I spent Saturday careening around the Washington countryside again with
Peter The Outlaw Gardener, going to a nursery, then the sale at Heronswood, then another nursery, and another...
But first thing on Saturday morning I made a quick round of the garden, looking for any new flowers since Bloom Day. There were a few.
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The comfrey beside my compost pile is flowering much pinker than it did last year, when it was in the raised bed. |
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Thalictrum 'Black Stockings' |
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I love the spots inside foxglove flowers |
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Pink Lupine |
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Dianthus |
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Saxifrage 'London Pride' |
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Arum "Jack Sprat' with airy Saxifrage flowers |
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I almost missed seeing my Arum 'Jack Sprat' flower. The spathe is speckled like the leaves, and it was facing away from the path, so it looked like just another leaf. |
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This Ceanothus in the gravel garden has doubled in size since it was planted last spring |
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Spanish lavender and the golden foliage of Tanacetum parthenium 'Aureum' |
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Dianthus 'Pop Star' |
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Variegated sage in the gravel garden has also doubled in size since last year |
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I turn many of my pots without holes upside down so they don't fill with water, but they still add a nice textural element to the garden. |
Ah well, time to haul my butt to Tacoma, and then Heronswood...