I was at a flower show today, where garden club members get together and put sprigs of what’s blooming on display.

Alstroemeria, or Peruvian lily, is an excellent cut flower and very easy to grow

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Some sweet zinnias in a little jar, on the outdoor lunch table at a friend’s place.

Multi-hued home-grown zinnia flowers in a glass jar as a vase

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At a spectacular private garden in Shorewood, south of Seattle. The garden’s owner thought it needed so much work. Gardeners!

Purple sage and tall pink sedums in this brilliant flower border in late August

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In a friend’s garden, magnificent and simple Japanese anemones. And a bonus shot!

Brilliant yellow-orange centers on ruffly white petals make this a late-summer favorite

Flower buds emerging from the back of a Japanese anemone flower

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A friend does a really good job with Stargazer lilies. By the way, a great discussion of how these were bred in the fascinating book I’m reading, Flower Confidential.

Showy and fragrant Stargazer lilies in the garden

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It’s been a Volunteer Park Conservatory kind of week. Still waiting for the Corpse Lily (“Dougsley”) to bloom and emit its stench. In the meantime, here’s a view of the sunset through the Bromeliad house.

The Bromeliad House (west wing) of Seattle’s Volunteer Park Conservatory on a fine August evening

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My fave haunt in Seattle: the hidden gem, the Volunteer Park Conservatory. If you get a chance to go there for a special evening event, do it!

Peace lilies and dracenas in the Palm House in the Conservatory

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Sunset at the Seattle’s Volunteer Park Conservatory . Scenic bliss.

A rainbow of outdoor plantings set off Seattle’s hidden gem, the Volunteer Park Conservatory

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White phalaenopsis orchids blooming magnificently in the Volunteer Park Conservatory  in Seattle, WA.

Macro of moth orchids in flower at the Conservatory in Seattle

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Today at the incomparable Volunteer Park Conservatory  in Seattle, the Corpse Flower (Amorphophallus titanum)is getting ready to bloom,

The so-called Corpse Lily, a giant, rotting=scented flower, will bloom quite soon

but what pulled me in were the nearby hydrangeas.

Dusty pink hydrangeas, peace lilies, and cannas in a magnificent living arrangement

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