I got so excited about our live tree hunt (posted yesterday) that I forgot to put up the podcast! So here it is…Winter Winners.
The interview of the week is at the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle, with Director Dr. Sarah Reichard. We visited the Winter Garden, where she (wearing her taxonomy hat) picked out her favorite plants. They include paperbark maple (Acer griseum)…
(the sun shining through the bark is incredible)
…and contorted hazelnut (Corylus contorta)…
(hard to see, but love the bare twigs)
…and Garrya x issaquahensis…
(these most amazing catkins get longer and longer)
…and Rhododendron strigillosum with the coolest bristly petioles:
(a very tidy rhododendron)
As always, I would love questions and suggestions for future podcasts!
I love Acer griseum!