Daniel's Pacific NW Garden

This Anigozanthos did well this year, blooming most of the summer, and proved to be tolerant of sporadic watering. The yellow variety (not ...

Again the title says it all. This Anigozanthos (Kanga red-green) looks like it's about to bite the dust. The dreaded " ink dise...

Neem Oil. I sprayed the Anigozanthos again. The Kanga Red-Green is looking very sad with inky black spot disease. It might die. The yellow ...

More accurately, continued from Sunday (Mar 17). - Pruned Meyer lemon to 3 main branches, more upright. It has new gropwth on each branch t...

Here's the geranium as it came out of the pot. This one was left in the garage without watering. Most of the scented-leaf ones look REAL...

These were planted about 3 years ago. Each cluster was one bulb. I keep thinking of the old Carly Simon song, "Anticipation". The ...

  Yesterday Ning & I went to the Portland Garden show. Lots of booths. Many of them (most?) of course, more about grills and hot tubs ...

Today was a day of rest - in other words, some puttering. This is the opuntia rufida that I alluded to in an earlier ramblimg. Pruned about...

This brugmansia looks like it's doing OK in the garage. It's getting the "dry, dark, and chilly" dormant treatment. This m...

The geraniums in the garage look rather sad. Of course, dormancy isn't supposed to be pretty. Here's a topic for discussion: should ...

This one may be a mistake - apparentlly this Australian native is difficult to grow almost anywhere in the US. They seem to do OK in Calif...