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Bayview, a 62-plus nonpro t Life Plan Community, added a Little Free Library outside the community’s main entrance, 11 W. Aloha St. in Queen Anne, the rst senior living
community in Seattle to do so.
Seven residents created a partnership with the Little Free Library Organization to put their plan into motion. According to a press release, the residents wanted “to promote
Magnolia physician tells of his journey from segregation to medical school
By Jessica Keller Queen Anne & Magnolia News editor
Longtime Magnolia resident and retired physician Lester ompsons was not even born when his future profession was decided for him, and it was his given name that opened the door for him.
In “Lucky Medicine: A Memoir of Success Beyond Segregation,” ompson, who retired from his urology practice a er 37 years in 2012, shares how his father’s dream, his name and his own determination and hard work led him to persevere over encounters with racism
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e annual Bigelow Block Sale featuring is returning to Queen Anne for its 28th year. e event will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday along Bigelow Avenue North and adjoining side streets. In past years, move than 50 homes have participated. At the sale, people can nd any number of household items, including antiques, books, artwork, kitchen items, tools, furniture, barbecues, electronics, computers, clothing, sporting goods and more. Following the sale, the Bigelow Block Sale organizers donate a portion of the registration proceeds to Queen Anne Helpline. To volunteer for the event, sign up at Bigelow Block SaleVolunteer Form.
e Interbay P-Patch organization is hosting a dahlia sale featuring over 40 varieties of dahlia tubers that can be planted for bloom this summer. e two-day event will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Interbay P-Patch, 2451 15th Ave. West.
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e Elliott Bay Trail will be closed for maintenance from 21st Avenue West and Alaskan Way West beginning Monday through June 9. Residents are directed to take detours travelling north and southbound.
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Former lower Queen Anne resident Jesse Galarza invites the community to join his team, e Cortex Vortex, or donate to the National Association of Mental Illness fundraiser and to raise awareness and money to local families in need. e NAMIWalks event will take place from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday at Marina Park, 25 Lakeshore Plaza, Kirkland.
According to his webpage, Galarza became involved with NAMI a er losing his husband of seven years to a mental health crisis.
e National Alliance of Mental Illness is an organization that o ers a plethora of free services including support groups,
Haitian singer and guitarist Wesli is coming to Seattle this month. He will perform at 8 p.m. June 19 at Fremont Abbey, 4272 Fremont Ave. North, Seattle.
Bringing together a wide range of Montreal and Haitian talents, Wesli’s music combines Haitian voodoo and rara with roots, reggae, Afrobeat, electronic music and hip-hop avors. HIs most recent release, Tradisyon, focusing on Haitian roots, acoustic and traditional styles, was released in October 2022. In 2019, Wesli won the Juno Award -- the Canadian equivalent of the Grammy -for World Music Album of the Year.
Go to www.fremontabbey.org/6-19-wesli to purchase tickets. Learn more about Wesli at hhttps://wesliband.com/en.
senior residential community,” resident Carolyn Muller said in a press release as to why they started the Little Free Library.
She said two library committee members had experience with Little Free Libraries and they purchased a kit and recruited others to help. e cra s committee constructed and decorated it, while the shop committee provided the post and platform and facilities department installed it. Residents donated the rst books and toys.
Muller said they would eventually like to expand the program to include toys from the Dollar Store, banned books, diversity and inclusion books, and books for all ages.
Queen Anne Book Co. will also provide slightly damaged new books.
“We share LFL’s mission to inspire readers and expand book access as we build our community outreach,” Muller said in the release.
and a racist society growing up in Indianapolis.
e book is both a coming-of-age story highlighting his experiences growing up in Indianapolis when segregation and Jim Crow laws were still in e ect, as well as his journey to medical school, ompson said.
It was ompson’s father, Calvin, who decreed his future son would grow up to be a doctor a er he was forced to give up that dream for himself when he was just a child.
ompson said his father was determined to become a doctor, although he was born in 1898 to a poor Black family in Nashville, Tenn., and the odds were stacked against him. Reality crushed young Calvin’s plans, however, when his father died, and he had to quit school to and earn money to help support his family when he was just a boy. at was when he decided his future son, should he have one, would become a doctor instead.
“He didn’t really ask me if I wanted to be a doctor, he just told me that was what I was going to be,”
The foundation of Magnolia resident Dr. Lester Thompson’s book ‘Lucky Medicine: A Memoir of Success Beyond Segregation’ came in part from these journals that he kept as a student attending Indiana University, which talk about his experiences in college, being a member of the Black fraternity Kappa Alpha Psi and his journey to entering medical school.
ompson said, adding he accepted his father’s dictate, in part because children were taught to heed their parents without question at the time, and because his father was a bit of an autocrat.
Although he didn’t know it until he was older, his father already had a plan in place for how his son would get to medical school. ompson
said his father owned a barbershop in the Indianapolis business sector that catered to businessmen, doctors, dentists and politicians, with whom he had built a strong network.
ompson said one of his dad’s clients was a wealthy businessman whom Calvin had become good friends with. A er hearing about Calivn’s desires for his yet unborn son to become a doctor someday, the businessman, Lazure Lester Goodman, said he would pay for his son’s entire education if Calvin named the boy a er him. Just like that, ompson received his name and the path to a future career set before him, and he hadn’t even been born.
Not everything else was so easy, however. ompson said he had a lot of barriers to overcome growing up because segregation and Jim Crow laws were still deeply entrenched in everyday life.
“Indiana, back in the ’40s and ’50s was not a progressive state,” ompson said.
The phrase “as American as apple pie” may lead one to believe that this classic dessert originated somewhere in the Americas. But this beloved dessert actually traces its origins to Europe. In fact, apples aren’t even native to North America, according to experts.
Apple pie is categorized alongside baseball and Coca-
Cola as truly American, but even though it was brought over to the colonies with settlers, it wasn’t until the 20th century that the treat was established as a symbol of national pride. By then, this apple-filled pastry had cemented itself in popular cuisine, and has since been replicated and reimagined in more ways than one might imagine. Most families have an apple pie recipe that they love. This recipe for “Grandma’s Apple Pie,” courtesy of the Vancouverbased food recipe blog, Spend with Pennies, by Holly Nilsson is one to add to your culinary repertoire.
GRANDMA’S APPLE PIE
Servings: 8 slices
• Double Crust Pie Pastry (see note)
• 1 large egg, beaten
• 6 to 7 cups apples, peeled and sliced, about 2 pounds
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• ½ cup granulated sugar
• 3 tablespoons flour
• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
2. Peel apples and cut in
quarters. Remove the core and slice apples into 1/4-inch to 1/8inch thick.
3. In a large bowl, combine apples, lemon juice, sugar, flour, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Toss well to combine and set aside.
4. Roll half of the dough into a 12-inch circle. Line a 9-inch pie plate with the pastry dough. Fill with apple filling.
5. Roll the remaining crust and gently place it over the apple mixture. Seal the edges by gently pinching the top and bottom crusts together. You can fold or decorate the edges by crimping or pressing with a fork. Remove any excess dough.
6. Beat the egg and 2 teaspoons of water or milk. Cut 4 to 5 slits in the top crust to allow steam to escape. Brush with egg mixture and sprinkle with sugar (optional).
7. Place the pie plate on a baking pan lined with parchment paper. This is optional but will catch any drips or spills.
8. Bake at 425 degrees for 15 minutes, reduce heat to 375 degrees, and bake an additional 35 to 40 minutes or until the crust is golden and the apples are tender.
9. Cool at least 30 minutes before serving. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream and
caramel sauce if desired.
Note: You can use a premade refrigerated pie crust for this pie or try making a homemade pastry with the recipe below.
Flaky Homemade Pie Crust
Makes a double pie crust
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 7 tablespoons cold butter, cubed
• 7 tablespoons shortening, cubed
• 1/3 to 2⁄3 cups ice cold water
1. Combine flour and salt in a large bowl with a whisk.
2. Using a pastry cutter, cut the butter and shortening until the mixture resembles the size of peas.
3. Add ice cold water a tablespoon at a time to one area of the dough and mix with a fork. Move to one side of the bowl and continue adding water just until dough is moistened (you don’t want it to be sticky).
4. Once mixed, use your hands to quickly and gently fold over the dough a couple of times. Divide into two balls.
5. Roll each of the balls into a 12-inch circle on a lightly floured surface. Use as needed in your recipe or wrap and refrigerate to use later.
From a discussion with Abraham Verghese about his long-awaited novel “The Covenant of Water” to an event with Cheon Myeong-Kwan about the English translation of his debut novel “Whale,” The Seattle Public Library’s June schedule has opportunities to learn, listen, laugh and read.
Most events require registration unless noted otherwise; all library events are free and open to the public. Find information and registration at spl.org/ Calendar.
The library offers a range of other free events and workshops in June, including story times, Homework Help sessions and business workshops and consults.
• Luis Alberto Urrea discusses “Goodnight, Irene.”
From 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.Monday, June 5. Central Library, Level 1 – Microsoft Auditorium. Mexican-American author Luis Alberto Urrea will be in conversation with Seattle Times art critic Moira Macdonald about his new novel, a personal story of
women’s friendship and valor set at the front lines of World War II. Inspired by his mother’s own Red Cross service, Urrea has delivered an overlooked story of women’s heroism in World War II. Thanks to partner Elliott Bay Book Company.
• Cheon Myeong-Kwan presents “Whale” in conversation with Heekyoung Cho. From 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Wednesday, June 7. Central Library, Level 1 - Microsoft Auditorium. Originally published in 2004, “Whale” is the English-language debut of a beloved and bestselling South Korean author. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize, it’s a sweeping, multi-generational tale that blends fable, farce, and fantasy — a masterpiece perfect for fans of “One Hundred Years of Solitude.” Thanks to partner Third Place Books.
• Abraham Verghese discusses “The Covenant of Water.” From 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., Tuesday, June 13. Central Library, Level 1, Microsoft Auditorium. Verghese’s long-awaited new novel is set in Kerala, on South India’s Malabar Coast, and follows three generations of a
family that suffers a peculiar affliction: in every generation, at least one person dies by drowning — and in Kerala, water is everywhere. Thanks to partners Elliott Bay Book Company, The Seattle Public Library Foundation, the Gary and Connie Kunis Foundation, and The Seattle Times.
• Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry. From 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 20. Central Library, Level 1Microsoft Auditorium. This unique field guide blends art and science to celebrate this diverse yet interconnected region through natural and cultural histories, poetry, and illustrations. Entries range from cryptobiotic soil and the western thatching ant to the giant Pacific octopus and Sitka spruce. This project was supported, in part, by a grant from 4Culture. Thanks to partners Mountaineers Books, The Seattle Public Library Foundation, the Gary and Connie Kunis Foundation, and The Seattle Times.
• Matt Baume discusses “Hi Honey, I’m Homo! Sitcoms, Specials, and the Queering of American Culture.” From 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., Thursday, June 29. Central Library, Level 1 -
Microsoft Auditorium. Using clips from classic TV shows, vintage news broadcasts, and excerpts from the new book “Hi Honey, I’m Homo!,” we’ll explore a surprising evolution across decades of iconic primetime sitcoms, and reveal the behind-the-scenes struggles to put queer people on the air with humor and humanity. Thanks to partners Third Place Books, the Gary and Connie Kunis Foundation, The Seattle Public Library Foundation, and The Seattle Times.
• Virtual It’s About Time Writers’ Reading Series. From 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Thursday, June 8. Online. The Ballard Branch welcomes the 403rd meeting of the It’s About Time Writers’ Reading Series with C. Lill Ahrens on “The Writer’s Craft: The Tool of Theme,” and readings by Yvonne Leach, Jed Myers & Kathryn ThurberSmith.
• Virtual Writers Read. From 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday, June 11. Online. Join us for a monthly reading series featuring an open mic and selected author readings from
local writers. Registration is required.
• Low Vision Book Group @ Central Library. From 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Tuesday, June 13. Central Library, Level 4Room 6. Join our Low Vision Book Group for a discussion of the book “The Grand Biocentric Design: How Life Creates Reality” by R.P. Lanza. Registration is not required.
• Write with Hugo House: Seattle Writes @ Fremont Branch. From 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, June 13. Fremont Branch. A dropin writing circle for adults of all experience levels. All genres of writing welcome. Registration is not required.
• El Club Latino. From 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday, June 18. Central Library, Level 4 - Room 6. Únase al Club de Lectura de la Biblioteca Central. El libro de este mes es: “De cómo las muchachas García perdieron el acento” de Julia Alvarez. Evento en español. No se requiere inscripción. Contact
We Heart Seattle volunteers pick up trash accumulated on the Southwest Queen Anne Greenbelt during Mayor Harrell’s One Seattle Day of Service, May 20.
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Volunteers tackled a multitude of city improvement projects throughout Seattle May 20 during Mayor Harrell’s One Seattle Day of Service, including one team from Queen Anne which joined with We Heart Seattle to clean up the Southwest Queen Anne Greenbelt.
More than 120 volunteers removed trash and debris along the trail, collected hundreds of needles and
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While the Supreme Court would not officially rule racial segregation in schools was unconstitutional until 1954 with Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Indiana lawmakers had actually decided in 1949 schools should begin to desegregate. Thompson’s began school in a segregated kindergarten, but his school had desegregated following the state’s decision, and in first grade, he was one of only a few Black children to attend school with white children. Other schools in the city and state were not so quick to desegregate, and Thompson said his best friend at the time still attended a segregated school, even though she did not live very far from the Thompsons. In fact, it took decades and a lawsuit before all Indiana schools were desegregated.
Thompson said Jim Crow was still very much alive and well when he was growing up, but Black children were taught by their families early on things they needed to pay attention to, such as phrases all steeped in racism, in order to get along.
“They taught us the rules and what happened when you broke the rules,” Thompson said. “We learned early on where we were welcome and where we weren’t.”
When Thompson was in eighth grade, however, he moved to a new school that forced him to challenge the rules. He said his school didn’t
bagged more than 10,000 pounds of garbage before forming a human “daisy chain” to move it all up the hill to the collection point.
Previously, We Heart Seattle and local volunteers have focused their efforts on other areas in Queen Anne, including Maclean Park and the Northwest Queen Anne Greenbelt in 2020, which they have maintained. They intend to do the same on the Southwest Queen Anne Greenbelt, according to a press release.
serve lunch and the only place he could get it was at a drug store considered to be on the “white side of town.” But Thompson said if he was going to eat lunch, he had no choice but to go there, sit at the counter and eat a sandwich. And while the owner made it clear he didn’t like it, he didn’t actually forbid the young boy from coming in and eating his lunch.
Although Thompson began writing his book in 2017, he unofficially and unknowingly started it years before in college at Indiana University when he began keeping journals detailing his time in college, becoming a member of the fraternity Kappa Alpha Psi and his journey to medical school. He used those journals as the basis for his memoir later in life.
“I started keeping the journals because I thought college was going to be something really special,” Thompson said, adding in some ways it was. “I wanted to remember it the way I lived it.”
His experiences included the good, the bad and the funny.
They also detailed various encounters with racism buried in regular life, such as when his white classmates used a racial epithet in a joke before they qualified it by saying they didn’t mean him because they didn’t think of him that way.
Another notable occurrence took
place during his medical school entrance interview. He said he already felt a little off center when he arrived wearing a sport jacket and tie only to see a room full of white men wearing suits and serious faces.
“Really, it was like cigarette smoke and anxiety just hung over the room,” Thompson said.
When it was his turn, he stood before two white men, one who never spoke, but just sat there with a disapproving look on his face, and the other who started things by asking Thompson whether he could dance. Although taken aback, Thomson said that he could, and then the man asked if he could dance two specific dances popular at the time, the Boogaloo and the Philly Dog. Again, Thompson said he could. Thompson said he didn’t know why he was asked those questions or what they had to do with medical school, but he wasn’t about to ask. He said he briefly wondered whether he was going to be asked to dance and thought, if it meant getting into medical school, he probably would.
Thompson was spared that indignity, but those two questions overshadowed the rest of the interview; he can’t remember anything else he was asked and left feeling very uncertain about his future.
“There were a lot of these little microaggressions, to use the
What the same area of a section of the Queen Anne Greenbelt looked like before and after volunteers cleaned it up during Mayor Harrell’s One Seattle Day of Service, May 20.
terminology of today,” Thompson said. Not all of Thompson’s college experiences were overshadowed by racism, however.
Thompson said he fondly remembers his fraternity brothers and their time in one of only three Black fraternities in America, adding they remind him of the characters seen in the 1979 classic “Animal House” but also served as one of the reasons he wanted to write his memoir.
Thompson said, while he hopes readers enjoy his memoir, he hopes it will serve as inspiration and motivation to young people, especially young people of color, to pursue and achieve their dreams, regardless of the challenges they face, and recognize and take the opportunities presented to them.
“The pathways to success when I was a college student were fewer or narrower because of racism than they are now, but I succeeded,” Thompson said.
He said, even though his pathway was aided by a generous benefactor, he still had to make the most of his opportunity and do the work so he could succeed in life.
“Now adays, the pathways to success are more numerous, but the old barriers are still there, but they can still be overcome,” Thompson said.
“Lucky Medicine: A Memoir of Success Beyond Segregation” can be purchased at the Magnolia Book Store and on Amazon.
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SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR KING COUNTY Estate of RYAN D. CLARK, Deceased. NO. 23-4-03353-9 KNT PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS PLEASE TAKE NOTICE The above Court has appointed JUSTIN D. CLARK as Administrator of Decedent’s estate. Any person having a claim against the Decedent must present the claim: (a) Before the time when the claim would be barred by any applicable statute of limitations, and (b) In the manner provided in RCW 11.40.070: (i) By filing the original of the claim with the foregoing Court, and (ii) By serving on or mailing to my attorney at the address below a copy of the claim. The claim must be presented by the later of: (a) Thirty (30) days after this Notice has been mailed or served as provided in RCW 11.40.020(1)(c), or (b) Four (4) months after the date of first publication of this Notice. If the claim is not presented within this time period, the claim will be forever barred except as provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective for claims against both the Decedent’s probate and non-probate assets. Date of First Publication of this Notice: May 24, 2023
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TICE TO CREDITORS RCW 11.40.030 The Personal Representative named below has been appointed as Personal Representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the Personal Representative or the Personal Representative’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the Personal Representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(1) (c); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets. DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION: May 31, 2023 PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE: Harold O Batson Jr ATTORNEY FOR PERSONAL Aaron A. Jennings, WSBA# 30566 REPRESENTATIVE: Of Lombino Martino, P.S. ADDRESS FOR MAILING OR SERVICE: Lombino Martino, P.S. 9315 Gravelly Lake Dr. SW Suite 201, Lakewood, WA 98499
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In re: Petitioner/s (person/s who started this case): Nguyen, Thu Ha Thi And Respondent/s (other party/parties): Pham, Bao Hong No. 233-02129-4 SEA Summons Served by Publication (SMPB) Summons Served by Publication
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The name of the Petition is: Petition for Dissolution of Marriage You must respond in writing if you want the court to consider your side. Deadline! Your Response must be filed and served within 60 days of the date this Summons is published: 5/17/2023. If you do not file and serve your Response or a Notice of Appearance by the deadline: -No one has to notify you about other hearings in this case, and -The court may approve the requests in the Petition without hearing your side (called a default judgment). Follow these steps: 1. Read the Petition and any other documents that were filed at court with this Summons. Those documents explain what the other party is asking for. 2. Fill out a Response on this form (check the Response that matches the Petition): [X] FL Divorce 211, Response to Petition about a Marriage You can get the Response form and other forms you may need at: -The Washington State Courts’ website: www.courts.wa.gov/ forms -Washington LawHelp: www.washingtonlawhelp.org, or -The Superior Court Clerk’s office or county law library (for a fee). 3. Serve (give) a copy of your Response to the person who filed this Summons at the address below, and to any other parties. You may use certified mail with return receipt requested. For more information on how to serve, read Superior Court Civil Rule 5. 4. File your original Response with the court clerk at this address: Superior Court Clerk King County Courthouse 516 3rd Ave, E609 Seattle, WA 98104-2386
The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America will host a free Alzheimer’s and caregiving educational conference for Washington residents from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 14 at the Kimpton Hotel Monaco Seattle, 1101 Fourth Ave., Seattle, as part of its 2023 national Educating America Tour. The free conference is open to everyone and will allow participants to learn from experts in the field of Alzheimer’s disease, brain health and caregiving. To register, go to www.alzfdn.org/tour. Advanced registration is recommended.
Presentations include:
An Overview on Alzheimer’s Disease: Prevention, Treatment & Lifestyle –Emma L. Dotson, DNP, AGPCNP-BC SCRN, will provide a general overview of Alzheimer’s disease, including signs, symptoms and demographics. She will also discuss disparities when it comes to being diagnosed with the disease. For instance, African-Americans are about two times more likely to be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease than Caucasians while Hispanics are 1.5 times more likely to be diagnosed with the disease. She will also talk about prevention and treatments, including lifestyle approaches to management of the disease. Dotson is a nurse practitioner with the Swedish Center for Healthy Aging in Seattle.
Estate Planning with Alzheimer’s: More Than Just a Will- Angela Macey-Cushman, JD, MNMHA, BSN, will discuss the importance of estate planning. She will provide an overview of living trusts, powers of attorney, guardianships and conservatorships, as well as how to protect individuals who have lost the ability to manage their personal and financial affairs. She will provide case examples of people who are planning for possible long-term care needs in the future, She is an attorney and shareholder at Somers Tamblyn Isenhour Bleck Law Firm in Seattle and Edmonds, specializing in estate planning, long-term care planning and special needs trusts.
How to Communicate with People with Dementia – Allyson Schrier, MFA, will describe how dementia affects communication and will offer strategies to increase understanding, minimize conflict and reduce challenging behaviors. Schrier is a former dementia family care partner who is now a program manager at the University of Washington’s Memory and Brain Wellness Center. She is a teacher, a dementia consultant and cofounder of Zinnia, a therapeutic video-based tool to help dementia caregivers better support themselves and those they care for.
Free, confidential memory screenings will be conducted throughout the day.
For more information or to register, visit www. alzfdn.org/tour. Those who cannot participate in the conference or have immediate questions about Alzheimer’s disease can connect with licensed social workers seven days a week through AFA’s National Toll-Free Helpline, 866-232-8484 or web chatting at www.alzfdn.org by clicking the blue and white chat icon in the right-hand corner of the page. The web chat feature is available in more than 90 languages.
Flowers are to new gardeners as glitter is to a second-grader. As gardeners get more seasoned, they learn to love foliage. Don’t get me wrong – as my seed bank and dahlia bills attest, I love owers. But while most perennial owers are showy for weeks or up to two months for stalwarts like black-eyed Susans, foliage persists over months or even all year for evergreen perennials and shrubs, o ering the most bang for your design buck. It may not be evergreen, but Physocarpus, or ninebark (pronounced “nine-bark”), delivers one of the best foliage shows yearround for Paci c Northwest gardens. I nd them fascinating at every stage in their development – as the colorful leaf tips emerge and unfurl, the buds opening to lacy caps of white summer owers, followed by fall berries for the birds, and then the striped, peeling bark comes into its own in winter. e lobed leaves look a bit like those of owering currant but come in colors rivaling smokebush (cotinus) and heuchera and make great additions to oral arrangements.
If you have space, P.
capitatus is a green-leafed Paci c Northwest native that can reach 12 feet tall, but most of the colorful cultivars in nurseries are cultivars of P. opulfolius (“opulent foliage”), which is native to eastern North America. Ninebarks like consistent moisture and full sun to partial shade. It took a while for me to get P. “Center Glow” established in a rather tough section; it has an obstructed view seat facing the house and competes with a neighbor’s bay laurel hedge for water. Now its juicy copper tones set off its plant neighbors beautifully, from golden Choisya “Gold Finger” to steely blue-leafed Rosa glauca to the purple flowers of Centaurea montana. It starts out amber with gold glints and matures to burgundy in autumn. Until now, the only thing stopping me from lling my yard with ninebarks was their size. Generally, they run about 5 to 6 feet tall and 3 feet wide and need no pruning. ey are occasionally troubled by powdery mildew, so allow some elbow room for air circulation. Having caught the attention of breeders, there are more shiny new
choices to dazzle gardeners
– and some are dwarf.
If you, too, have a smaller urban space, here are some diminutive ninebarks to consider:
• “Little Devil”: A shrinkrayed version of mahoganyblack “Diablo,” it’s mildew resistant and adaptable to drier conditions than some. 3 to 4 feet tall and wide.
• “Tiny Wine”: Dense burgundy foliage on an upright compact shrub at 3 to 5 feet tall by 4 to 5 feet wide.
• “Tiny Wine Gold”: Golden leaves pair with white/pink owers for a refreshing summer spritzer coming in at 3 to 5 ve feet tall and wide.
• “Festivus Gold” Another chartreuse gem, this 3 to 4 foot tall and wide ninebark keeps its gleam even in full sun, unlike many goldleafed plants.
With a little more space to spare, check out these:
• “Amber Jubilee” –e new leaves on this chameleon unfurl orange
and yellow, turn green in summer, and age to red and purple in the fall.
• “Summer Wine Black” – e goth ninebark, with near-black foliage and an upright habit, 5 to 6 feet x 5 to 6 feet.
• “Ginger Wine” –Pumpkin orange spring foliage caramelizes to burgundy in fall, 5-7 feet tall x 4 to 6 feet wide.
Try one of these troublefree, quietly show-stopping shrubs in your garden; you’ll be glad you did.
