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Are your borders fizzling out? Here’s some easy fall flowers you can add to boost your borders. Come to Heronswood to see them for real, open Wednesday to Sunday, 10am to 3pm #fallflowers #pugetsoundpublicgardens
Just finished installing the 3rd figure in the garden! Come check them out.
The hardy ginger Hedychium wardii flowering for the first time at Heronswood. Exotic gingers bring a touch of the tropical to our gardens. If you’d like to turn yours into an oasis, join us on Wednesday for our online Lunchbreak Lecture on Palms & Exotics. Tickets available on our website Events Calendar, with a free recording for every holder #hardypalms #exoticplants
On days when weddings are taking place, our Potager purple moor-grasses (Molinia caerulea ‘Strahlenquelle’) take on a ponytail appearance, so guests get a proper view of the ceremony #gardenweddings #moliniacaerulea
Visit Heronswood over the next few months to enjoy Tribal Tales. We’re placing handmade characters from Native folklore throughout the garden, with a new story every week until mid-October. Each character has a QR code that will link to the full story, so bring your phones and enjoy these time-honored tales in the lush and beautiful surroundings of Heronswood #tribaltails #pugetsoundpublicgardens
Daffodils? In September? Well now is the perfect time to buy/order spring flowering bulbs, like these Narcissus ‘Pacific Rim’. If you’re free tomorrow, we also have a few spaces left on our in-person bulb class, held here at Heronswood. Get tickets on our website heronswood.odoo.com/event #springbulbs
Always a joy when a plant flowers for the first time! This is the silky soft Senecio niveoaureus in the Heronswood backyard gravel border. Come see it this weekend! Open Sat-Sun 10-3, closed Labor Day #pugetsoundpublicgardens #firstflowers #senecioniveoaureus
Puget Sounds Prairies contain a wealth of biodiversity and considerable beauty. They are one of the subjects discussed in our upcoming symposium Wild by Design, co-hosted by Bellevue Botanical Garden. For tickets, visit bellevuebotanical.org/event/symposium-wild-by-design/
There’s something comforting about watching bees busy working, here on Sedum #flowersforpollinators
Two vines with variegated leaves, a yam (Dioscorea polystachya ‘Variegata’) and a kiwi (Actinidia tetramera var. maloides). Can you tell which is which? #gardenvines
