Blooms & Greens
@bloomsgreens.bsky.social
Gardening in the PNW. Zone 8b. Come along for a gardening adventure.
Posts mainly garden-related, except weekends when there will be cats and other stuff.
https://www.bloomsandgreens.net
Posts mainly garden-related, except weekends when there will be cats and other stuff.
https://www.bloomsandgreens.net
🌱 Now, I have a problem. A good kind of problem. What would make a nice border next to my lavender patch? I could plant kale and chard … Or a mix tall gladiolus/dwarf kale. Or sweet williams. Or wallflowers… Something bright and compact because behind it is a row of hydrangeas and evergreen trees.
🌱I’ve dug up my purple chives. Most will be composted coz they’re not healthy anymore but some younger ones about 25 clumps are replanted as a new border. I’m also relocating some black eyed susans, gallarda, and foxgloves to a new plot. Glad the weather has been mild so far.
November 26, 2025 at 1:41 AM
🌱 Now, I have a problem. A good kind of problem. What would make a nice border next to my lavender patch? I could plant kale and chard … Or a mix tall gladiolus/dwarf kale. Or sweet williams. Or wallflowers… Something bright and compact because behind it is a row of hydrangeas and evergreen trees.
🌱 I need a scream room in the upside bonkers world. Ugh!
Anyway, here are some blanket flowers; still in bloom in late November. I’ll have to plant more of this for next year.🤞
Anyway, here are some blanket flowers; still in bloom in late November. I’ll have to plant more of this for next year.🤞
November 26, 2025 at 1:31 AM
🌱 I need a scream room in the upside bonkers world. Ugh!
Anyway, here are some blanket flowers; still in bloom in late November. I’ll have to plant more of this for next year.🤞
Anyway, here are some blanket flowers; still in bloom in late November. I’ll have to plant more of this for next year.🤞
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The SecState explanation of the essence & origin of the 28 pt plan presented to Ukraine BY THE US is a strong indicator of the lack of competence of those representing our nation in these efforts.
Russia does these things. It’s well known. Smart negotiators know not to let them happen.
Russia does these things. It’s well known. Smart negotiators know not to let them happen.
November 23, 2025 at 2:59 AM
The SecState explanation of the essence & origin of the 28 pt plan presented to Ukraine BY THE US is a strong indicator of the lack of competence of those representing our nation in these efforts.
Russia does these things. It’s well known. Smart negotiators know not to let them happen.
Russia does these things. It’s well known. Smart negotiators know not to let them happen.
🌱I’ve dug up my purple chives. Most will be composted coz they’re not healthy anymore but some younger ones about 25 clumps are replanted as a new border. I’m also relocating some black eyed susans, gallarda, and foxgloves to a new plot. Glad the weather has been mild so far.
November 22, 2025 at 10:30 PM
🌱I’ve dug up my purple chives. Most will be composted coz they’re not healthy anymore but some younger ones about 25 clumps are replanted as a new border. I’m also relocating some black eyed susans, gallarda, and foxgloves to a new plot. Glad the weather has been mild so far.
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Latest pitcher on my Nepenthes x Dyeriana. ~40 cm tall.
Just an inspired bit of plant breeding by George Tivey. Description was first published in 1900, so he presumably made the cross sometime in the early/mid 1890s.
Nepenthes (northiana x maxima) x (rafflesiana x veitchii)
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Just an inspired bit of plant breeding by George Tivey. Description was first published in 1900, so he presumably made the cross sometime in the early/mid 1890s.
Nepenthes (northiana x maxima) x (rafflesiana x veitchii)
🌴 🌱
November 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Latest pitcher on my Nepenthes x Dyeriana. ~40 cm tall.
Just an inspired bit of plant breeding by George Tivey. Description was first published in 1900, so he presumably made the cross sometime in the early/mid 1890s.
Nepenthes (northiana x maxima) x (rafflesiana x veitchii)
🌴 🌱
Just an inspired bit of plant breeding by George Tivey. Description was first published in 1900, so he presumably made the cross sometime in the early/mid 1890s.
Nepenthes (northiana x maxima) x (rafflesiana x veitchii)
🌴 🌱
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Today’s flower 🌱 #1255
Nodding pincushion
Nodding pincushion
November 15, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Today’s flower 🌱 #1255
Nodding pincushion
Nodding pincushion
🌱 This was my mix cosmos patch this summer. Mostly pink. I think my fave remains Xzenia and apricot lemonade.
November 16, 2025 at 7:35 AM
🌱 This was my mix cosmos patch this summer. Mostly pink. I think my fave remains Xzenia and apricot lemonade.
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Kansas’ Marion County paid $3M for forgetting the First Amendment.
After their illegal raid on the Marion County Record in 2023, local cops got their First Amendment lesson the expensive way.
Police elsewhere should take note.
After their illegal raid on the Marion County Record in 2023, local cops got their First Amendment lesson the expensive way.
Police elsewhere should take note.
Kansas county pays $3M for forgetting the First Amendment
Marion County cops got their First Amendment lesson the hard way. Police elsewhere should take note
freedom.press
November 15, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Kansas’ Marion County paid $3M for forgetting the First Amendment.
After their illegal raid on the Marion County Record in 2023, local cops got their First Amendment lesson the expensive way.
Police elsewhere should take note.
After their illegal raid on the Marion County Record in 2023, local cops got their First Amendment lesson the expensive way.
Police elsewhere should take note.
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Yay! My order of bulbs just arrived. Some daffodils but I'm most excited about the great camas bulbs! Got a bunch of them and I'm planning on planting them in clumps between some of our fruit trees. Great camas (Camassia leichtlinii) is a native flower here in western WA. The bulbs are edible too! 🌱
November 13, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Yay! My order of bulbs just arrived. Some daffodils but I'm most excited about the great camas bulbs! Got a bunch of them and I'm planning on planting them in clumps between some of our fruit trees. Great camas (Camassia leichtlinii) is a native flower here in western WA. The bulbs are edible too! 🌱
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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My gorgeous maple tree showing off a little in the fall sunlight. I love this tree so much. 🌱
November 8, 2025 at 8:24 PM
My gorgeous maple tree showing off a little in the fall sunlight. I love this tree so much. 🌱
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November 9, 2025 at 12:24 AM
#HappyCaturday The munchkin looks concerned, using her Susan Collins severely concerned look.
November 9, 2025 at 2:57 AM
#HappyCaturday The munchkin looks concerned, using her Susan Collins severely concerned look.
🌱 Goodbye, goodbye sweet tomatoes! I missed you already! It’s been windy and rainy again but we have some sunny days ahead.
November 7, 2025 at 5:49 AM
🌱 Goodbye, goodbye sweet tomatoes! I missed you already! It’s been windy and rainy again but we have some sunny days ahead.
🌱 #SixOnSaturday. We got rain and strong winds again today. I think we’re going to have a dry Monday, then more rain for a week!!! Enjoy the flowers from this summer.
November 2, 2025 at 3:24 AM
🌱 #SixOnSaturday. We got rain and strong winds again today. I think we’re going to have a dry Monday, then more rain for a week!!! Enjoy the flowers from this summer.
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"The new billboards are designed to inform troops of legal resources … 'The [Southern Command] strikes … represent the most blatantly illegal act that this administration has had the military carry out.'"
taskandpurpose.com/news/vet-group-billboards-caribbean-strikes/
taskandpurpose.com/news/vet-group-billboards-caribbean-strikes/
Billboards outside US Southern Command urge troops not to 'break the law’ in Caribbean strikes
“Don’t let them make you break the law,” reads a billboard along the road to U.S. Southern Command, one of several set up by veterans.
taskandpurpose.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:37 PM
🌱 One of my last tomato flower “cake” this year.
October 29, 2025 at 4:53 AM
🌱 One of my last tomato flower “cake” this year.
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October 26, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Moon and Stars Watermelon🌘🌙✨First year trellising like this, looks super cool, especially the starry leaves on this varietal. 🌱 We also did some pumpkins on the same fence and they turned out really cool too. Had they gotten too heavy we would’ve made a hammock sling to the espalier cables.
October 25, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Moon and Stars Watermelon🌘🌙✨First year trellising like this, looks super cool, especially the starry leaves on this varietal. 🌱 We also did some pumpkins on the same fence and they turned out really cool too. Had they gotten too heavy we would’ve made a hammock sling to the espalier cables.
🌱 The artichoke is losing its “hair.” You can see one of the seeds getting ready to fly away on an adventure.
October 25, 2025 at 1:29 AM
🌱 The artichoke is losing its “hair.” You can see one of the seeds getting ready to fly away on an adventure.
🌱 Happy Friday! Just about all but a few of the columnar apples have been harvested. One variety ripens later than the rest. All are about five ft tall this year.
October 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
🌱 Happy Friday! Just about all but a few of the columnar apples have been harvested. One variety ripens later than the rest. All are about five ft tall this year.
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NEW: HGTV debuts 'Gardening with the Guard' series
HGTV debuts 'Gardening with the Guard' series
Highlights new Army values of Loyalty, Duty, Selfless Service, and Landscaping
www.duffelblog.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
NEW: HGTV debuts 'Gardening with the Guard' series
🌱 Most of the toms are gone now. I still have nasturtium stragglers; they did really well this year as trap plants in the vege plots. I can’t do without them and marigolds in the garden.
October 24, 2025 at 2:21 AM
🌱 Most of the toms are gone now. I still have nasturtium stragglers; they did really well this year as trap plants in the vege plots. I can’t do without them and marigolds in the garden.
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I stopped by to say hi to the sandhill cranes today. I wonder what they were talking about! 🪶
October 24, 2025 at 1:23 AM
I stopped by to say hi to the sandhill cranes today. I wonder what they were talking about! 🪶