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<\/a><\/p>\nHippeastrum\/Sprekelia cross just popped up in the greenhouse. \u00a0The pot of bulbs has three spikes this year.<\/p>\n
I planted most of the year\u2019s seedlings into patio pots today. \u00a0I couldn\u2019t get the phone camera to focus because of this white impatiens\u2013the camera just didn\u2019t like the light reflecting from it. \u00a0I only ended up with three seedlings, but that is perfect for the one pot on the back patio for which these were destined.<\/p>\n Strelitzia reginae\u00a0just opening in the greenhouse. \u00a0Watching this intricate, odd flower open is a fun endeavor.<\/p>\n One of the patio pots I planted today with pelargonium, snapdragon, and salvia.<\/p>\n The gorgeous red hippeastrum is still blooming well. \u00a0 Photos don\u2019t do it justice.<\/p>\n But that won\u2019t stop me from trying to do it justice\u2026<\/p>\n Pelargonium \u201cGrossersorten\u201d blooming all through the greenhouse. \u00a0I keep many starts of these favorites growing every year. \u00a0The combination of dark, healthy, zoned foliage and the clean coral pink flowers.<\/p>\n The David Austin roses are really putting on a show around the orchard garden.<\/p>\n The form of the flowers, the colors and the scent\u2013it all adds up to an exceptional show. \u00a0My only complaint is that the bushes aren\u2019t particularly strong, but I think possibly this is due to a lack of sun and the ravages to the ever-present bindweed. \u00a0I am taking time and effort to keep the rampaging vines off the roses, but it is a Herculean task.<\/p>\n Another slightly different view. \u00a0This one is Fighting Temeraire.<\/p>\n This bulbous gem is the one remaining Nectarscordum siculum left in the garden. \u00a0I probably started with twenty-five of them ten years ago and they slowly died out. \u00a0I\u2019ll likely add some more this autumn since they have such interesting blooms held high enough to notice.<\/p>\n The gorgeous rose on the Jeff Tangen arbor started blooming last week. \u00a0The fragrance is remarkable when you pass underneath.<\/p>\n Close-up showing how the flowers open a soft apricot yellow and fade to cream and then white.<\/p>\n Styrax japonica blooming over the koi pond. \u00a0This graceful tree is a mixed blessing\u2013beautiful, but pretty messy (and a bit poisonous), so not the best choice for over a pond. \u00a0In this case, though, what\u2019s done is done\u2013the tree is twenty years old and I\u2019ve yet to come up with a better solution for that particular space.<\/p>\n Every year I intend to plant perennial seeds in May to get strong seedlings to plant out the following spring. \u00a0This is the first year I actually did it\u2013all of these seeds I planted for the parking strip garden I\u2019m planning. \u00a0And the best thing is that virtually every type of seed has come up. \u00a0You can see one tray above, and there is another similarly fertile tray to match. \u00a0There will be much transplanting to do in the coming weeks, but I\u2019m happy to do it\u2013hundreds of plants for a bright new garden!<\/p>\n I really love this plant so far\u2013Malabar spinach (Basella rubra). \u00a0It is a climbing substitute for spinach. \u00a0I just need to find some space for it to climb. \u00a0I\u2019ve got so many vines and brambles up now, most of my vertical options are taken.<\/p>\n The raised bed the brother Tim helped me plant a few weeks ago has finally settled in. \u00a0The lettuce and escarole are really starting to grow and the tomatoes have finished sulking. \u00a0I put some tomatillos out today next to the tomatoes, but not sure how they will do, since they were very small and already getting flowers. \u00a0I\u2019m hoping they aren\u2019t stunted.<\/p>\n Hesperis matronalis catching some early evening light.<\/p>\n The violas that I got at Fred Meyer early in the spring are enjoying to bursts of sunshine mixed with the wet spells.<\/p>\n More baby pansies in pots in the front of the house.<\/p>\n I suspect the lack of water in a very crowded pot resulted in the white geranium having these wispy blooms. \u00a0You can see the normal flowers at the very left of the photo.<\/p>\n The plum tree has more than a dozen plums this year\u2013up from four last year. \u00a0I\u2019m hopeful that some will get ripe and I\u2019ll be able to taste one before the animals find them.<\/p>\n Another rose photo.<\/p>\n And another.<\/p>\n This beauty is \u201cOlivia\u201d\u2013supreme form and strong, sweet fragrance.<\/p>\n The columnar apple trees have apples this year\u2013not sure if my brush-pollination helped, or if some winged critters did the trick, but we\u2019ll have a few dozen apples if all goes well.<\/p>\n The taller tree has even more flowers\u2026<\/p>\n Blackberry flowers. \u00a0The domesticated cultivars may be a bit light on berries this year, but I have a \u201cwild\u201d Himalayan blackberry trained in one of the raised beds, and it has dozens of flower buds\u2013it looks like it will provide all the blackberries I need.<\/p>\n Goumi berries developing on the shrub. \u00a0There were a LOT of flowers this year, but I think fewer berries than last year\u2013not sure if it was a pollination issue or what. \u00a0The shrub is growing quickly this spring.<\/p>\n Aronia berries are also plumping up.<\/p>\n Another rose bud.<\/p>\n More little pansies.<\/p>\n This sad looking clump of sticks is all that\u2019s left of the scorpion senna that had taken over the brick bed near the Jeff Tangen arbor. \u00a0I cut it way back today, which looks really drastic. \u00a0It should be a mass of new green growth in a month or so, and it will probably bloom again, too.<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" So much going on and the garden and greenhouse are changing daily. \u00a0Here are some pictures of today\u2019s highlights: Hippeastrum\/Sprekelia cross just popped up in the greenhouse. \u00a0The pot of bulbs has three spikes this year. 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