Ann Loves Plants

Tag: Cucurbita

  • Cloudberries and a Kabocha Squash

    Reproduction of a painting by the Swedish botanist C. A. M. Lindman taken from Bilder ur Nordens Flora (first edition published 1901–1905). Recently a Finnish friend of mine asked me to pickup some Cloudberry Preserves for him from a local import store we have here in the Portland Metro area (Scandia Imports). Since he travels…

  • Weekend Parties and Their Gardens

    This last weekend I attended two parties. One was a 60th birthday for my former employer, and as you can see, he has a thing for pink flamingos. Both of the homeowners are colorful people so it’s been fun helping them out in their garden during the past few years. Then on Sunday I attended…