Showing posts with label flowers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label flowers. Show all posts

Leaves are turning but flowers still bloom

Thursday, September 5, 2024

Photo by Lee Lageschulte

 Lee Lageschulte found a dramatic pink flower on her daily walk.

Would someone like to identify it for us?

Photo by Lee Lageschulte

On the same day, she photographed this tree with its leaves turning to fall colors.



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Trumpet Vine - invasive but beautiful

Wednesday, August 14, 2024

 
Photo by Lee Wolfe

Our trumpet vine is in bloom and is attracting winged creatures including hummingbirds, assorted bees and hornets. 

It can be an invasive plant and bears watching if you don’t want it to take over the garden, but its beauty is undeniable.

--Lee Wolfe


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Annual Dahlia Show of Puget Sound Dahlia Assn. and the Seattle Dahlia Society at Sky Nursery August 24-25

Sunday, August 11, 2024

The Martin Kral dahlia, named for local resident, will be on display at the Annual Dahlia Show.

Annual Dahlia Show of Puget Sound Dahlia Assn. and the Seattle Dahlia Society at Sky Nursery August 24-25, 2024. 18528 Aurora Ave N, Shoreline, WA 98133. Free.
  • Saturday, August 24 (9am-6pm)
  • Sunday, August 25 (9am-4pm)
See thousands of lovely exhibition dahlias at America's largest dahlia show in the natural light of the large glass house at Sky.

The show will include my namesake Martin Kral (originated by Europe's most prolific dahlia raiser, Peter Haslhofer)

and also many other new varieties to be judged and awarded.


Updated with address and free entry

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Bi-color Gerbera daisy

Friday, August 9, 2024

Photo by Dale Bauer

This Gerbera Daisy, Flori line, Midi Fireball has become a favorite of ours. 

The blossom emerges from the foliage showing bright yellow, which is on the back of the petals. When it opens, the front sides of the petals are bright orange. 

Purchased at Sky Nursery

--Dale Bauer


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Flowers when you have no yard

Monday, August 5, 2024

Flowers and photo by Shana VanSpoor Boe

Mountlake Terrace resident Shana VanSpoor Boe loves flower gardens. However, she lives in a townhouse with no yard.

Flowers and photo by Shana VanSpoor Boe
Not a problem for her. She found a creative solution to bring flowers to her life.



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O my Luve is like a red, red rose

Sunday, July 28, 2024

 
Photo by Lee Lageschulte

A Red, Red Rose

O my Luve is like a red, red rose
   That’s newly sprung in June;
O my Luve is like the melody
   That’s sweetly played in tune.

So fair art thou, my bonnie lass,
   So deep in luve am I;
And I will luve thee still, my dear,
   Till a’ the seas gang dry.

Till a’ the seas gang dry, my dear,
   And the rocks melt wi’ the sun;
I will love thee still, my dear,
   While the sands o’ life shall run.

And fare thee weel, my only luve!
   And fare thee weel awhile!
And I will come again, my luve,
   Though it were ten thousand mile.

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Something bright to start your day

Saturday, July 27, 2024

 
Photo by Lee Lageschulte

Bright and cheerful flowers to start your day!

(Feel free to identify them)

Day lily!

--DKH



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Crafty flower

Sunday, July 21, 2024

 
Photo by Lee Lageschulte

I know that this is a real flower, but it really looks like a craft project. 

Start with a slender stick, cut petals out of white crepe paper, shred some yellow paper and drip some ink on it for the center, and voilà!

Leave a few in someone's garden to make them a little crazy...

--Diane Hettrick


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Hydrangea

Thursday, July 18, 2024

Photo by Lee Lageschulte

This is the most vibrant blue I've ever seen in a hydrangea. Absolutely gorgeous.

My mother used to plant nails to one side of her six foot tall hydrangea, so the iron would make the flowers blue. I don't remember what she planted on the other side of the bush, but the flowers were pink.

--Diane Hettrick


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Meet the fireweed of Hamlin Park (not a weed)

Sunday, July 7, 2024

A bee collects fireweed nectar in Hamlin Park in July
Photo by Oliver Moffat

By Oliver Moffat

The pollinators are literally buzzing about the big fireweed patches at Hamlin Park these days.

Fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium) is common across North America and gets its name because it is a pioneer species - the first plant to grow after a fire or other disturbance.

Despite its name, fireweed is considered a beneficial species (not a weed). There are two, large fireweed patches at the forest restoration site at the north end of Hamlin Park where the fireweed is aggressive enough to out-compete even the noxious weeds such as the himalayan blackberry.

YouTube: How to Harvest and Process Fireweed

Fireweed is traditionally harvested by native peoples of the Pacific Northwest and in Lushootseed (the traditional language of the Puget Sound) its name is x̌ač̓tac. In the spring, fireweed shoots are a nutritious vegetable and tea can be made from the leaves. The summer nectar is used for honey and jelly and in the autumn, the fluff can be used as fiber for weaving and padding.

If you walk through Hamlin Park, take some time to stand near the fireweed and watch for hummingbirds, bees and butterflies feasting on the purple blossoms.

Fireweed shoots poke through the soil in February in Hamlin Park
Photo by Oliver Moffat

Fireweed is an impressive grower: each year the plants grow from underground shoots into towering stocks topped by purple flowers. Later in the summer, they will release fluff to float on the breeze and spread seeds far and wide. The canes die back in the autumn and start over again in the spring.

There’s plenty of forest restoration work to be done in Hamlin Park and at parks across Shoreline. Work parties are a great way to make new friends and connect with our natural open spaces.

Note: Shoreline municipal code forbids the removal, damage, or destruction of trees, shrubs and plants in city parks - so please leave the fireweed for wildlife. 

Updated: 7-7-2024


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A friendly bunch of flowers

Saturday, July 6, 2024

 
Photo by Lee Lageschulte
Lee found a charming planting of unpretentious flowers in a lovely color mix.


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Flowers

Wednesday, July 3, 2024

Photo by Lee Lageschulte
 
Beautiful flowers from Lee and Roger's walks


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Travels With Charlie: Dog’s Point of View

Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Story and photos by Gordon Snyder

During our walk on this fantastic Spring day, I noticed some of our wandering areas caught Charlie's sniff attention. 


He’d make an abrupt U-Turn to investigate.
While watching him take inventory, i knelt down to get a view from his perspective. 


It’s an explosion of Spring in miniature all around him.
Next sniff stop...


Green is unfolding at his eye level.


Ferns at bottom of a bank.


Bumped these beauties with his nose.


Heading back gives another tiny final view.


Thanks Charlie. I enjoyed walking and photoing from a Dog’s point of view…

Get outside for a walk when you can and take a few moments for some ground level views.

Cheers,
Gordon Snyder


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My confusing Rhododendron

Sunday, May 19, 2024

April 14, 2024
Photo by Paul D. Hill

Some of you may recall the photo I posted last November 2023 when my pink rhody suddenly burst into full bloom. This was something it had not done for four years. I remembered that it bloomed either before or after the other rhodys in the neighborhood, but not which or when.

And I didn't remember it doing a solo act just after Halloween.

November 20, 2023
Photo by Paul D. Hill

So imagine my surprise when it did it again, but this time in April 2024. It was once again doing a solo act. All the blossoms were done before the other rhodys even started to think about blooming.

I guess it was trying to make up for lost years.

--Diane Hettrick


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Planting a 4-season cut flower garden

Friday, May 17, 2024

Enjoy the beauty of your gardens all year long! 

Work on building a continual source of color in your landscape with resilient evergreens, colorful shrubs, bulbs, roots and perennial flowers to use in a layered design. 

Participants can bring picture arrangements of interest to help with planning.

This class is part of a series with expert gardener, landscape designer and water ecologist Kathy Anderson. 

She has extensive experience in site assessments and rain garden designs for residential properties, and is a hands-on consultant through her business, Bountiful Landscapes. 

All levels of interest and skills welcome. Supplies included.

The workshop is offered as part of Shoreline Community College's Continuing Education. 

Fee: $49.00
Item Number: 41481
Date: Saturday, 5/18/2024
Time: 10:00am - 12:30pmM


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Flowers in Innis Arden

Thursday, May 16, 2024

 
Photos by Lee Lageschulte

The Rhododendrons are magnificent this year. Even the slightly leggy plants have filled in with enormous blooms. Until I became the owner of two bright tulips, I didn't appreciate how short the rhody blooming season is.

I have no idea what the white flowers are. One looks like upside-down hyacinths but I suspect that is not correct.

Now if I could just find that nifty flower identification app that a reader sent in for me and Lee...

--Diane Hettrick



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Flowers in Richmond Beach

Friday, April 26, 2024

 
Photos by Lee Lageschulte

Lee didn't have to look far to find many beautiful flowers to photograph. They were all around her.



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Salmonberry in Paramount Park Open Space

Saturday, April 20, 2024

Photo by Janet Way


Salmonberry growing wild in the Paramount Park Open Space. Paramount Open Space is a long narrow park oriented along Little’s Creek which runs south and joins Thornton Creek in Seattle.

The southern end of the park includes a wetland that was restored in the 1990s. A number of short trails meander through the park and most radiate out from a small grassy opening adjacent to the public parking lot at the end of 147th street to the three street entrances.

From Friends of Paramount Park

More information here

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Beautiful landscaping

Tuesday, April 16, 2024


Photo by Lee Lageschulte
Lee found this display in the Richmond Beach neighborhood. I'm going to venture a guess and say that it's an azalea.

But unless you want to plant one, you can admire it without knowing its name..

--Diane Hettrick


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Lilac time

Sunday, April 14, 2024

Photo by Lee Wolfe

It’s lilac time in the neighborhood. The scent is heavenly and the colors vary from white to deep magenta.

From Better Homes & Gardens: 

“White lilacs represent purity and innocence, while purple lilacs symbolize spirituality. If the blooms edge more on the blue side of the color wheel, they symbolize happiness and tranquility. Magenta lilacs symbolize love and passion.”
--Lee Wolfe

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