the Smithsonian.

www.botanicamagnifica.com

On a wet Easter there isn't a lot of color as the spring is so late this year. This is one of my shade gardens. The hostas will fill in later.

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Here is my back patio, waiting for the potted tulips that are still just budding out.

PNBMG You have beautiful gardens. Love it.

Is this a Purple hyacinths?

Redchick, your photos are beautiful as always! The one for Kathy is current?

Laura, Looks to my like a hyacinth..like some of mine that aren't in as much sun as they would like.

So I got a real surprise today...we are in the foothills, and have a lot of surface water, so Mom (PNWMountaingirl) and I have made a couple of ponds throughout our two lots both as garden accents and to attract wildlife. We have been here for almost 13 years, and have seen lots of critters, and have once or twice spotted a pair of Mallard Ducks in my biggest pond, but they don't hang out long because of our dogs. We were having Easter dinner at her house tonight, and when I glanced out the back window at her bird feeders, guess what I saw?!

And I was working behind the shop yesterday in what right now is the swampiest area in my yard (wearing rubber boots rather than my muck boots!) and found this cutie hanging out back there. He was the chubbiest tree frog I have ever seen... usually they are such little kids, and he was the size of a silver dollar. At least I think that he is a tree frog..his feet look like they have the little suckers on them. Have tons of frogs, but am far from being able to ID them!

And my favorite Winter Hazel is in full glory right now.

I saw a picture on here recently, have no clue where to even start looking, of a couple mallards eating the cat food out of the food dishes they had put out.

It's flowering currant - one with chartreuse leaves. I love the shrub, but haven't seen that one!!

My neighbors and I have some ducks hanging out here, as well. I'm sure they'll leave when (if) the rains stops and we start to dry up. I love listening to them quack.

Your winterhazel looks lovely. Mine is just about finished, now.

I'm surrounded by Indian Plum in all its glory - blooming its little heart out.

Laura, that's funny!!

I got the impression that it happened every year.

Beautiful pictures everyone!! Love the frog. We get mallards passing through, love to hear them also. Sharon your gardens are lovely, looking forward to seeing them in bloom.

Kathy, It's strange that we are so close but I am at least a week or two behind you! I thought it looked like current flowers, but had never seen the chartruse leaves either. Mine are just starting to show color. My Indian Plum is just starting as well, and it was glorious to be working in the garden yesterday in the area that I could get a good whiff of it every once and a while. I have always loved it as when it starts getting green, you know that spring is (supposedly) close!

Laura, I can imagine that was a great picture! It has never surprised me that they would be in the ponds, but under the feeder was another story!

If it wasn't monsooning, the dogs would have been in the front yard and there wouldn't have been a chance that the ducks would have been there. I have heard them quacking in my big pond, but it is a short walk from the yard up there, and they are usually gone by the time I get up there to I Spy Them.

Sally, does this mean you will be here for the roundup the end of August? If so, you probably know we are planning on serving breakfast here on Sunday morning and having a tour of my daughter Julie's and my gardens, such as they are. Look forward to getting together with you then, also if that works out. Otherwise I am sure there will be more pictures (another addiction, sigh....)

Should have said seeing pictures of it in bloom. Unfortunately I can't get away. I look after my mom and DH is not well either. If it had been close enough I would have tried for a day trip. Sounds like it will be fun and hope you all post pics afterwards.

Rarejem..Love the tree frog. He does look like he has not missed a meal. Very healthy!

My resident bull frog has been out and about this week.

great picture Bea.... this is late for you!

Great pics RJ! I love the ducks. They're make a very cute couple!

PNWMG.... your place is beautiful. Do you really have any part of your yard that is full sun? It looks as though you could grow hostas in the hottest part of your yard, which is the same scenario that I have really.

Portland.... thanks for the link. That guy is an awesome photographer and definitely an interesting person.

huh.... I don't really remember what all I have posted here and what I haven't. Sorry if any of these are duplicates from here or another thread.

pink pulmonaria seedling

One of it's parents.... rasberry splash.

I wonder if it's a little thirsty!

Redchich, you are right, not a spot with full sun anywhere. I do, however have several areas that we have cleared enough that I get enough sun for my roses and my daylilies, though they would certainly prefer more. Both my and my daughter's (Rarejem) gardens are definitley more woodsy than they are "formal." I do have lots of hostas, but with woods all around also have lots of slugs that are a constant battle to keep off of them.

Oh.... I know that battle with the slugs!!! lol. never fun. Anyhow, it's looks like the two of you have done a great job in the balancing act of not clearcutting your place to get some, but taking out just enough trees to have enough light to grow things with. I've thinned out anything dead and quite a few of the smaller trees around this place... mainly just enough so that I could walk through there without getting trapped. But, I could never cut one of the big old trees down just to have more light. I figure that I should have moved to a place without trees if I was to cut them down. In the summer, i do get quite a bit of sun in about a quarter acre of the back yard, but in the winter the sun only comes above the horizon of the mountain for an hour, maybe less.

What kind of cedars are around your place? In RJ's Post #6393318 there's several cedars. Around here it's mostly western red cedar and occasionally incense cedar. But yours appear to have bark that's more grey in color than those two kinds.



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BeaHive, Love your bullfrog. The frog chorus is a magical sound to me, and I would love to have one of them singing along. Don't have any in the area as far as I can tell, which is probably why I have so many of the littler ones.

Redchick, that camelia pic is awesome! As far as I know, most if not all of our cedar trees are the western red variety (not a cedar expert mind you!). The bark of mine that is exposed to the most sun is much grayer than those that are a bit deeper in the woods. Most on the edges of my gardens are quite old as well, so that may affect bark color.

For anyone who is curious, I'll give you a little background on our world:

Mom and I set out on a mission in the late 90's to find a chunk of property in a more rural setting that we could possibly split and each build on a large lot. It had to be close enough to commute to Federal Way as that is where our family business is. We burned up lots of gas and lots of time...looked for almost a year, but then stumbled on a dream come true in South Prairie. A pilot was selling 4 seperate lots (two with dwellings already there) that totalled 30 acres, most of which was still fully wooded...and real woods...not the alder stands that you see so often when people have harvested all the money trees. Long story short, My brother and his wife bought one lot, my folks another, my husband and I still another, and the last one went to my Grandma. We have our own little commune where we are wonderfully close, but still far enough apart to have complete privacy. No matter what changes go on around us, we will still have our little piece of paradise to come home too!