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

Beautiful and possibly invasive

Monday, May 24, 2021

Dale Bauer

Mountain bluet. Spreads so easily, by seeds and underground roots, that it is considered an invasive species in some places. But it does produce blossoms that are quite striking.

--Dale Bauer



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I gotta be me

Photo by Don Warrick

Lake Forest Park resident Don Warrick shared this story:

My wife and I bought our annual load of geraniums at Costco; ALL PINK.  Of course, one of them, not blooming when we purchased it, turned out to be red.

Our neighbors, walking by, commented about the solitary flower and later came back and planted the sign.



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Flowers by Lee

Saturday, May 22, 2021

 
Photo by Lee Lageschulte

These flowers that Lee photographed are beautiful, but what I really like are the buds. A fashion designer needs to see these.

Anyone who would like to call out the name of the flower is welcome to do so.

--Diane Hettrick



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Fuchsias in baskets

 
Photo by Lee Lageschulte

This lovely fuchsia belongs to a friend of Lee's and is obviously well cared for.

Thank you to readers who were so very polite in pointing out my misidentification of these flowers as begonias in yesterday's edition.

One reader suggested that they might be a variety called Swingtime.

Another wrote that "As any alert gardener knows, this month is too early for hanging begonia blooms. 

"What was displayed in today's blog was a fuchsia (note the spelling, because even nurseries get it wrong at times). Fuchsias (named for a 16th cent. German botanist named Fuchs) grow very well here and have started blooming outdoors. 

"We have several fuchsia societies in the area that would offer advice on how to nurture these valuable and pretty small shrubs. 

"And in June you may see the first begonias  -  and there are popular hanging varieties."

Photo by Victoria Gilleland

From the files, a photo of hardy begonias from "In the Garden" Victoria Gilleland.

--Diane Hettrick



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Begonias in baskets

Friday, May 21, 2021

 
Photo by Lee Lageschulte

Begonias are hanging plants that I have only seen in moss baskets, hanging under eaves or from a patio roof.

Some people look at them and see dancers - probably Walt Disney's fault - (cue Waltz of the Flowers from Fantasia).

DKH



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Bloom when you can

Thursday, May 20, 2021

Photo by Dale Bauer

It is cold and it is windy this Wednesday afternoon, but the clouds are gone, and this Peony is taking advantage of its chance to bloom.

--Dale Bauer



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Power flower: When Iris Eyes are Smiling

Monday, May 17, 2021

Photo by Wayne Pridemore


When Iris eyes are smiling
Sure, it's like the morn in Spring
In the lilt of Iris laughter
You can hear the floral sing.

revised lyrics by Oopsy Daisy


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Flowers of a petal

Saturday, May 15, 2021

 
Photo by Wayne Pridemore


Flowers of a petal hang out together.
pun by Oopsy Daisy




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Rhododendron season

Friday, May 14, 2021

 
Photo by Lee Lageschulte


Rhodys are blooming everywhere, in many colors. This unusual specimen has white flowers with a pink center.



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Power Flower

Thursday, May 13, 2021

Photo by Wayne Pridemore

There were no roses in the garden, the gardener said that he had not botany.
--Home for the Harvest


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Flower power: White iris

Tuesday, May 11, 2021

 
Photo by Wayne Pridemore

White Iris flowers symbolize purity, humility, patience, and innocence. They also symbolize sympathy and compassion.



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Flower power

Monday, May 10, 2021

Photo by Wayne Pridemore

"Help! I've pollen and I can't get up "
--Elite Daily



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Fred Meyer is ready for Mother's Day

Friday, May 7, 2021

 
Photo by Lee Lageschulte

Fred Meyer has hanging baskets and other colorful plants ready for your last minute purchases for Mother's Day. 

Don't forget step-mothers, grandmothers, kindly neighbors, and other women in your life.

185th and Aurora in Shoreline.



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Power flower

Photo by Wayne Pridemore


If you truly love Nature, you will find beauty everywhere.
                                       
                                                               --Vincent Van Gogh 




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Field of wild poppies on the Richmond Beach Trail

Thursday, May 6, 2021

 
Photo by Lee Lageschulte

Along the Richmond Beach trail.




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Photo: Earth laughs in flowers

Tuesday, May 4, 2021

Pea vine blossom photo by Wayne Pridemore

Earth laughs in flowers.

--Ralph Waldo Emerson



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Edibles: The chives' perspective

 
Photo by Wayne Pridemore

Chive Perspective
 
Grown beneath the sun,
holding the occasional rain drop,
surrounded on all sides by companions.
 
 
SNIP !
 
           --Emily of Hello Poetry

Photo by Wayne Pridemore



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2021 Dahlias for Seniors Tuber Sale Thursday to benefit the Senior Center

Sunday, May 2, 2021

Dahlias last August in John Hibbs' Shoreline yard. Photo by John Hibbs


2021 Dahlias for Seniors Tuber Sale
Thursday May 6, 2021 Noon-2pm

At the Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Senior Center


“Yay, we’re going to make it through this – let’s plant dahlias!”

Ridgecrest resident John Hibbs will hold the 6th annual Dahlias for Seniors fundraiser this Thursday May 6, 2021 at Noon with a tubers-by-donation event at the Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Senior Center (18560 1st Ave NE #1, Shoreline 98155).

Hibbs, who supervises the naturopathic clinic at the Senior Center, is an avid dahlia grower. Each year the fundraiser starts in May with a sale of extra tubers from Hibbs’ extensive dahlia beds in his Shoreline yard.

It is planting time now. Hibbs has more than 100 different varieties, and has the tubers of about 70 varieties left over for the sale this year.

Asking donation will be $2 for most tubers.

The event will be indoors in the Senior Center cafeteria, safely conducted per current guidelines. Masks will be required, and the ample space will allow for good distancing between display tables.

Bouquets at the Ridgecrest Pub last year. Photo by John Hibbs

When the summer bloom starts, bouquets of mixed dahlias will be available for the Dahlias for Seniors fundraiser at the Senior Center and at the Ridgecrest Pub (520 NE 165th Shoreline 98155), as well as to the Drumlin music and local food and brew venue next door.

Hibbs says that "With the warm Spring we’re having, dahlias should be blooming by mid-July."

Once the blooming season starts, fresh blooms will be delivered on Mondays and Wednesdays to the Senior Center, and Tuesdays-Fridays-Sundays to the Ridgecrest Pub and Drumlin.

The Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Senior Center, under the guidance of Executive Director Theresa LaCroix, is a priceless community resource. During the many months of lockdown and particular hardship for Shoreline’s seniors, our senior center continued to provide essential services.

This included fully prepared-and-delivered Meals On Wheels, social worker assistance, virtual exercise classes and social groups.

In coordination with the Shoreline Fire Department, the Senior Center initiated a Covid-19 vaccination program for homebound seniors.

The Senior Center is in the stand-alone building at the south end of the Shoreline Center, at 1st NE and NE 185th, and will offer bouquets at the counter beginning mid-July.

John Hibbs will have 70 varieties of dahlia tubers and answer questions at Thursday's tuber event.
Photo by John Hibbs 

The Ridgecrest Public House has been our fundraising Partner since the beginning, and has generously matched donations for bouquets they distribute. The RPH is a warm, friendly community hub, and chose responsibly to close for the time being during an earlier surge of COVID-19 risk.

The Drumlin is the Ridgecrest Pub’s neighbor-partner venue and second project of Megan Kogut, Shoreline community member extraordinaire, and the Drumlin is open and well worth a visit.

Both venues will support the 2021 Dahlias for Seniors project by offering the bouquets on their counters, beginning in about mid-July.

Please stop by these Shoreline gems, the Drumlin now and the RPH when it reopens, enjoy the company, and, when the blooming starts, pick up some flowers.

The Drumlin and the Ridgecrest Public House are located at 520 NE 165th St in Shoreline WA 98155 near the Crest Theatre.



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Flowers: Pink rhodies and fruit tree blossoms

Saturday, May 1, 2021

Photo by Lee Lageschulte

Our streets are pastel rainbows with all the spring blossoms. Shades of pink, white, lavender - even the weeds are multiple shades of green.

And the days are long and full of sunshine.



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Flower of the day

Wednesday, April 28, 2021

 
Photo by Jan Hansen

Blossoms of the day!



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