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Hi Plant peeps. How are you dealing with our new normal I hope youre keeping healthy and finding lots to do. Hopefully the weather has been decent and youre getting outside. Last Friday, I went to Costco. The Corona-hoopla wasnt terrible and was made all the better when I spotted plants. I dont typically buy plants at Costco because theyre just standard fare. But when I spotted these Armeria I grabbed one. This species Armeria juniperifolia (or SpanishThrift) is different t...

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How are you all doing I hope youre adjusting to the new normal that the Coronavirus has imposed upon us. For me its been okay since I work from home anyway. Thankfully the weather has been really pleasant and while Im not working Im getting a lot done in the garden. In fact, here it is only the middle of March and Im way ahead of schedule on winter clean up and other spring tasks. Happy dance! This weeks plant is Sedum forsterianum Silver Stone. Like many sedums t...

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This weeks pick is the Western Sword Fern. If you live here in western Oregon or anywhere along the northwestern shores of the continent, Im sure youre familiar with this native fern. Its a common thing indeed, carpeting forest floors and shady roadsides. Ive always loved it so when we moved here back in 1997, I made sure to bring along several clumps from our previous home which, conveniently was in a forest. Those original ferns have grown and made lots of baby ferns and now I ha...

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Im late in delivering my plant of the week. Bad me. This weeks gem is blooming right now. It is Prunus mume Kobai one of the Japanese Flowering Apricots. It had been on my wish for at least fifteen years and I dont know why it took me so long to get it, but back in the fall of 2018, my wish came true. A winter bloomer, Kobai starts blooming at the beginning of February and is still looking nice right now. On warm days I can catch wind of its sweet fragrance. Prunus mume ...

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The other day I asked my sister if she had any crocus blooming and she replied, No. I dont like them. They remind me that its cold. Or more specifically, No, they just remind me thats its fricking cold out. I get that. But what I like about crocus is that they remind me that the worst of the cold is behind us and that spring is coming. And they make the bees happy. Here are random crocus photos Ive taken over the years. Yes. That is dandelion foliage. ...

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This weeks beauty is Ribes roezlii or Sierra Gooseberry, a west coast native shrub. I fell in love with it because of the winter-blooming tiny fuchsia-like flowers and bought me a one gallon plant at Seven Oaks Nursery in 2018. My plant is in full bloom right now. Ribes roezlii gleaming in the sun Notice the bright red sepals when the sun is shining on them, contrasted with the dark red when its not, below. What was surprising to me is how tiny t...

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I believe its pronounced Hee Bee. At least thats what I say and what everyone I know says. However, taxonomists have changed the genus to Veronica which I can understand because the flowers look very similar to the herbaceous Veronica and its the reproductive parts that taxonomists use to classify plants. But most of us are still calling them Hebe and were more interested in the foliage anyway. My first encounter with Hebe came years ago when visiting the sadly now-defunct Fry Road Nurser...

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