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Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden cont'd. I saw this tree on the way out the gate-- and hurriedly snapped this photo to confirm that it's a Wollemi pine (Wollemi nobilis). Native to Australia, it was only discovered in the 1990s in a remote valley in NSW, and critically endangered. Often called a "living fossil," it's part of an ancient lineage of trees and related to the Monkey Puzzle tree of Patagonia.
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Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden cont'd. I saw this tree on the way out the gate-- and hurriedly snapped this photo to confirm that it's a Wollemi pine (Wollemi nobilis). Native to Australia, it was only discovered in the 1990s in a remote valley in NSW, and critically endangered. Often called a "living fossil," it's part of an ancient lineage of trees and related to the Monkey Puzzle tree of Patagonia.
#PNW #houseplants #Rhododendron #federalway #Gardening #mosstodon -
Rhododendron Soecies Botanical Garden cont'd. It looks so very tropical, but this small tree is reasonably hardy in the maritime #PNW. It's a Schefflera, a genus best known as #houseplants. The label says Schefflera taiwanensis, but I'm pretty sure it's the same as S. taiwaniana, synonymous with Heptapleurum taiwanianum. I've had a couple different Schefflera species in my garden, but this one has done the best for me.
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Rhododendron Soecies Botanical Garden cont'd. It looks so very tropical, but this small tree is reasonably hardy in the maritime #PNW. It's a Schefflera, a genus best known as #houseplants. The label says Schefflera taiwanensis, but I'm pretty sure it's the same as S. taiwaniana, synonymous with Heptapleurum taiwanianum. I've had a couple different Schefflera species in my garden, but this one has done the best for me.
#Rhododendron #federalway #Gardening #mosstodon -
Rhododendron Soecies Botanical Garden cont'd. It looks so very tropical, but this small tree is reasonably hardy in the maritime #PNW. It's a Schefflera, a genus best known as #houseplants. The label says Schefflera taiwanensis, but I'm pretty sure it's the same as S. taiwaniana, synonymous with Heptapleurum taiwanianum. I've had a couple different Schefflera species in my garden, but this one has done the best for me.
#Rhododendron #federalway #Gardening #mosstodon -
Rhododendron Soecies Botanical Garden cont'd. It looks so very tropical, but this small tree is reasonably hardy in the maritime #PNW. It's a Schefflera, a genus best known as #houseplants. The label says Schefflera taiwanensis, but I'm pretty sure it's the same as S. taiwaniana, synonymous with Heptapleurum taiwanianum. I've had a couple different Schefflera species in my garden, but this one has done the best for me.
#Rhododendron #federalway #Gardening #mosstodon -
Rhododendron Soecies Botanical Garden cont'd. It looks so very tropical, but this small tree is reasonably hardy in the maritime #PNW. It's a Schefflera, a genus best known as #houseplants. The label says Schefflera taiwanensis, but I'm pretty sure it's the same as S. taiwaniana, synonymous with Heptapleurum taiwanianum. I've had a couple different Schefflera species in my garden, but this one has done the best for me.
#Rhododendron #federalway #Gardening #mosstodon -
This is the trunk of a Japanese Stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia), which is just an outstanding landscape plant. Related to actual Camellias, it has similarly-shaped flowers in the spring; the foliage is also similar to that of a Camellia but is deciduous. And even in the winter there's this spectacular exfoliating bark. This is a big old specimen.
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This is the trunk of a Japanese Stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia), which is just an outstanding landscape plant. Related to actual Camellias, it has similarly-shaped flowers in the spring; the foliage is also similar to that of a Camellia but is deciduous. And even in the winter there's this spectacular exfoliating bark. This is a big old specimen.
#Rhododendron #federalway #Gardening #mosstodon -
This is the trunk of a Japanese Stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia), which is just an outstanding landscape plant. Related to actual Camellias, it has similarly-shaped flowers in the spring; the foliage is also similar to that of a Camellia but is deciduous. And even in the winter there's this spectacular exfoliating bark. This is a big old specimen.
#Rhododendron #federalway #Gardening #mosstodon -
This is the trunk of a Japanese Stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia), which is just an outstanding landscape plant. Related to actual Camellias, it has similarly-shaped flowers in the spring; the foliage is also similar to that of a Camellia but is deciduous. And even in the winter there's this spectacular exfoliating bark. This is a big old specimen.
#Rhododendron #federalway #Gardening #mosstodon -
This is the trunk of a Japanese Stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia), which is just an outstanding landscape plant. Related to actual Camellias, it has similarly-shaped flowers in the spring; the foliage is also similar to that of a Camellia but is deciduous. And even in the winter there's this spectacular exfoliating bark. This is a big old specimen.
#Rhododendron #federalway #Gardening #mosstodon -
As I walked past this plant I first assumed it was a bug unruly yew, but it's not, it's a #Rhododendron. Rhododendron roxieanum var oreonates, native to Southern China. Those buds will become white flowers in May or June.
#federalway #Gardening #mosstodon -
As I walked past this plant I first assumed it was a bug unruly yew, but it's not, it's a #Rhododendron. Rhododendron roxieanum var oreonates, native to Southern China. Those buds will become white flowers in May or June.
#federalway #Gardening #mosstodon -
As I walked past this plant I first assumed it was a bug unruly yew, but it's not, it's a #Rhododendron. Rhododendron roxieanum var oreonates, native to Southern China. Those buds will become white flowers in May or June.
#federalway #Gardening #mosstodon -
As I walked past this plant I first assumed it was a bug unruly yew, but it's not, it's a #Rhododendron. Rhododendron roxieanum var oreonates, native to Southern China. Those buds will become white flowers in May or June.
#federalway #Gardening #mosstodon -
As I walked past this plant I first assumed it was a bug unruly yew, but it's not, it's a #Rhododendron. Rhododendron roxieanum var oreonates, native to Southern China. Those buds will become white flowers in May or June.
#federalway #Gardening #mosstodon -
I made a trip to the #Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden the other day, as happened to be in #federalway Washington. It's off season so not much is blooming. Most people think of rhodies as fussy old fashioned show off plants your grandma liked. Those are cultivars bred for blooms. There are some 1000 species of rhododendrons in the wild (across 4 continents plus New Guinea) and some of them are pretty wild indeed. Here's some very mossy rhododendrons. #Gardening #mosstodon
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I made a trip to the #Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden the other day, as happened to be in #federalway Washington. It's off season so not much is blooming. Most people think of rhodies as fussy old fashioned show off plants your grandma liked. Those are cultivars bred for blooms. There are some 1000 species of rhododendrons in the wild (across 4 continents plus New Guinea) and some of them are pretty wild indeed. Here's some very mossy rhododendrons. #Gardening #mosstodon
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I made a trip to the #Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden the other day, as happened to be in #federalway Washington. It's off season so not much is blooming. Most people think of rhodies as fussy old fashioned show off plants your grandma liked. Those are cultivars bred for blooms. There are some 1000 species of rhododendrons in the wild (across 4 continents plus New Guinea) and some of them are pretty wild indeed. Here's some very mossy rhododendrons. #Gardening #mosstodon
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I made a trip to the #Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden the other day, as happened to be in #federalway Washington. It's off season so not much is blooming. Most people think of rhodies as fussy old fashioned show off plants your grandma liked. Those are cultivars bred for blooms. There are some 1000 species of rhododendrons in the wild (across 4 continents plus New Guinea) and some of them are pretty wild indeed. Here's some very mossy rhododendrons. #Gardening #mosstodon
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I made a trip to the #Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden the other day, as happened to be in #federalway Washington. It's off season so not much is blooming. Most people think of rhodies as fussy old fashioned show off plants your grandma liked. Those are cultivars bred for blooms. There are some 1000 species of rhododendrons in the wild (across 4 continents plus New Guinea) and some of them are pretty wild indeed. Here's some very mossy rhododendrons. #Gardening #mosstodon
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Along with #leavetheleaves, another way you can help wildlife in your garden is not to cut everything down right away. Standing dead vegetation provides overwintering habitat for pollinators and other insects (some even nest in the hollow plant stems) and foraging opportunities for birds. Here I'm channeling my inner Piet Oudolf a bit but I always leave these plants standing in my garden--they will look great with a dusting of snow. #gardening #autumn #WildLife #birds #pollinators
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This time of year you may be wondering "how do I get these wet leaves off my sidewalks?" You can't blow them off, the rake doesn't work.
This works. It's the old fashioned type of broom that's been used in Asia for centuries. Stuff enough to move the leaves but dense enough that they don't slip through. You can find them at some garden centers. They're made in Sri Lanka and they're also biodegradable because they're completely made of plant matter. #gardening #autumn #leaves #leavetheleaves -
I have a lot of leaves, more than my beds can handle. so I compost some directly in a compost pile. For the rest I enlist some help from the Ladies. They are terribly curious about anything new and find a leaf pile pretty entertaining.
They'll spend all winter shredding these leaves and by spring they'll be fine black mulch. It also makes the run less muddy and that keeps their feet and their roosts a little cleaner in the coop.
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Here in the Pacific Northwest, leaf mulching your perennial beds also helps them by slowing down the velocity of rain hitting the soil, so that water soaks in slowly. This helps prevent erosion and nutrient loss in the soil.
We have a lot of half-hardy plants here, that benefit from protection from the occasional hard freeze. act as a blanket for the plant roots, protecting them from freezing too hard, specially when there's no snow.
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"Leaving the leaves" means leaving them on your property, especially if the alternative is a landfill. I don't have an actual lawn, but I do have wide grassy pathways between garden beds. Mostly I just use them as mulch in the perennial beds.
These leaves have insect eggs and pupae in them. Most insects are beneficial for your garden. And those are essential food for birds. Especially for the baby birds that will arrive in Spring.
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It's leaf raking season (at least here in the #PNW) and there's been a big campaign by the National Wildlife Federation to #leavetheleaves . Recently one of my favorite podcasts, In Defense of Plants, did an interview with NWF naturalist David Mizejewski to explain what that means.
https://www.indefenseofplants.com/podcast/2025/10/21/ep-549-advocating-for-fallen-leaves
The biggest misconception is that this means leaving leaves on your lawn. No, it doesn't. Leaf buildup on your turf grass will damage it.
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Snowy Rainier part 7. As the day warmed up to about 45F (7C), all that fresh snow on the branches started to melt so coming back down was pretty much like hiking in the rain. Here's Lake Eleanor on the way up vs on the way down, with the snow gone. A good portion of that snow ended up dripping down the back of my neck. But it was well worth it, seeing The Mountain this close in its full winter coat. (No mountain lions, though).
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Snowy Rainier part 6. And yes, I remembered correctly! This is Grand Park, a mile long meadow on the North side of the peak, at about 5,000 feet. In the summer this place is covered in wildflowers. And tourists. Now I've got it all to myself. Only one other person came this way. And one elk (I think those are elk tracks?). I just stood there for a good 40 minutes just gawking at the mountain and ignoring my wet feet.
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#MountainMonday #PNW #hiking #MtRainier #snow #getoutside