\nMe, from deep in the garden: Sitting in a field of poppies<\/em>.
\nDuncan (scanning for alleged field of poppies): Okay.<\/em><\/p>\n
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Disembodied voice from deep in garden continues: It’s just one plant really, but I’m pretending. And it’s not a poppy exactly, but in the poppy family. Glaucium grandiflorum from Iran, a country we don’t get much good news about, and yet there grows this poppy that is so…so…<\/em><\/p>\n Duncan: Pretty<\/em>?<\/p>\n Voice from deep in garden: Yes! So very pretty<\/em>.<\/p>\n Duncan: Okaaay.<\/em><\/p>\n Voice from deep in garden continues talking to now-empty back porch:<\/p>\n Botanists should be the ones in charge of things, politics, treaties, border disputes…What’s good for the plant world will necessarily be good for everything else…<\/em><\/p>\n (plant-drunk words and theorizing continue to drift over poppies)<\/p>\n In other news…<\/p>\n Cyrtanthus elatus x montanus is in bloom, a hybrid of a South African bulb. I haven’t noticed any real dormancy requirements with this one, where watering needs to be withheld to let it rest. Makes it easy.<\/p>\n And in still other news (real news), if you’re not on Facebook, you may have missed the announcement that Sunset<\/a> is moving its offices to Oakland. Its test gardens and kitchen will be moved to Cornerstone<\/a>, Sonoma, Calif. (read here<\/a>). Cornerstone is a collection of outdoor gardens, shops and restaurants inspired by the International Garden Festival at Chaumont-sur-Loire<\/a>, curated by owner Teresa Raffo. It was the site of possibly my favorite garden show ever, “The Late Show<\/a>,” in 2009. Sunset at Cornerstone makes perfect sense.<\/p>\n There are permanent installations by artists, designers, and landscape architects to visit year-round, like the “Garden of Contrast” by James Van Sweden and Sheila Brady<\/p>\n “White Cloud” by Andy Cao and Xavier Perrot<\/p>\n And yet another change for a major garden publication, Better Homes and Gardens announced recently that Stephen Orr<\/a> will be the new Editor-in-Chief. I loved Orr’s book Tomorrow’s Garden,<\/em> fresh and forward-looking, all which bodes well for BHG.<\/p>\n And this weekend Toronto hosts the Garden Bloggers Fling<\/a>, so there should be lots of good reading from attendees in the weeks ahead.<\/p>\n The first week of June, and it’s still mild and overcast (glorious!) here in Los Angeles. Enjoy your weekend!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Late spring conversation at our house sums up living in a “mixed” household (gardeners\/nongardeners): Duncan, from the back porch: Whatcha doin’ out there? Me, from deep in the garden: Sitting in a field of poppies. Duncan (scanning for alleged field … Continue reading ![\"](\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/june2015\/1-P1016890.jpg\")
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