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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Green, unripe grapes on the vine. These will be purple when they are ripe. Perhaps the red stems are a hint of that?

Unripe grapes in the August sunshine

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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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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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Do you see the bee butt in the lower right of the photo?

Sunflower with dark center and a bee homing in

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The late light in the rose garden in front of my house always thrills me.

Late afternoon light in my rose garden

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A delicate flower in a friend’s pretty garden. Later note: Geranium “Ann Folkard.”

Some kind of geranium, perhaps, blooming in August

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I have a bougainvillea standard (little tree) that I take inside each fall. Here it is enjoying the sunshine on our patio.

Colorful papery bracts enclose the true white flower of the bougainvillea plant.

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The glorious wax beans, in my garden yesterday; dinner tonight.

Was beans (yellow string beans) in the garden

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I’ve been using a better grade of fertilizer in my little backyard vegetable garden and it has paid off beautifully. Never had such beautiful string beans, ever! The purple ones cook up green, the wax beans stay yellow, and both are easier to find and pick. All taste wonderful!

Tomatoes, zucchini and three colors of string beans from the backyard garden

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