water wise gardening

Blanket flowers up close: Macro Monday

Here's a photo of blanket flowers up close that I took last summer. These perennial flowers are big and showy.…

4 years ago

Clearwater Native Plant Nursery Sale: FF

Once a year, in the middle of June, Clearwater Native Plant Nursery opens its gates to the public. This contract…

5 years ago

Pink flowers in my yard: Sunday Stills

Today I'm featuring portraits of pink flowers in my Bend, Oregon yard. All of these plants are drought tolerant, once…

5 years ago

Bright blossoms haiku: Friday Flowers

After waiting yearsfor bright blossoms to appear,luminous at last Golden sword yucca Friday Flowers

6 years ago

Ice plants up close: Macro Monday

Here's a photo of ice plants up close from my garden near Bend, Oregon. I always look forward to seeing…

6 years ago

Old, new, borrowed, blue gardens: LAPC

Day lilies with the Sisters mountains in the background The challenge for the Lens-Artists Photo Challenge this weekend is Something…

7 years ago

Red Hot Poker: Friday Flowers

Red Hot plants in the garden Sometimes the common name of a plant really fits. Here is one of those…

8 years ago

Central Oregon Wildflower Show

The Central Oregon Wildflower Show is on hiatus in 2018 but the Native Plant Sale is taking place this weekend, June…

8 years ago

Succulent Wall: WPC

I often stop to look at the succulent wall at my favorite plant nursery. Varied in their colors, shapes, and…

8 years ago

Water wise gardening: Growing more with less

Xeriscaping Have you ever seen a plant out in nature and thought to yourself, “Wow, I wish I could have…

9 years ago