Category: gardening
Gardening in Oregon
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Why isn’t it enough to enjoy the beauty in other people’s gardens? You walk by and drink it in. All the pleasure. None of the work. Other people’s gardens full of black-eyed susans got me started with this color-saturated perennial and its dense drifts of bright blossoms. Desire drove me like a toddler who wants…
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Sometimes Wisteria outdoes herself. You never quite know when she’ll show up. And then one morning you step outside to see her gorgeous drapey perfection almost crooking a finger and saying: “Hey, girl, isn’t it cool that I’m smack in the middle of the back gate and ready for my photo shoot? Do get my…
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I know these blossoms look lilac-y. That’s my dang phone camera. One of my genius photographer pals could fix it in a minute. Nevertheless. This is how you know spring isn’t kidding around in the Willamette Valley — it’s firmly settled in. Amazing meadows full of camas: think cerulean down here where you can touch…
Susan Palmer's Exquisite Now 