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Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Pretty pictures from Washington, DC

I haven't had much time to post lately, because I've been in Washington, DC, since Wednesday. I'm here for a library conference, because the ad revenue from this blog isn't enough to allow me to quit my day job (so start clicking on those ads! I want more time to garden). When I left Portland, it was cold and miserable, with January weather persisting into April. Here it actually looks and feels like spring. I haven't had a lot of time to explore garden-related sites, but I did take a lovely walk Sunday evening through a beautiful neighborhood that is either a) occupied by gardeners, or (more likely) b) occupied by people wealthy enough to hire gardeners. Here are a few pictures:

Lovely front garden
Lovely front garden

Does anyone know what these are? They’re really pretty, and I think I’ve seen them before, but I can’t identify them.
Flower I cannot identify

And here’s a closeup of the mystery flower:
Closeup of flower I cannnot identify

That's about it for garden-related activities on this trip. When I was here last June, I visited the National Botanical Garden, so I'll share a few pics from there to round out my Dateline Washington post (or as we call it in the Northwest, The Other Washington).

Bananas!
Bananas at US Botanic Garden

Pineapples!
Pineapple at US Botanic Garden

Papayas!
Papaya at US Botanic Garden

(hmm... I must've been hungry)

And something that would be difficult to grow in rainy Portland:

Blooming cactus at US Botanic Garden

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Janet, the mystery flower is spiderwort. I just saw it last night at our local Home Depot.

Anonymous said...

Janet, the mystery flower is spiderwort. I just saw it last night at our local Home Depot.