Seattle Volunteer Park Conservatory
Volunteer Park Conservatory is a warm place to visit on a cold winter day. It’s a fun and free activity in Seattle with great views of the city and fabulous plant life. Conservatories are glass houses or greenhouses that have been used historically to grow tropical plants in … Continue reading Seattle Volunteer Park Conservatory
The Fir Trees
What makes a fir a fir? Fir the birds? Fir everything there is a season? Fir whom the bell tolls? Fir ever and a day? This tree has been around fir ever. The genus Abies, which is Latin for Silver Fir, is the group that contains the true firs. Many of them are native to the Pacific Northwest and are hardy, evergreen trees. The … Continue reading The Fir Trees
Zoo Plants
I took these pictures at the zoo three years ago and they have been hiding out on the hard drive. I thought I was photographing animals, but it was really the plants that took center stage. They attracted these amusing animals to them just so I would take their picture! Do you have a favorite zoo plant? Continue reading Zoo Plants
Excuse me, but your epiphytes are showing….
Plants growing on other plants. If you could get closer to your source of energy, why not? The Licorice Fern, or Polypodium glycyrrhiza, is a small to medium sized evergreen fern, native to the Pacific Northwest. It grows on wet mossy ground, logs and rocks, but is commonly found growing on the bigleaf maple. Named for the licorice-flavored rhizome, it was used medicinally by Native Americans … Continue reading Excuse me, but your epiphytes are showing….
Garden Fence
I like this garden I drove by on Bainbridge Island. It has horizontal space, typical two dimensional boxes, but also adds in a vertical space, providing an opportunity for plants that might trail and spread to instead travel up and out (peas, tomatoes, pumpkins). It also gives support and an area to tie down tall unstable plants (flowering perennials, floppy shrubs). And with gates that … Continue reading Garden Fence
Rainyleaf 