Ann Loves Plants

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  • 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: Sunny Times in the Back Garden

    Impatiens tinctoria with Fuchsia ‘Autumnale’. Mona the Cat under her hammock shade canopy. Tradescantia pallida ‘Purpurea’. Yes, we can grow it in the ground. Adiantum peruvianum. Some of my pole apples (Malus). Begonia boliviensis. Clematis heracleifolia.  Acquired as Graptopetalum paraguayense. Coleus and Begonia in planters. I grew the Begonia plants from seed I bought last…