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
My goodness, you do have some gorgeous foliage. I have never seen or heard of Cordyalis Purple Leaf. I wonder if it would grow here?? I will look it up.
ReplyDeleteI am not sure Lisa, but I think it is hardy.
DeleteThe introduction to your post made me smile as I always have trouble seeing the foliage for the flowers in my own garden. You have a beautiful foliage collection. I wish conifers were happier in my own area. That Corydalis is just gorgeous but that genus too is just not happy in coastal Southern California under our current drought conditions.
ReplyDeleteThank you Kris!
DeleteYou do have a lot of lovely leafage going on there, Phillip. Thanks for joining in! By the way, I couldn't help wondering when I read this -- "Rose 'Mutabilis' has survived the winter with flying colors. It took me several attempts in Alabama to keep this one alive." -- Is it a lot easier to garden in the PNW than in the hot and humid South? I imagine so, but perhaps depends on what you're growing. Pam/Digging: penick.net
ReplyDeletePam, I think it is, mainly because we don't have the wild temperature fluctuations that we did in Alabama. It could also get much colder there. I think that can happen here as well but so far not. Here, I find the dry summers very challenging. That is something totally foreign to me.
DeleteYou found some beautiful foliage to share! If I'm not mistaken, Red-Tip Photinia can be cut back really hard to rejuvenate without doing any damage. It's one of those pretty much indestructible hedging plants, like English laurel. You should check out some more conifers, there are some that have new growth that is so colorful it almost looks like flowers.
ReplyDeleteYes, Phillip, hack that photinia down to the height that you want and then worry about how to get rid of the yard debris. It will fill in and live on, probably forever. I love your foliage pictures. I spent the afternoon working out in the garden and seeing new leaves breaking out of the bud form is thrilling. Lots and lots of weeds, too, but it was wonderful to see the new growth coming. It seems like your garden has taken shape quickly, but I know that's because you've put in a lot of hard work.
ReplyDeleteLove the glossy foliage on that Viburnum!
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