Daniel's Pacific NW Garden

 Crocosmia does great in this region.  I see bunches in a lot of yards.  Mine need dividing every few years, which gets me even more plant...

Dueing the past few months, there have been fewer posts on growing greener. Despite that, there have been many readers checking in on the g...

Schlumbergera are blooming profusely. Most are from previous years, but the red/white mix and the pink are new this year. By growing severa...

The color is a little off - it's more of a salmon shade. Given the date, this would be more like "Election Day Cactus" instead...

Here's a thought. Some plants are grown for their summer appearance, and ave overwintered in order to maintain them for the next year. O...

I've been growing this type of cactus for 20 years. The current plants were grown from cuttings from previous ones, probably back throu...

Opuntia flowers. I was thinking about removing this cactus. It's difficult to weed around it. Especially when the weeds are thistles - d...

This room has a south-facing window. It is not used so the heat is turned off. The temperature is usually in the 50s on cold days. Some of t...

This dracaena and trailing pelargonium are overwintering, dry, dark, in the garage. It is attached so doesn't freeze. The brugmansia ove...

Too much going on to concentrate on my favorite activity - gardening. Fortunately is is semi-self-maintaining. Weeds are growing in the dorm...

This cactus was nearly completely denuded by some type of illness that made most of the sections become brown and crispy. I removed the dead...

Here is a better photo. Apparently the flowers last only one day., then change color to orange and fold up. Will there be edible fruit?

The new growth on the opuntias is a bit strange. Maybe they'll look better by the end of summer.

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...

Some random thoughts about Global Warming, and Gardening. First, everyone has a role in this issue. As the top of the blog states, " E...

It's encouraging that there are still green plants in the yard. The opuntia and Rosemary have survived about 5 Winters so far, so must ...

Part of the rationale for growing opuntias is to see if I can eat them. Initially, I hoped for some 'prickly pears'. Since there hav...

This is one of the opuntias in the yard. It was a gift, a small plant in a small pot. I up-potted it into this container in 2004. Not enthus...