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Super excited to see buds on my #clematisurophylla ! It will provide some much needed winter cheer. 😊Having a bit of a weepy day. Our beloved #mannemantsotso was diagnosed with bone cancer this week. As a family, we have decided to take him out of his misery sooner rather than later. We think he might still have a week or two of relatively pain free life left, but as soon as I think about the inevitable, tears well up. I know, I should appreciate the now, but feeling awfully wobbly about it. Anyway,unpacking the celery after a trip to the grocery store revealed a cold, but very much alive #ladybug . Made me smile. We may have to take one life, but we just saved another. 💔❤️That darn #rubuslineatus has started suckering, and is now growing up through the #yew . It behaved beautifully until I cut it back after a rough winter. And my poor #poncirustrifoliata was planted when I thought for sure the #melianthusmajor had perished. Well, I guess it came back. Although accidental #cramscaping to the nth degree, there are moments when it actually fits together rather nicely! Not very practical, though. #suckeringshrubsThe somber state of these #leucanthemums sum up my state of emotion after last week’s violence rather well.I guess the flowers are alright too, but what I really like about #verbascum is the #seedheads . I just love them planted against a wall or another background that properly shows them off. Here, @joycreeknursery the saffron #fallcolor of #amsoniahubrichtii makes them stand out. Just love it! 💕The most fabulous fern on the@joycreeknursery premises. According to highly reliable sources, (unless I’m remembering incorrectly) it is a Dryopteris affinis of one mutation or another. Need to read up on how to propagate ferns. It has plenty of seemingly mature sori, and think I really need this one. 😍❤️😍 #fabferns #evergreenferns #dryopterisaffinis #ineedthis #severeplantlust #joycreeknursery
Category Archives: Foliage Follow Up
Foliage Follow-Up Day – January 2018
The biggest news from my garden this month is that I – FINALLY – took the time to thin out my black bamboo. Wow – should’ve done that years ago… It looks so much better now… So, that is the … Continue reading
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Tagged 2018, evergreen climber, Ferns, Foliage Follow-Up, grasses, January, shrubs, winter foliage, winter interest
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Foliage followup day – December 2017
It looks like our long stretch of sun and cold winds might have ended. Lucky me – I managed to get a decent, sun-drenched shot of one of my perennial infatuations. I apologize for constantly posting shots of Melianthus major, … Continue reading
Posted in Foliage Follow Up
Tagged arum, bamboo, cabbage, euphorbia, foliage, holodiscus discolor, optical opposites, pretty leaves, texture
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Foliage Follow-Up Day – November 2017
Today was a much better day for outdoor photography than yesterday. Sure, it’s still wet, but it’s nowhere near the kind of deluges we had then. Not a whole lot to see out there right now. Parts of the yard … Continue reading
Posted in Foliage Follow Up
Tagged fall foliage, foliage, foliage color, Foliage Follow-Up, garden, My garden
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Blooms and foliage – August 2017
This has been a terrible summer for me, in terms of keeping up on blog memes – I have missed several months worth… Once (or was it twice?), I even missed my own, and had to play catch-up later in … Continue reading
Posted in Bloom Day, Foliage Follow Up
Tagged August, blooms, foliage, garden, gardening, pacific northwest, PNW
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Foliage Follow-up and belated Bloom Day – March 2017
Apparently, sometimes it is in ones favor to be fashionably late. Yesterday, on Bloom Day proper, it was so grey, wet, and miserable here, that I would have worried for my camera’s safety bringing it outside without an umbrella. This … Continue reading
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Tagged Bloom Day, foliage, Foliage Follow-Up, late spring, March blooms, signs of spring, weird weather
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Post-election Blooms, Pods and Foliage – November 2016
A garden is a good reminder that life goes on, outside of our human drama. And, it its a good place for demons to disperse, and some semblance of sanity to be restored. I spent some time putzing around out … Continue reading
Posted in Bloom Day, Foliage Follow Up
Tagged Bloom Day, fall blooms, fall foliage, Foliage Follow-Up, garden, november, unfinished projects
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Foliage Follow-Up – September 2016
A couple of days late, but figured I wanted to join in with Pam at Digging’s monthly meme anyway, celebrating the best and boldest of any garden – the foliage! Head over there for a treat you don’t often see, and … Continue reading
