I just snapped this photo of the amazing Allium kiiense…one of the best performing and best behaving ornamental onions. There aren’t nearly enough fall flowering perennials, and this is one of the best. Hardiness is Zone 5a-9b.
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Thanks to everyone who attended and provided such glowing feedback about Anita’s first Meditation/Mindfulness class this past weekend at Juniper Level Botanic Garden. She’ll be starting a series of Mindfulness related classes at the garden in 2016 including several nonduality event. These classes/events are all designed to teach the use of the garden as a
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I just snapped this photo of the amazing North American native Muhlenbergia capillaris ‘White Cloud’ in flower here at JLBG. It doesn’t get any better than this.
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It is with sadness, that I share the passing of Camellia Forest Nursery founder, Kai Mei Parks, who just passed away from pancreatic cancer, diagnosed only last week. I’ll always treasure my early visits to the 35-year old Camellia Forest when it was a one woman operation, and how delightful Kai Mai was to chat
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Fall is a great season for many of the pitcher plants, which produce beautiful new pitchers now. Here’s a photo from yesterday, showing the lovely Sarracenia ‘Bug Bat’. Pitcher plants are easy to grow in full sun, organic soil with low nutrient content, and in a garden site that stays moist, but not wet on
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Salvia ‘Phyllis Fancy’ is simply stunning in the garden now. This giant can reach 6′ tall x 10′ wide in one season…a great way to impress the neighbors. This wonderful salvia thrives despite moist soil and single digit F winter temperatures. Salvia leucantha is one of the parents of Salvia ‘Phyllis Fancy’. This is the
I just snapped this photo of my favorite flower in the garden…my lovely bride, Anita Jane. Anita will be conducting her first class (a Mindfullness class &walk) here at Juniper Level Botanic Garden on Saturday October 24. Only a few spaces remain for this unique and insightful opportunity. I’m sure you’ll find her as amazing
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Boehmeria ‘Glow Light’ in our woodland garden this week..one of the few rays of brightness we’ve seen in the garden after 11 straight days and over 6″ of rain. Here’s a closeup of Boehmeria ‘Kogane Mushi’ in flower this week. Although we grow boehmeria for the foliage, the flower are also quite interesting. Most of
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