Wednesday, 19 June 2019
Depot Restaurant
We checked up on the restaurant’s garden.
Eryngium ‘Sapphire Blue’ and Lonicera ‘Baggeson’s Gold’
Baggeson’s got a bit of a haircut after that photo.
Long Beach
Weeding the welcome sign:
We trimmed back the rugosa roses in the Big Popout, as Parks Manager Mike likes for traffic sight lines.
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We tidied the Bolstad beach approach planters.
Allan’s photo
The wildflowers are trying…
As planned for this week, we tackled the salmonberry, blackberry and bindweed mess in Coulter Park. Almost all Allan’s photos from here on:
That is a miserable job that we do not do often because the park is pretty obscure.
In Fifth Street Park’s southeast quadrant, in a rooty bed that is just about impossible to weed, Allan wielded the string trimmer.
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Darmera peltata and Gunnera
The back corner has become so shady that the hydrangea won’t bloom.
I planted a few Iris ‘Black Gamecock’ in a damp area across the street as an experiment.
Ilwaco
Yesterday evening, I had noticed that the fabric was showing again at one of the Howerton Ave gardens, because the adjacent business had pruned their escallonia. We fixed it.
Gardner and Bloome Soil Conditioner
I got home in time to read my book (next post)! A kind Ilwaco resident came by with a gift for me, a canna. I had given her a start of goldenrod from the boatyard last year.
a poor photo of a fine specimen
So, of course, we toured the garden together. I still had plenty of time for my book, at last.
Tangly Cottage Gardening 
Salmonberry, blackberry, and bindweed – a horrible weeding trifecta!
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Yes!! All mixed up with very thorny roses.
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Nice work, Skyler and Allan! I just planted my first canna yesterday. The leaf color is beautiful. I thought it would be fun to try something new.
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They like lots of moisture. But I learned if I leave them in standing water all winter long, they will rot. So now I winter them in the greenhouse and keep them damp.
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That canna looks like the old fashioned ‘Australia’, which is what I put in my downtown planter box to contrast with the yellowish houseleek. It is hard to say nowadays, with so many cultivars available.
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I should look for ‘Australia’ too, then!
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Not necessarily. Yours might be better than ‘Australia’. I just wanted ‘Australia’ because it is what I am familiar with.
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