Ann Loves Plants

Category: Plants Grown from Seed

  • The Fruits of my Garden: Figs, Apples, Pomegranates, Asparagus and Berries

    The second fig crop is still ripening on my Ficus  ‘Petite Negra’. Days are shortening and nighttime temperatures are cooling down. Yesterday was our first dreary and wet reminder that our days are numbered. It misted and rained. Clouds hung in the air all day—as did the smell of PNW dampness. The city of Portland felt…

  • Wordless Wednesday: Beyond the Shadow of a Doubt

    Argemone grown from seed. Alpine strawberry (Fragaria vesca)—also grown from seed. Western Columbine (Aquilegia formosa). Yes, this one is an old seedling of mine too. Western red cedar (Thuja plicata) snag left in a garden setting. (Just to throw you off the scent of my trail.) Nigella seed heads: the circle of life begins again.