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The NW Flower & Garden Show
Feb 19, 2009 | 8:32 PM PST

I spent the day at the NW Flower & Garden Show in Seattle-20 minutes away (http://www.gardenshow.com/
seattle/index/index.cfm 
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The morning was spent with one dear friend and the afternoon another, they both had scheduling conflicts  but wanted to attend-neither had ever been…So, good friend that I am-I sacrificed my whole day to make certain they had a memorable experience….Certainly none of you are buying that line, I was in total bliss and they both knew it!  We had so much fun, bought a few plants, talked with many informative growers and saw several stunning display gardens.  Though we had a blast, I really missed attending with my darling partner in crime-Mosaic2007.  She moved to OR a few years ago, but did take a train up for the show last year-hopefully she will be able to come up for 2010.  

My favorite display included a variety of vertical garden walls.  We saw the same principle applied at Chelsea last May and I was hooked.  I have been mulling the idea over for quite some time, now I am ready to tackle the concept.

These are my newly acquired treasures:

Abutilon hybrid ‘Red Tiger’x2

Abutilon megapotanicum ‘Vesuvlus’

Anthyllis vulneria coccinea x 2

Asclepias-‘Red Butterfly’x2

Begonia fuchsioides “Red’

Begonia luxurians-Palm Leaf Begonia

Crocosmia-Queen Charlotte, and several others

Dicentra scandens-Climbing Bleeding Heart-yellow

Lilium pumilum

Syneilesis acontitifolia-Tattered Umbrella

I added a new album filled with photos of the day.

Enjoy

~Andrea