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Cornus sericea ‘Arctic Fire’

The garden as usual the great solace is blanketed with yet another  dump of lovely fresh snow.  Best mulch of course, but a little hard for slogging about back there with compost. Gotten very lazy about doing that so it's into the city compost. This dogwood...

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January 16, 2011
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The garden in mid May

Here is the garden this May morning. Unbelievable. The blue in the foreground is a Camassia, a wonderful native bulb which only lasts a few days but what glory. That's a Syringa velutina in bloom on the left; and Viburnum 'Summer Snowflake' in all its...

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May 21, 2010
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Carpinteria nursery

We had a great tootle about with friends Karin and Neil who love looking at nurseries as much as I do. We found one not far from The Carp called Island View (see www.islandviewnursery.com) and found a treasure trove of marvelous plants. [caption id="attachment_1641" align="alignleft" width="150"...

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February 15, 2010