Upcoming Plant Sales
There will be FOUR events in the next few weeks, so mark your calendars and be sure to stop by one (or all!) of them. All proceeds help benefit our local schools. Each of the sales will offer native plants (note that some are not on the Portland Plant List). Please see below for more details about each sale! Fort Vancouver High School Plant Sale: Wednesday, April 24, 8am-6pm, Thursday, April 25, 8am-5pm and Friday, April 26, 8am-4pm Native plants available: Trees: Cascara, Oregon White Oak, Vine Maple, Douglas Fir, Western Hemlock, Western Red Cedar; Shrubs: Mock Orange, Flowering Red Currant, Red Twig Dogwood, Cascade Oregon Grape, Baldhip Rose, Nootka Rose, Douglas Spirea, Thimbleberry , Serviceberry, Red Elderberry, Blue Elderberry, Black Hawthorn, Salmonberry, Golden Currant, Smooth Sumac, Salal; Groundcovers : Western Yarrow, Wild Ginger, Sword Fern, Goldenrod, Blue-Eyed Grass, Soft Fruited Bulrush, Tufted Hair Grass, Oregon Sunshine, Maidenhair Fern, Checkermallow, Sedum Spat
Nice pics. Glad spring is finally arriving there. You sure have gotten a lot of rain!
ReplyDeleteWow, you have had a lot of rain, and it is quite different from last year. Most of our winter was incredibly warm, and then then beginning last week we started dipping into the 20's, and all those plants that opened early either had flower/bud loss or damaged new foliage. Hopefully you will dry out soon, and spring will come soon. Trust the forsythia and camellias.
ReplyDeleteIt is fun to get out and see things you haven't seen before. Man, your area has had a lot of rain. That forsythia is pretty peeking over the fence. I like chickens. I enjoyed all of your photos.
ReplyDeleteYes. I did enjoy your walk.
ReplyDeleteForsythia here is just beginning to open - a definite 'moment' in the year. However, it's not the right kind of ground in my immediate area for heathers and camellias, so they were nice to see too.
So. Much. Water. I am done with it! The image of the soccer goal posts out in the lawn made me laugh. The park at the end of our street is a popular soccer park but if anyone dared to walk out there now they'd sink up to their knees.
ReplyDeleteMy goodness Philip, you took quite a long walk! There was lots to see nearby, including snack trucks! Your Michael and my Brian would get along famously, as long as they had their salty snacks to keep them happy. LOL I see spring is quite a bit more advanced than ours. One day is winter, one is day is spring, and that goes on and on and on. It's the craziest winter I can remember here in Ohio.
ReplyDeleteThe Camellia and white daisies are really awesome! Thanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteBeautiful area--spring will make it even more so. We got record rain here also, but nothing like yours. Thanks for sharing your walk.
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed walking in your 'hood! Funny, we live just up the road from Jason Lee Middle school too!
ReplyDeleteWater water everywhere...little lakes all around our yard (never seen before). Made for a pretty walk though.
ReplyDeleteWinterscapes can be beautiful in their own way.I especially like the photo with the metal tower-ey structure. Here in northern Cal we have also had plenty of rain, and since it was needed I'm tolerating it.
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