One of the biggest surprises of this year's drought and heat wave was how my alpine bottlebrush (Callistemon pityoides sieberi) suddenly seemed to collapse. According to the tag, it is…

While I am working on that next post about plants that did or did not do well during our record heat and drought, here is a quick interlude on a…

Finally, after months of record drought and heat, a little relief. You might not be able to see it here, but there is rain falling from the sky. Two days…

If you will recall, last time we had just removed a Douglas-fir from our backyard. This opens up a lot of new sunny space in our backyard that is prime…

Sort of a crazy summer between the record heat, record drought, the pandemic, some travel, and two (soon to be three) large projects around home. Here is one of those…

Sometimes the plant world surprises me. This pumpkin, for example... Any guesses when I bought it? I really like pumpkins, but this thing has been sitting in my office at…

I can't leave out my own garden, right? First up, a columbine that never opened up. Looks like a shooting comet. All of the other flowers on the plant were…

Bleeding heart - dissected. Surprisingly, there wasn't any blood. Enjoy!

Random plant photos from the last several weeks. First up, I liked the color of this iris at Portland Nursery from a few weeks ago. Sign of the times. This…