Below I share 9 photographs showing epiphytic plants photographed by me in Seattle. Epiphytes grow wild on trees, cliffs or on roofs. Clever gardeners have learned that some plants can be cultivated most successfully --if not only-- if they are suspended from a wall, or in a hanging basket, or the like. Certain species that often freeze to death or rot if planted in the ground, overwinter easily in Seattle if on a rockery. Examples include Lewisia and Sedum suaveolens.
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Sow Thistle in gutter ; photo by ALJ
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Licorice ferns on a mossy roof ; photo by ALJ
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Licorice ferns below a windowbox planter ; photo by ALJ
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A Viburnum wild high in a pine tree ; photo by ALJ
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Atlas Poppy inside a rooftop chimney ; photo by ALJ
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Photinia shrub in a black locust tree ; photo by ALJ
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Strawberry and Annual Bluegrass in a cherry tree ; photo by ALJ
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Holly in a hawthorn tree ; photo by ALJ
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Herb Robert on a maple tree ; photo by ALJ
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