Young, juicy needles of Dawn Redwood, Metasequoia glyptostroboides from China. They are so soft when they emerge after winter, I think th...

  Thrillium cuneatum; cuneatum means wedge-like, referring to the shape of the basal half of its petal. Their blood-red flowers last for ...

Searching for treasures at the Bloedel Reserve Spring plant sale...  Everything about Bloedel Reserve is first class - the site...

Some unspecified Pulmonarias are in full bloom in my garden. Their flowers flicker, shimmer, beam into my winter-weary eyes, charging my...

At last I found the name of my mystery Fritillaria with checkered racing stripes on its waxy, green petals, that I wrote about two post...

Agapetes 'Ludgvan Cross' is an amazing member of the heather family; the form of its delicately striped flowers reminds me of glass...

A mysterious Fritillaria pontica, as you can see, its petals are clearly checkered... I think some of my Fritillarias are behaving q...

Blushing petals of Yoshino-cherries, Prunus x yedoensis, opening up towards the sun peeking out between the leaden clouds. At noon to...

Early Magnolias, like 'Leonard Messel' above, are now in full bloom in Seattle. * I'm completely distracted. I'm trying to w...

The Reflective Garden with its magnificent dark pool filled with natural groundwater. It was built in 1970 with some advice from Landscape A...