I think what plants we like mostly has to do with our experiences and associations. Woolly Blue Curls, particularly their scent, remind me of happy days hiking in the mountains of California and Baja, and of my beautiful California native plant garden in my San Diego backyard. So they may not look like much to most people, but to me they contain a whole world of memories. And, for the first time since moving to Seattle 17 years ago, I have four blooming in my garden!
Summer in Seattle, such as it is, sort of started about 2 months ago, since it stopped raining hard in mid May. I have had to water everything non drought tolerant at least weekly. It still hasn’t gotten warm though, and it has been cool and drizzly enough that the natural areas have stayed brilliant green . Most days begin gray and cloudy, with a sweater needed. They often end glorious though, when the cloud layer burns off. Now in July we still struggle to make it into the mid 70’s by late afternoon. There is way too much snow in the high mountains for any serious hiking, but we have been doing lots of nice hikes at lower elevations.
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Day 106
Trichostema lanatum
Blooming
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I never promised you a you know what garden |
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Day 1167
Epilobium angustifolium var. intermedium
Blooming
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Day 434
Lychnis coronaria
Blooming
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Day 2752
Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora
Blooming
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color clash! |
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Day 440
Agastache barberi
Blooming
smell great too, and tasty |
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Day 839
Papaver rhoeas
Blooming
looking spectacular |
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Day 266
Calochortus
Blooming
Another old Californian friend |
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Holodiscus discolor
Blooming
spectacular in all the natural areas of Seattle right now |
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Rosa
Blooming
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Rosa
Blooming
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Day 348
Penstemon heterophyllus
Blooming
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Parahebe catarractae
Blooming
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Geranium
Blooming
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Day 82
Tropaeolum majus
Blooming
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Day 447
Campanula persicifolia
Blooming
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Day 682
Stipa gigantea
Blooming
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Day 73
Rosa
Blooming
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Day 160
Papaver somniferum
Blooming
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Day 2752
Leucanthemum x superbum
Blooming
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Day 404
Lilium columbianum
Blooming
with tiny spider |
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Day 2021
Iberis amara
Blooming
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Day 1155
Delphinium
Blooming
there is no other blue like delphinium blue |
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Day 2752
Campanula
Blooming
just finished ripping out as much as i could, but at least it looked pretty before i got to it |
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Day 2326
Spirea douglasii
Blooming
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Day 1937
Rubus parviflorus
Fruiting
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Rosa
Blooming
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Day 1514
Sedum
Blooming
bees favorite |
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Day 348
Philadelphus
Blooming
latest of the mock oranges |
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Day 253
Rosa
Blooming
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Day 132
Papaver rhoeas
Blooming
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Day 265
Allium giganteum
Blooming
last of the alliums |
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Day 2089
Brodiaea
Blooming
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Day 320
salvia interrupta candelabra sage Salvia interrupta
Blooming
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Rosa
Blooming
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Day 1510
Rosa glauca
Blooming
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Day 1510
Baptisia australis
Blooming
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Day 182
Rosa
Blooming
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Day 124
Erysimum
Blooming
fragrant, popular with bees |
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Day 670
Phlomis lanata
Blooming
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Day 2752
Carpobrotus edulis
Blooming
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Day 2752
Rhododendron
Blooming
last azalea |
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Day 182
Rosa
Blooming
fragrant, helthy, and agreeably thornless |
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Day 404
Verbascum
Blooming
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Day 1530
Kniphofia uvaria
Blooming
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Day 1510
Eryngium
Blooming
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Day 299
rose fragrant lavender simplicity Rosa
Blooming
blooming heavily and fragrant, but not a healthy plant. |
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Day 253
Rosa
Blooming
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Day 2302
Philadelphus lewisii var. platyphyllus
Blooming
splashes of white in the grren jungle |
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Day 1898
Spiraea x bumalda
Blooming
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Day 2752
Convolvulus arvensis
Blooming
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Day 182
Rosa
Blooming
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Day 253
Rosa
Blooming
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Day 2539
Nigella damascena
Blooming
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Rosa
Blooming
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Day 2752
Carex pendula
Blooming
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Day 1532
Nepeta x faassenii
Blooming
always covered with bees |
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Day 2212
Salvia greggii
Blooming
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Day 253
Rosa
Blooming
seems to have outgrown the blackspot. now growing fast and blooming well. |
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Chrysanthemum parthenium
Blooming
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Rosa
Blooming
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Day 560
Arabis
Blooming
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Fragaria vesca spp. alpina
Fruiting
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Day 1116
Alchemilla mollis
Blooming
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Day 253
Rosa
Blooming
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Day 266
Calochortus
Blooming
Another old Californian friend |
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Day 73
Rosa
Blooming
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Day 1050
Salvia greggii
Blooming
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Day 992
Astrantia
Blooming
main source of blooms in the front border now. |
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Day 1571
Aquilegia chrysantha
Blooming
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Day 1133
Origanum rotundifolium
Blooming
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Day 2752
Coreopsis grandiflora
Blooming
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Rosa
Blooming
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Day 2752
Malva moschata
Blooming
lots of blooms—more of these toughies every year. |
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Comments
cristina wrote:
I’ve never seen wolly blue curls.
But you’re right. (For the same reason I love a winter flower – Calycanthus praecox – and its scent).
Posted on 15 Jul 11 (almost 2 years ago)
seeingreen wrote:
Wooly blue curls is such a lovely name I’d want to grow it just for that. But yes, the memories are what makes a plant special, as is the one at the top of my bloom day list.
Some gorgeous blooms you have – I covet the electric orange rose and blue penstemon particularly.
Posted on 15 Jul 11 (almost 2 years ago)
Bernieh wrote:
That is a terrific name! Such an unusual looking thing. You have so many gorgeous blooms at the moment. Love ‘Buff Beauty’.
Posted on 15 Jul 11 (almost 2 years ago)
cristina wrote:
oh, anelson, it’s terrific… how many plants and how many blooms!!
Posted on 15 Jul 11 (almost 2 years ago)
laurieann wrote:
WOW – you have a lot of blooms! It’s quite impressive.
Posted on 15 Jul 11 (almost 2 years ago)
KathN wrote:
You’re an San Diego transplant as well? There are a lot of plants I miss from that area, I admit it, but I also truly love how green it stays up here. That’s why I came to the PNW … the green.
Posted on 15 Jul 11 (almost 2 years ago)
flowerweaver wrote:
Wow! I’m so impressed with your wonderful selection of blooms. I’m glad you have a flower to remind you of other times, and a neat one at that!
Posted on 15 Jul 11 (almost 2 years ago)
SneIrish wrote:
I like that Wooly Blue Curls. I haven’t seen anything like it here on the East Coast. Despite the weather woes (and trust me we have had our own here!). your garden looks beautiful and lush! Good work! I just planted Epilobium in my garden as a small WS seedling so I was delighted to see yours is very lovely. And this is the second year for my Phlomis which I understand will bloom the third year.
Posted on 16 Jul 11 (almost 2 years ago)
anelson wrote:
snelrish—watch out for the fireweed. before you know it you will find underground rhizomes 10 feet long and new shoots popping up in unplanned places.
Posted on 21 Aug 11 (almost 2 years ago)
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