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Che Mondo Bello: June 2012

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Thursday, June 14, 2012. Why do my knees and back hurt? Oh, yeah…. Two days, two people, one hundred nine plants planted. Exhausting, but so rewarding. And divisions of our own stock. Friday, June 8, 2012. I'm even more obsessed with plants lately than I usually am. With a large area in the front garden available for planting, plants seem to be the only things on my mind. This beautiful foliage belongs to Actaea simplex Atropurpurea Group. The steely purple-silver blooms of Allium christophii. Flambeau,'...

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In My Vegan Garden: February 2013

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In My Vegan Garden. About Amanda and the Garden. Friday, February 15, 2013. Matt and I have been on a mission to find regionally-local manzanitas to introduce in our garden. Manzanitas are the taller relatives of kinnickinnick (in fact, they're the same genus). Bees and hummingbirds love 'em. Like kinnickinnick, manzanitas are evergreen and have a fairly large range, occurring from southern British Columbia through Mexico. We were looking for two species, Arctostaphylos columbiana. On Sauvie Island. ...

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Idyll Haven: June 2013

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Friday, June 28, 2013. Axe Murderers and Serial Killers-The Prequel. Like it or not, here we come. On Saturday morning we made our way to Grafton, MA. Two members of our group live within walking distance of each other in this quiet former mill town just southeast of Worcester. Little did we know but a full day of activities had been lined up for our garden touring pleasure. First stop: Mapel Plants. Acres of well maintained gardens and beautiful vistas. On July 20th, Brigham Hill Farm. By June the party...

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Chickadee Gardens: August 2015

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Thursday, August 27, 2015. Purple Garden, White Garden. After coming down off of last week's post about Botanist Peter Goldblatt's garden. This all seems rather unexciting. Still, I press on, documenting my own garden throughout the year. I've already covered several of my color-themed borders here at Chickadee Gardens such as the yellow, blue, orange, and chocolate gardens. This week let's take a look at the cool and shady white border and also the hot, dry purple and silver border. Snowline' on the lef...

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Chickadee Gardens: January 2016

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Thursday, January 28, 2016. Making A New Garden: History and Soil. There is a fabulous website - the Web Soil Survey. Hooray for all this knowledge. That only goes so far for me, though. I need to be hands-on, to dig in it and see for myself. Happily, this past week I've had a chance to do so as I've started planting a few larger shrubs and trees and have seen what this land is made up of. It all began with the planting of my four Olea europaea '. Guess what happened to all those moving boxes? Next was t...

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Chickadee Gardens: June 2016

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Thursday, June 30, 2016. Our First Summer at Blue Jay Lane. The flower that is the banner for this blog, Mimulus aurantiacus. Or shrubby/sticky monkey flower made the move and is showing its appreciation by blooming. The remainder of one giant brush pile was made into wood chips with this beast rented from our favorite store, Don's Rentals in Saint Helens. Diabolo', Sambucus nigra. Thundercloud', Sambucus racemosa. Sutherland Gold', Hydrangea. Fuji Waterfall', Rhamnus californica. And two Vaccinium ovatum.

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Chickadee Gardens: September 2016

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Thursday, September 29, 2016. That was fast. September over. Now, October greets us. As summer wound down I was able to take advantage of cooler days and move a few things around. Yes, already- moving plants! We were also able to plug away on a few projects. Here's a wrap-up of September:. Karly Rose' in the evening sun. I see why it's got the name rose in it. Two of these grasses were gifted to me at our garden blogger's spring plant swap. I did not know what to expect but am very pleased. We saw the ne...

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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'.