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Feb 13, 2015 10:25 AM CST
Name: Mary Stella
Chester, VA (Zone 7b)
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My DH is considering it finally. After around 20 years of asking. Who knows> I agree Hilarious! *Blush*
From -60 Alaska to +100 Virginia. Wahoo
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Mar 18, 2015 7:30 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Julia
Washington State (Zone 7a)
Hydrangeas Photo Contest Winner 2018 Garden Photography Region: Pacific Northwest Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Forum moderator
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Working in the yard most days and have a few pictures.
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Mack checking my work. Beds on this side of the house pruned, slug baited and weeded.

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Pruned the contorta filbert, posted the branches on craigslist for free. They are gone.
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Driveway bed half cleaned, just need to do the middle.

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Spring bulbs starting. Bday gift from a friend back in November.


Hope everyone is out playing in the dirt.
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Apr 3, 2015 2:37 PM CST
Name: Toni Melvin
Sherwood Oregon (Zone 8a)
Beekeeper Region: Pacific Northwest Permaculture Organic Gardener Region: Oregon Native Plants and Wildflowers
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Julia, those are awesome pictures Hurray! Hurray! the color of the last pic is breathtaking.
That is really great about the filburt prunings. I never even thought to do that.
Toni
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Apr 3, 2015 3:16 PM CST
Name: Toni Melvin
Sherwood Oregon (Zone 8a)
Beekeeper Region: Pacific Northwest Permaculture Organic Gardener Region: Oregon Native Plants and Wildflowers
Canning and food preservation Herbs Composter Bee Lover Vermiculture Garden Ideas: Level 1
Toni
I aspire to be the person my dog thinks I am
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Apr 3, 2015 6:19 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Julia
Washington State (Zone 7a)
Hydrangeas Photo Contest Winner 2018 Garden Photography Region: Pacific Northwest Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Forum moderator
Plant Database Moderator I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Dog Lover Sempervivums Container Gardener Foliage Fan
Hurray! Hurray! Love that Witch Hazel. Beautiful blooms.
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Apr 8, 2015 9:13 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Julia
Washington State (Zone 7a)
Hydrangeas Photo Contest Winner 2018 Garden Photography Region: Pacific Northwest Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Forum moderator
Plant Database Moderator I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Dog Lover Sempervivums Container Gardener Foliage Fan
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Apr 9, 2015 11:50 PM CST
Name: Jewell
South Puget Sound (Zone 7a)
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Lots happening and lots to do. Here are a few of the current bloomers

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I love both of these. The wild hyathins are one of my favorite cut flowers. I don't understand why so many people think they are weeds.
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My favorite tulips and my favorite wildflower trilliums. Got a nice bed of them.
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These primroses are such a delight. Unfortunately the BC Ginger is starting to crowd them and need to do some transplanting. The Jack-in-the-pulpit are just coming up.
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love the foliage of this with the shockingly blue flowers. Lost these little white violets for a number of years. A plant appeared last summer and now they are reseeding. It is deciduous and I was told they were from Canada. Anyone know their name? If kept watered it blooms through the summer.
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Apr 10, 2015 7:20 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Julia
Washington State (Zone 7a)
Hydrangeas Photo Contest Winner 2018 Garden Photography Region: Pacific Northwest Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Forum moderator
Plant Database Moderator I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Dog Lover Sempervivums Container Gardener Foliage Fan
Sorry Jewell don't have a name for you violets, sure pretty! Beautiful blooms. Your pink tulips are wonderful!
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Apr 11, 2015 7:17 PM CST
Name: Jewell
South Puget Sound (Zone 7a)
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Julia, lovely blooms. Only my mini Iris are blooming so far. Canadian kisses got attacked by slugs but Ballistic and the old NoID seem better off. Lost several the previous winter due to rot. Now have the named varieties planted between the pavers in my sandy front yard.
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Love all the hyathins. A real lazy gardeners spring joy.
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Apr 11, 2015 8:12 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Julia
Washington State (Zone 7a)
Hydrangeas Photo Contest Winner 2018 Garden Photography Region: Pacific Northwest Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Forum moderator
Plant Database Moderator I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Dog Lover Sempervivums Container Gardener Foliage Fan
I have to do something with my iris. So many are rotting. Great pictures.
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Apr 16, 2015 10:15 AM CST
Name: Mary Stella
Chester, VA (Zone 7b)
Dahlias Canning and food preservation Lilies Peonies Permaculture Ponds
Garden Ideas: Level 2
Your flowers are so lovely. I am green myself (about the only thing around here that IS green) with envy. How I wish we had migrated south years ago. To have such a wealth of flowers this time of year seems almost miraculous. Thanks so much for posting pictures.
From -60 Alaska to +100 Virginia. Wahoo
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May 2, 2015 11:33 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Julia
Washington State (Zone 7a)
Hydrangeas Photo Contest Winner 2018 Garden Photography Region: Pacific Northwest Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Forum moderator
Plant Database Moderator I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Dog Lover Sempervivums Container Gardener Foliage Fan
A few pictures from this evening.
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May 6, 2015 4:39 AM CST
Name: Jewell
South Puget Sound (Zone 7a)
Cottage Gardener Dragonflies Ferns Hellebores Permaculture Region: Pacific Northwest
Ponds
Looking good Julia. Nice white blue combo. Your blooms are ahead of mine.

Things are looking like May though. The hostas are sprouting but not fully up yet.
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May 6, 2015 1:21 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Julia
Washington State (Zone 7a)
Hydrangeas Photo Contest Winner 2018 Garden Photography Region: Pacific Northwest Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Forum moderator
Plant Database Moderator I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Dog Lover Sempervivums Container Gardener Foliage Fan
Looking great!!! Love that white bleeding heart, need to find another of those.
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May 6, 2015 7:11 PM CST
Name: Duane
Redmond OR (Zone 5a)
Life began in a garden.
I helped beta test the first seed swap Winter Sowing Plant and/or Seed Trader Seed Starter Salvias Hummingbirder
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Here's a few pics from today---



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May 6, 2015 8:32 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Julia
Washington State (Zone 7a)
Hydrangeas Photo Contest Winner 2018 Garden Photography Region: Pacific Northwest Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Forum moderator
Plant Database Moderator I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Dog Lover Sempervivums Container Gardener Foliage Fan
What is that gorgeous plant in the 2nd picture? Fabulous blooms Duane .
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May 6, 2015 8:48 PM CST
Name: Duane
Redmond OR (Zone 5a)
Life began in a garden.
I helped beta test the first seed swap Winter Sowing Plant and/or Seed Trader Seed Starter Salvias Hummingbirder
Hostas Cottage Gardener Annuals Echinacea Container Gardener Dahlias
That is penstemon eatonii grown from seed.
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May 6, 2015 8:49 PM CST
Name: Duane
Redmond OR (Zone 5a)
Life began in a garden.
I helped beta test the first seed swap Winter Sowing Plant and/or Seed Trader Seed Starter Salvias Hummingbirder
Hostas Cottage Gardener Annuals Echinacea Container Gardener Dahlias
I should say that it overwintered for me also.
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May 6, 2015 8:56 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Julia
Washington State (Zone 7a)
Hydrangeas Photo Contest Winner 2018 Garden Photography Region: Pacific Northwest Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Forum moderator
Plant Database Moderator I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Dog Lover Sempervivums Container Gardener Foliage Fan
I have trouble overwinter penstemon, i was afraid that's what it was. Beautiful.
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May 7, 2015 7:02 AM CST
Name: Duane
Redmond OR (Zone 5a)
Life began in a garden.
I helped beta test the first seed swap Winter Sowing Plant and/or Seed Trader Seed Starter Salvias Hummingbirder
Hostas Cottage Gardener Annuals Echinacea Container Gardener Dahlias
Some varieties of penstemon are pretty hardy. You should try different kinds. eatonii is probably not one of them.

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