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Mandarin Honeysuckle (Lonicera brownii 'Mandarin') Photo Courtesy of Crocus.co.uk What’s Blooming Now: May

May 22, 2017

May is such a wonderful month for taking a stroll through your neighborhood or taking a trip to the Washington Park Arboretum or the Bellevue Botanic Gardens to discover the many different plants that are blooming right now. If you’re looking to add some fun Spring flowering plants to your garden, these are all great options!… Read more >

Organized under Buds and Blooms, Plant of the Month, Plants I Dig. Labeled as arbutus menziesii, blue mist fothergilla, canberra gem spider flower, chinense rubrum 'razzleberri', cornus kousa 'summer gold', dogwoods, enkianthus campanulatus 'showy lantern', fothergilla gardenii 'blue mist', fragrant snowball viburnum, grevillea 'canberra gem', lonicera brownii 'mandarin', loropetalum, mandarin honeysuckle, May flowers, pacific madrona, pink chimes japanese snowbell, polygonatum odoratum, razzleberri fringe flower, showy lantern redvein enkianthus, solomon's seal, spring blooming plants, styrax japonica 'pink chimes', summer gold dogwood, viburnum carlcephalum, what's blooming now. No comments.

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  • I finally decided to harvest this volunteer sunflower before it collapsed onto the ground! Weighing in at 18lbs and 22” in diameter it’s definitely the largest sunflower I’ve ever grown! It’s been so fun to watch it grow and grow...and grow! I’ll save some of the seeds and give some to the birds. Can’t wait to see if next year’s flowers will be this big 🌻 “To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow” ~ Audrey Hepburn
  • One of the best bits of information I learned at the @northwestherb symposium was from Susun Weed about nourishing herbal infusions 🌱🌿🍃. An herbal infusion is made by pouring boiling water into a mason jar with an ounce of dried herb, putting a lid on, and steeping for a minimum of 4 hours. After steeping strain out the dried herb and refrigerate. Drink within a day or two. I like to sweeten mine with honey or stevia drops and add a couple of lemon slices. Susun’s favorites are nettle, comfrey, red clover, linden and oat straw. There are many others as well. I have been drinking them consistently for the last couple of weeks and I feel more clear-headed, have more energy and just a better sense of overall well-being. Do you drink herbal infusions? If so do you have a favorite?
  • Happy workaversary Colleen! You may not see her face very often because she quietly works behind the scenes but she is the glue that keeps us together! People in support positions don’t always get the recognition. They don’t always get the praise and the accolades for the company’s work but we couldn’t do it without them. Colleen is one of those people. She is consistent, efficient, responsible, dependable, and does everything with a smile and a positive attitude! We wouldn’t be where we are today without her. @cehanzen22 thank you for all that you do!
  • Did y’all know it is bring your rescued pigeon to work day? 🕊 Meet Louis. He is a King Pigeon who a couple of weeks ago showed up in our driveway. He then decided to make our garage his home for the next week. I would leave the door open during the day for him to leave if he wanted to. He didn’t. I even coaxed him out one day but he turned around and came right back in. We finally caught him and removed the tight (unmarked) metal band around his swollen leg. After much research I learned that these white birds are domesticated, often raised for meat, 😢 and are unable to fend for themselves in the wild. We don’t now how he ended up at our place but he likely would have been a meal for a hawk or other predator if he hadn’t. So we welcomed Louis into our family along with our other rescues. I think he likes the Sublime office. Maybe we can teach him CAD.
  • Plantain 🌱 You may think of this as a typical garden weed but this plant has many beneficial uses! Native American cultures have long valued plantain for its antibacterial and antimicrobial properties, as well as being anti-inflammatory and antitoxic. The leaves can also be made into a tea or tincture, and this is said to help with indigestion, heartburn and ulcers. When shredded or chewed the leaves are a well known treatment for insect bites and the antibacterial action helps prevent infection. It’s anti-inflammatory effect helps to relieve pain, burning, and itching. Just the other day I got stung by a yellow jacket on my leg while I was working in the garden. I have plantain growing throughout the garden so I grabbed a leaf, chewed it a bit and then stuck it right where the sting was. Within minutes the pain was gone and there was no sign of the sting 🐝 This is a definitely a weed worth having!

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