OK, first some morning shots.
This cute baby Euphorbia decided to start up in our planting strip. Welcome to the neighborhood, little guy!
The sage is coming back now.
Hurray, Allium! I've decided not to worry about the foliage since the flowers seem so happy. I love that little peel of onion skin under the blossom.
Now some afternoon shots.
While I was out taking pictures of Rosso Nursery, Georgetown, and the Comet Lodge Cemetery (the last two coming soon), my husband and a neighbor volunteer were sledgehammering our crappy patio.
Oh, now look -- he's outside mowing the lawn, since we're having our first sunny day in forever. What a good man!
Saturday, April 28, 2007
Julius Rosso Nursery in Georgetown
As I've mentioned before, Julius Rosso Nursery is my favorite nursery in town. It's not the nicest or the fanciest, but it's right by my house, and I love it.
They used to be wholesale only.
A gorgeous hosta.
These greenhouse-wintered variegated flax plants look happier than the ones that spent the winter in my front yard.
I haven't decided how I feel about Japanese blood grass. I've heard it's invasive. Love the sedge.
This burning bush looks sweet.
A pretty jumble of colors and textures. Rosso is not divided into neat, well-labeled sections, not at all.
I wonder what year their sign is from. This family-run business has been around for almost 50 years.
I'm glad I didn't bother to bring my siphon!
I wonder if this is the greenhouse that I once saw a rat in.
This looks just like the baby Euphorbia that is taking up residence in my planting strip.
There's no denying it. Chocolate sedge looks likes hair.
I'm crazy for this shape of leaf, the name of which I learned in like sixth grade. You know, palmate, pinnate, something like that. I love eucalyptus leaves, which look like smoke tree leaves.
A gratuitous eucalyptus leaf shot.
Personally, I think palms look silly in the Northwest, unless you're dedicated to cultivating a surreal garden, like Little & Lewis. I don't like seeing a palm tree as an element of an otherwise normal-looking garden here.
However, I have no problem with Canna lilies. Maybe because they're only seen during warm months, so they don't seem so totally out of place.
Rosso borders Boeing Field. I wanted to get a shot of an airplane landing, but I didn't see any. During the week the little airport is very busy with UPS, FedEx, and Airborne Express planes.
Scummy yet appealing?
Blue + orange = pretty.
I love this chartreuse glow.
It's hot in here.
Oh, cool, it's the lawnmower man! I want to get closer and take a better photo of him!
Damn. Too late. (I just found out that my husband went there and had him sharpen our lawnmower blade today. The lawnmower guy told him: "You're smart to have me sharpen your lawnmower blade. Because they cost $18 new, but I'll sharpen yours for $5.")
I wonder if I would like this Blue Medusa. I need to do some research on this. Might make a cool container plant.
I am scandalized that this Ceanothus is identified only as "California Lilac."
Hmm. Looks like Diamond Height stays low. This could be useful to me. I wonder that color the flowers will be. "Bright blue" sounds promising. I'll have to look this guy up.
Let's end with a shot of some lowly groundcover.
They used to be wholesale only.
A gorgeous hosta.
These greenhouse-wintered variegated flax plants look happier than the ones that spent the winter in my front yard.
I haven't decided how I feel about Japanese blood grass. I've heard it's invasive. Love the sedge.
This burning bush looks sweet.
A pretty jumble of colors and textures. Rosso is not divided into neat, well-labeled sections, not at all.
I wonder what year their sign is from. This family-run business has been around for almost 50 years.
I'm glad I didn't bother to bring my siphon!
I wonder if this is the greenhouse that I once saw a rat in.
This looks just like the baby Euphorbia that is taking up residence in my planting strip.
There's no denying it. Chocolate sedge looks likes hair.
I'm crazy for this shape of leaf, the name of which I learned in like sixth grade. You know, palmate, pinnate, something like that. I love eucalyptus leaves, which look like smoke tree leaves.
A gratuitous eucalyptus leaf shot.
Personally, I think palms look silly in the Northwest, unless you're dedicated to cultivating a surreal garden, like Little & Lewis. I don't like seeing a palm tree as an element of an otherwise normal-looking garden here.
However, I have no problem with Canna lilies. Maybe because they're only seen during warm months, so they don't seem so totally out of place.
Rosso borders Boeing Field. I wanted to get a shot of an airplane landing, but I didn't see any. During the week the little airport is very busy with UPS, FedEx, and Airborne Express planes.
Scummy yet appealing?
Blue + orange = pretty.
I love this chartreuse glow.
It's hot in here.
Oh, cool, it's the lawnmower man! I want to get closer and take a better photo of him!
Damn. Too late. (I just found out that my husband went there and had him sharpen our lawnmower blade today. The lawnmower guy told him: "You're smart to have me sharpen your lawnmower blade. Because they cost $18 new, but I'll sharpen yours for $5.")
I wonder if I would like this Blue Medusa. I need to do some research on this. Might make a cool container plant.
I am scandalized that this Ceanothus is identified only as "California Lilac."
Hmm. Looks like Diamond Height stays low. This could be useful to me. I wonder that color the flowers will be. "Bright blue" sounds promising. I'll have to look this guy up.
Let's end with a shot of some lowly groundcover.
Monday, April 23, 2007
Groucho Marx Heads and Plants
Subtitle: Bad Pictures of Good Things
OK, I've been trying to get photos of these bizarre Groucho Marx heads for you guys for weeks now. But we're always going too fast over the West Seattle Bridge. Today I noticed that most of them are gone, and there's only one left, so I'll just show you what I've got so far.
Pictures from 4/17:
(WTF?)
Picture from today:
Now back to the plants. Here are my beloved smoke trees back on 4/17. The blue oat grass has exploded since then.
Here's my Ceanothus on 4/17:
And the rest of the photos are from this evening.
Some books say you can cut the seedheads from your Helictotrichon sempervirens, but I would never do that.
Lovely Cotinus.
My husband sometimes complains that it looks weedy, but I love this big fluffy fennel.
This Japanese maple was a birthday present from my stepmother-in-law. The Japanese maple is like the patron plant of Mid Beacon Hill. Virtually everyone has one. They're nice. I need to try to find a protected place for this guy. It may be a planter plant, to tell you the truth.
Another gift. Euphorbia. I like them. 2,160 species can't be wrong, right?
More gifts. Raspberries!
Some of the leaves aren't looking so hot, but the alliums themselves seem to be fine so far.
I've been really busy with all that birthday stuff, so I still haven't had a chance to plant this beautiful little Hebe yet. I know I am going to love it.
Ginkgo leaves. So sweet.
OK, I've been trying to get photos of these bizarre Groucho Marx heads for you guys for weeks now. But we're always going too fast over the West Seattle Bridge. Today I noticed that most of them are gone, and there's only one left, so I'll just show you what I've got so far.
Pictures from 4/17:
(WTF?)
Picture from today:
Now back to the plants. Here are my beloved smoke trees back on 4/17. The blue oat grass has exploded since then.
Here's my Ceanothus on 4/17:
And the rest of the photos are from this evening.
Some books say you can cut the seedheads from your Helictotrichon sempervirens, but I would never do that.
Lovely Cotinus.
My husband sometimes complains that it looks weedy, but I love this big fluffy fennel.
This Japanese maple was a birthday present from my stepmother-in-law. The Japanese maple is like the patron plant of Mid Beacon Hill. Virtually everyone has one. They're nice. I need to try to find a protected place for this guy. It may be a planter plant, to tell you the truth.
Another gift. Euphorbia. I like them. 2,160 species can't be wrong, right?
More gifts. Raspberries!
Some of the leaves aren't looking so hot, but the alliums themselves seem to be fine so far.
I've been really busy with all that birthday stuff, so I still haven't had a chance to plant this beautiful little Hebe yet. I know I am going to love it.
Ginkgo leaves. So sweet.
Saturday, April 14, 2007
Three Ceanothus Plants I Saw Today
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