{"id":2614,"date":"2016-12-26T23:04:57","date_gmt":"2016-12-26T23:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/?p=2614"},"modified":"2016-12-26T23:04:57","modified_gmt":"2016-12-26T23:04:57","slug":"the-day-after","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/26\/the-day-after\/","title":{"rendered":"The Day After…"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\u2018Tis the Day After Christmas, so thought I would see what I can see around the garden, greenhouse and neighborhood.\n

It snowed on Friday\u2013not enough to really impact travel, but it was enough to light up the lawn and give a nice holiday feel to everything.<\/p>\n

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I took Bodhi for a quick walk today and found the following at Ingraham High School:<\/p>\n

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The gorgeous form of this pine tree really stands out in winter.<\/p>\n

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I believe this is Cotoneaster lacteus. \u00a0This photo is of berries on what I believe is probably the original shrub planted around the school.<\/p>\n

A close-up of the brilliant berries.<\/p>\n

This is one of my favorite Ingraham trees\u2013I think it may be a weeping white spruce. \u00a0It\u2019s graceful leaning trunk, bright blue color and beautiful cones make it a stand-out.<\/p>\n

Close-up to show the color and cones.<\/p>\n

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A seedling of the cotoneaster\u2013there are several large seedlings around the school now. \u00a0I took some berries to see if I can get some starts, as this would make a great bonsai\/pot plant.<\/p>\n

Hollies are a bit despised here in Seattle, except maybe the last six weeks of the year. \u00a0Nothing says Christmas like a well-berried holly tree.<\/p>\n

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The leaves and berries are wonderfully shiny on a dull day.<\/p>\n

Winter forces us to really see the beauty of plants that we\u2019ve missed the rest of the year. \u00a0This is likely Chamaecyparis lawsoniana, with its distinctive cones and graceful foliage sprays.<\/p>\n

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The driveway display isn\u2019t fresh, for sure, but it has an artistic flair provided by the Hakone grass and Leon\u2019s beautiful sculpture.<\/p>\n

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Close-up of the forest grass. \u00a0It has turned a tan\/yellow for winter. \u00a0The hardy fern next to it is laughing at winter.<\/p>\n

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Leon installed a new bird feeder. \u00a0We don\u2019t have a lot of different species at this point\u2013mostly chickadees and juncos. \u00a0The jays haven\u2019t figured out how to reach the seeds yet. \u00a0The crows pick seeds up that have spilled. \u00a0And the squirrels steal seeds, too, having figured out how to climb the stone sculpture that serves as the feeder\u2019s stand. $\"\"$ <\/a><\/p>\n

Junco checking things out.<\/p>\n

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One camellia flower decided to open for Christmas! \u00a0It was fully opened for the snowy weather. \u00a0Tucked back at the bottom of the shrub, it didn\u2019t get totally ruined by the snow\/rain.<\/p>\n

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Sadly, the Prime Ark blackberries didn\u2019t make it to black before the cold weather hit. \u00a0The berries are still there, but they are brown and squishy. \u00a0Sad.<\/p>\n

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I was worried about how the pineapple guava (Feijoa) would fare in the cold weather, but it isn\u2019t even fazed at this point.<\/p>\n

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The Plant Delights hellebore is throwing buds up. \u00a0These plants are so incredibly hardy\u2013the freezing and snow didn\u2019t even slow this one down.<\/p>\n

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Aucuba glowing bright in the Doug Fir bed.<\/p>\n

The elephant garlic I was gifted by friend and artist Janet Still. \u00a0There are two of these monsters and they both are showing growth\u2013not afraid of winter at all.<\/p>\n

Plectranthus showing December what for in the greenhouse.<\/p>\n

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Persicaria capitata perking up the greenhouse shelves.<\/p>\n

I couldn\u2019t reach these pelargoniums easily to get a good picture, but they are pretty impressive with their clear pink blooms.<\/p>\n

The cymbidiums in the greenhouse are blooming wonderfully this year. \u00a0It is safe to say they thrive on neglect. \u00a0I pulled them out of the greenhouse in spring and put them around the edge of the Doug Fir bed, watered sporadically, fertilized maybe twice\u2026and here we are! \u00a0These generous plants don\u2019t ask for much. \u00a0These are all from the clone (divisions) we call \u201cMom\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n

Close-up of a freshly opened flower.<\/p>\n

More buds ready to burst\u2026about 18 more flowers from these two spikes.<\/p>\n

Just days from being opened, these buds hold so much promise!<\/p>\n

Fuchsia \u201cMachu Picchu\u201d blooming, oblivious to the cold and low light.<\/p>\n

The brugmansia in the greenhouse is putting out one flower at a time now. \u00a0There are two more buds coming along\u2013so could have flowers through February!<\/p>\n

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The holiday cactus has an impressive flower open.<\/p>\n

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I was very close to this chickadee. \u00a0It was hiding in on the Jeff Tangen arbor and I was underneath trying to get shots of the birdfeeder.<\/p>\n

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This is when it realized how close it was to me!<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u2018Tis the Day After Christmas, so thought I would see what I can see around the garden, greenhouse and neighborhood. It snowed on Friday\u2013not enough to really impact travel, but it was enough to light up the lawn and give a nice holiday feel to everything. 2CEAF0C7-377C-4BD1-BE09-2E2176184797_zps8hploye5 I took Bodhi for a quick walk today … Continue reading The Day After…<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2614"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2619,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2614\/revisions\/2619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}