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!
