Ann Loves Plants: a life in horticulture

  • At My New Round Table: Self-Love in the Garden
    At My New Round Table: Self-Love in the Garden

    Cherishing supportive friends, Ann reflects on growth after a challenging period. She values self-love and inner peace while engaging in gardening tasks at a slower pace. A new outdoor table symbolizes adult change, and conversations with friends inspire a garden makeover. Excitement for future challenges blends with gratitude and patience.

  • Native Miniature Mimulus

    Mimulus alsinoides This past weekend my neighbor and I took one of the weekend foster respites out to the Columbia River Gorge. Since it is a National Scenic Area, it is seriously protected, therefore it’s a great area for viewing native flowers in bloom doing their thing. This is a good example of that, but…

  • Hallelujah! We have Western Redbuds from Seed

    After three tries, I have finally germinated Cercis occidentalis. As luck would have it, my father-in-law has a tree at his home in California so I have had an ongoing seed supply just so long as I remember to ask in time for seed collection. Last year, I was able to to collect the seeds…

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