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18 Nov 2009
Winter Sowing and Seed Trading for Cabin Fever
I haven’t winter sown anything since I left Alaska 4 years ago so it was nice to try it again :-) I collected a slew of berries and wild flower seeds during our travels this fall and I planted a bunch of them today. For containers I used yogurt cups with almost clear plastic lids. I planted...
Windy 4°C / 40°F
03 Nov 2009
More Schlum Pics - I can't help it 5 1 Very Happy Schlumbergera truncata - Dad's Thanksgiving Cactus Blooming and Inside the House garden
I just am so fascinated and amazed with the fact that this plant has produced a “sport” so different from itself. My friend, the Schlum guy, is almost as excited as I am. He keeps talking something about fertile triploids breaking the laws of genetics. YIKES! We are now thinking its i...
Indoors
26 Oct 2009
What the heck?!?!? 2 9 Happy Schlumbergera truncata - Dad's Thanksgiving Cactus Budding and Inside the House garden
There are two different colored buds on this Holiday Cactus. I just noticed it today. This has never happened before in the many years I’ve had this plant. And it’s definitely on the same trunk.
Indoors
23 Oct 2009
First Flowers of the Season 1 Very Happy Inside the House garden and Schlumbergera truncata - Dad's Thanksgiving Cactus Blooming
Two flowers have bloomed, as beautiful as always. There are tons of buds and this is going to be a spectacular blooming season. I have sent these photos to a new acquantaince who is a collector of Schlumbergera to see if he agrees with the identification of ‘White Christmas.’ It will ...
Indoors
23 Oct 2009
Kangaroo Apple Flowering and Fruiting 3 1
The Kangaroo Apples are currently flowering, fruiting and are attracting native Australian bees and caterpillars which goes to show, a little biodiversity and indigenous species goes a long way.
Overcast 16°C / 61°F
22 Oct 2009
Late October Buds and Blooms 5 2 Very Happy Viola - Pansy - "Blueberry Sundae Mix" Blooming, Chrysanthemum - Football Mum - 'Pat Lehman' Blooming, Phyg...
Despite last week’s frost and freezing overnight temperatures, yesterday was 65F (18C) and today was 70F (21C). There are still some plants with new flowers and buds boldly pushing on despite the season and the weather. 1 – Sunflower ‘Mammoth’ which it isn’t, a last ...
Sunny 21°C / 70°F
19 Oct 2009
Here it is again... 1 2 Happy Lamium maculatum - Spotted Dead Nettle Blooming and Butterfly - Bee - Bird garden
Years ago I planted this in the BBB when it was in its very early stages as a garden. In 2007 I decided that, as a ground cover, it just didn’t fit with what I had in mind for BBB, so I dug it out and planted it under the Colorado Blue Spruce in the front yard. Each year since then it comes...
Sunny 12°C / 53°F
13 Oct 2009
Still flowering Very Happy Saintpaulia - African Violet - purple Blooming and Inside the House garden
Has continuously been in bloom since September.
Indoors
15 Oct 2009
More Survivors 2 6 Very Happy
I thought that all of my flowers were dead. The ones that are not are: Geraniums. Surprised? I was. Alyssum Dianthus No surprise. Echinacea oregano thyme lavender fennel Here is the clincher, these got pulled and were in a bag for disposal where they have begun to grow new leaves, so ...
Overcast 12°C / 54°F
10 Oct 2009
More flowers 2 Happy Tricyrtis - Toad Lily - "Empress" Blooming and Butterfly - Bee - Bird garden
More buds have opened and there are several flowers. They are such an interesting bloom. These are updated photos for future reference.
Overcast 17°C / 63°F
05 Oct 2009
A second blooming Happy Delphinium - Pacific Giant - 'Pagan Purple'? Blooming and Welcome garden
As I started to write this journal entry, I realized that I have never journalled the first blooming of these Delphiniums. Not sure why. The first blooming was about the same time as the ‘Black Knight’ planted nearby. So far, there is only one stalk with buds for this second blooming.
Sunny 18°C / 65°F
05 Oct 2009
Little Purple Flowers 1 Happy Lobelia puberula - Downy Lobelia Blooming and Welcome garden
The first flowers have appeared. They are very small and delicate, and a pretty purple. The whole plant is small, still establishing itself this first year, and I do expect that next year it will be much taller. A closer examination showed that the tops of the stems of several seedlings have been...
Sunny 18°C / 65°F
04 Oct 2009
Lush growth and blooming 1 Very Happy Oxalis - Shamrock Plant - "Charmed Jade" Blooming and Inside the House garden
Since moving the pot onto the ironing board in front of the east window in my office, it has really gone crazy. The pot is filled with a large full mound of leaves and it is now blooming. The flowers on this one are white. Kind of wierd since it was in the east window in the spare room too, but t...
Indoors 21°C / 70°F
04 Oct 2009
Early October Buds and Blooms Happy Tricyrtis - Toad Lily - "Empress" Blooming, Eupatorium rugosum - White Snakeroot - "Chocolate" Blooming, Zi...
Tricyrtis – Toad Lily – have been waiting for this to bloom. This is the first flower but there are lots of buds. Clematis ‘Pope John Paul II’ – these are the first flowers for this Clematis that we planted spring 2008. DH picked them out to grow up his birdhouse pol...
Sunny 21°C / 70°F
26 Sep 2009
Saturday's Buds and Blooms Happy Eupatorium rugosum - White Snakeroot - "Chocolate" Budding, Digitalis purpurea - Foxglove - 'Foxy' Blooming...
On our first frosty morning of the season (Yuck!)
Sunny 14°C / 58°F