Agaves will break your heart
Today's post documents the journey that my Agave parryi 'JC Raulston' has been on over the last few months, with a little bonus Agave content…
When things don’t go quite right in the garden. Plant selections that didn’t hold up, failed experiments, and other garden shenanigans.
Christmas mishmash
Embracing the chaotic aspect today. Lots of different topics as I sit here listening to the pouring rain falling on top of a layer of…
Plant disappointments – Acanthus ‘Whitewater’ continued
My Acanthus 'Whitewater'
Well, a recent social media post in the PNW Plant Geeks Facebook group has just sent me down a rabbit hole on this plant, Acanthus…
19 and holding
Garrya x issaquahensis 'Glasnevin Wine'
19. That, of course, is the temperature in Fahrenheit (-7 Celsius) that we dropped to after I wrote "Is winter over?" Then it rained. A…
Plant disappointments – Acanthus ‘Whitewater’
I love a good variegated plant, so I had high hopes when I planted the variegated Acanthus 'Whitewater' last year. The tag, in part, read "This…