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Milwaukee Orchid Show, Part 1
On September 13th, some friends and I went to the Milwaukee Orchid Society Show at the Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory, known locally as "The Domes", for obvious reasons. The conservatory...
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Milwaukee Orchid Show, Part 2
After making several rounds of the sales area, and seeing something new to tempt us each time, we made it to the actual show. This dome is called the Exhibit Dome, and is used for shows like this.An...
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Milwaukee Orchid Show, Part 3 The Domes
Now that you've been inundated with orchids, how about a little variety? The domes provide a beautiful venue for events like the Milwaukee Orchid Show, but they are spectacular in their own right from...
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Adventures in hybridizing
A couple weeks ago, I decided on a whim to try cross-pollinating my two Phragmipedium orchids. One is the species, Phrag. pearcei. The other is a hybrid between that species and Phrag. besseae, called...
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A long awaited package
Just before moving to my current residence, about a month ago already, I had a box arrive. This was a very special box, all the way from the Rhododendron Species Foundation in Federal Way, Washington....
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Two Plant Geeks at Milaeger's
The weekend before last, my friend Z and I went to a nursery called Milaeger's. We wound up at the smaller of the two locations, but small is a very relative term. This is a big nursery, make no...
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Revisiting Polly Hill Arboretum
With the onset of winter, I've taken to looking through old photos and reliving fond memories. Unfortunately, some of those fond memories may be permanently lost. In my many moves in recent years, I...
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Flashback to Mytoi Gardens
Continuing with my trip down memory lane, the second garden I visited on Martha's Vineyard is on the smaller, adjacent island, Chappaquiddick. Mytoi Gardens is a wonderful Japanese garden. As with any...
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A Succulent Craving
You won't find many succulents in my collection. Outdoors in the garden I have a handful of sedums, mostly native to the Pacific Northwest, but I've found that as the summer drought progresses, many...
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Martha's Vineyard, a parting look
This post is the last in my photographic trip back to Martha's Vineyard off the coast of Massachusetts. If memory serves, most of these pictures are from the Long Point Wildlife Refuge, but to tell the...
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Wide Shots: Mitchell Park Conservatory, the Desert Dome
A while ago I promised a friend that I'd return to The Domes to redress my unfortunate omission of the Desert Dome when I first visited. This weekend I finally made it back, so here it is. I'm doing a...
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What Caught My Eye in the Desert Dome
In my last post I gave you a broad tour of the Desert Dome at the Mitchell Park Conservatory. In this post, I'm focusing in on a selection of plants that caught my attention more than others. Some of...
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Winter Report
A couple weeks ago I visited my parents' house back in Washington for a few days. What a surprise to actually have a couple dry days, and even sunlight, while I was there! So of course I had to get out...
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Plant Vendors Reach New Lows, A Rant
Some of you may know that I am a stickler when it comes to plant names. One of the hazards of being a "type A" plant geek and aspiring garden curator. More than that, I don't like people or practices...
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Houseplant review
When I first moved into my current apartment I placed many plants away from windows. I had almost always kept my plants close to light, be it natural or artificial, but my apartment seemed so bright...
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My favorite plant this week is...
Continuing my houseplant review, I'm highlighting the plant that inspired me to finally snap some pictures and write about them: Quesneliamarmorata. It's been quite a while since I joined Danger Garden...
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Pictures from home
Where has the week gone? It seems to have flown by, at least until I got sick and then it slowed to a foggy grind. My parents took advantage of the nice weather last weekend and got out in the yard....
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I'm still here
I've been terribly negligent with my blog lately, so I wanted to let people know that I am still here and I do intend to return to blogging soon. Suffice it to say, I've spent the last 6 months in an...
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A whole new world (of plants)
In my last post (whenever that was) I mentioned briefly that my parents bought a greenhouse kit. One of the many projects I'll be helping them with is setting that up. I'm extremely excited about this,...
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Garden Bloggers Bloom Day: April 2015
Ah! It feels good to be posting for Bloom Day again! Thanks to May Dreams Gardens for hosting this meme.Early April seems to be a bit of a lull in my garden for both flowers and foliage. I need to work...
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