Portlandia filmed at our house two summers ago. They seem to need a lot of houses for filming, especially ones that are sort of run down, like ours. Periodically we get a call about filming and I’ve turned them down because the filming was so stressful for me and the crew made me feel so unhip. I got a series of calls this week because their producer thought our house would be perfect . . . .
. . . for putting a hot tub on the lawn. I’m not going to lie, that didn’t feel great. Of course the last time they were here, our house looked like this. Actually, it was summer, so the lawn was brown.
So I get it. Lots of lawn space and a slightly dilapidated house that could conceivably shelter people who would put a hot tub on it. Regardless, I had to tell them that we don’t have a lawn anymore! We have a garden! And boy do we have a lot of blooms this month.
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| Zauschneria ‘Mattole Select,’ Coreopsis ‘Moonbeam,’ Verbascum bombyciferum ‘Arctic Snow’ |
The cannas are still blooming like crazy, along with every grass and flower in the meadow.
Gaillardia grandiflora ‘Arizona Sun’ likes it hot and sunny, just like this castor bean.
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| Muhlenbergia rigens |
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| Salvia ‘Amistad’ |
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| Salvia ‘Black and Blue’ |
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| Dalea purpurea |
Geranium ‘Rozanne’ will never stop blooming.
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| Sunflower ‘Lemon Queen’ is winking at you |
Agastache ‘Ava’ is another one that starts blooming and never stops.
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| Rudbeckia hirta |
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| Erigeron glaucus ‘Wayne Roderick’ |
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| Achnatherum hymenoides (Indian Ricegrass) |
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| Panicum ‘Northwind’ which I always call ‘Swiftwind’, which was She-Ra’s horse. |
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| Clematis jackmanii |
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| Gaultheria hispidula (Creeping snowberry) flowers |
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| Creeping snowberry fruits |
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| Sedum telephium ‘Hab Gray’ |
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| Chasmanthium latifolium (Northern Sea Oats) |
We got this NOID zinnia from a packet of seeds that we got upon entrance to the Hortus Botanicus in Amsterdam.
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| Verbena bonariensis and ‘Gateway’ Joe Pye Weed |
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| Sesleria autumnalis |
Lots of blooms means lots of pollinators right now. If only they’d called saying, “We need a house with bees! Lots of bees!”
But sadly, they didn’t say any of that. If you need me I’ll be nursing my hurt feelings, drinking a PBR in skinny jeans. Ironically.
Bloom day is hosted by Carol at May Dreams Gardens. Be sure to stop by and check out what everyone else has blooming. Thank you, Carol!
