Monthly Archives: June 2019
that moment with the eremurus and smoke tree in the Shinn garden
I had a little moment with this smoke bush and eremurus in the Carol & Randall Shinn garden on the recent bloggers’ tour of Colorado gardens. Hitting notes bright and deep, still in that incipient sparkle stage, buds concentrated and … Continue reading
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summer stock: Agapanthus ‘Indigo Frost’
I have even less impulse control when plant shopping now because…summer. Of the four seasons, summer seems to be the one that we’re constantly admonished to savor to its fullest or risk being filled with inconsolable regret. And you won’t … Continue reading
Posted in Plant Portraits, pots and containers
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Denver Botanic Gardens #gbfling2019
Since returning on Monday, I haven’t been able to shake Colorado from my mind. It’s a landscape that leaves you with a visual hangover, so this post will be hair of the dog, blog style, while the visit is still … Continue reading
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for the hard-core greenhouse fans
You asked for it. More greenhouse photos from my visit to Rancho Soledad Nursery in May. I’m out of town for the moment and will be right back.
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the greenhouses at Rancho Soledad Nursery
I have quite a history with commercial greenhouses. There was a large, abandoned greenhouse at the end of my cul-de-sac’d street, the mesh netting detached in places from the rickety structure and flapping in the breeze. Through the gap in … Continue reading
Posted in agaves, woody lilies, plant nurseries, pots and containers, succulents
Tagged Rancho Soledad Nursery
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