What’s blooming today:

Brunnera Jack Frost — soon it will look like fairy dust all around the vine maple.

Pulmonaria — phospherescent purple and magenta look great with the crocus.

Making Fuchsia Cloth of Gold babies!

I couldn’t help myself, it’s just too exciting to look at those fuchsia and want to make lots of fuchsia babies.  Fuchsia is such an easy friend to propagate, it really has a strong will to live.  So I did it, and only after did I look at the calender that I religiously consult when planting via my biodynamic scheme — The Pocket Astrologer 2010, Pacific Edition. First off, it’s in my time zone and I don’t have to subtract 8 for Greenwich time as I do with most Ephemeri.  The other great thing about this calender is that it tells the moon’s movement through signs and when it is void of course.  You should never plant on a void of course moon, according to the biodynamic calender.  I’ve been planting via that calender with good results for 2 years.  Except for the void of course part, which I didn’t ever before.  I’ll let you know how it goes.

Fuchsia Cloth of Gold mother plant

We had a fun visit to DisneyWorld and SeaWorld. We’re back in Portland, enjoying the burst of spring at Westwind.  The plum is beginning to flower, the daffodils are beginning their rotation and the less obvious winterhazel corylopsis and some kind of jasmin-type plant are stealing all the bees with their scent and color.  The spirea goldstrum is putting out leaves the color of our Lee Kelly sculpture.