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Alpine Garden
I was camping this weekend on Hood..
The snow pack is so thin right now due to unseasonally warm weather, that rocky ridges have been exposed by the wind. The plus side was that while snowshoeing up to Palmer glacier, I was able to see some plant life. While everything was […]

Artemisia lactiflora ‘Guizhou’, Wormwood
ASTERACEAE, The Aster family
Not my usual role. But they aren’t even for me really, they are for Michael’s garden. It is wintertime and things are ON SALE. I also picked out:
Blue leaf rose Rosa glauca
Angel’s fishing rod Dierama pulcherima
Coast silk tassel […]

Distylium myricoides
HAMAMELIDACEAE, The Witchhazel family
Out snooping about at the nurseries, seeing what’s coming in, who’s getting ready for spring, how the recovery from winter storms is going.
This little shrub is underused for sure. What a charmer!

Lyonothamnus floribundus
ROSACEAE, the Rose family
Native to Southern California, this drought tolerant evergreen is hardy in USDA zones 8 to 10. However, it looked pretty happy in Hoyt Arboretum today despite the recent weather here. The leaves remind me of Comptonia, rather fern-like but leathery. And they had some winter color, burgundy tones through the new […]