I'm still playing catch-up on my blog, sharing some of the gardens I've seen in the past few weeks. I recently joined a Northwest Perennial Alliance neighborhood group called The Petal Pushers, which is based in the South Sound area -- Tacoma/Olympia. On the Tuesday after Nigel and I returned from Massachusetts, I went to the Petal Pusher's July picnic, which took place at the lovely garden of Linda Finkas in Lakewood.
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I was surprised to see this large swath of rust-free Hollyhocks. |
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A shady corner |
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Pretty blue Hydrangeas in the sunny foundation bed |
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Clematis-covered arbor |
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A small patch of lawn with perennial beds, and a maypole with colorful streamers |
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Love the neon sign in the shed window |
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It's high season for lilies here, in more ways than one |
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A colorful potting bench |
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Glass and china flower |
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Gotta love a gardener who has a spot for pink flamingos! |
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Another patch of lawn to the right of the shed, with more beds |
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I was amused by that toy sailboat |
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Another shady corner with a bench |
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Matilja poppy |
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Colorful Hosta leaf casting, lying in a bed of blue annual Lobelia |
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Far in the back were bright sunny beds full of hot colors - Mmmmm, my favorite! |
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I love when a gardener matches the color of a flower with berries like this. |
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This limbed-up Clerodendron trichotomum towred over us as we had our picnic and conversed. |
Thanks, Linda, for opening up your garden to the Petal Pushers!