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
Excellent choices all, well except for the English Ivy which is a scourge in my yard. We sell a few of the Smilax at work and we only charge a foot and an arm. It is hard to tell from your picture, but is your mystery plant some sort of variegated eleagnus? My second choice was variegated winter daphne.
ReplyDeleteSuch good color in your garden. So many large shrubs. Your garden must be larger than I envision it. I have always wanted to try to grow one of those mahonias. If our winters continue this warming trend maybe I could grow one. It feels like spring here today. Rain though.
ReplyDeletePhillip, You have beautiful greenery in your garden~~Love the Thuja and the Japanese Cedar~~ I want to replace parts of the forsythia hedge and your suggestions might work. I hope you have a happy holiday~~gail
ReplyDeleteLove the variegated holly and the nandina! Happy holidays!
ReplyDeleteGreat list. Will pass it along through other sn's. I'll pass on the English ivy. Too many problems with scale here in Charleston or it takes over the tree above it!
ReplyDeleteGreat post! I have the carolina jessamine and it quickly camoflauged a section of chain link fence, which is hard to do!
ReplyDeleteThe Green Giant is beautiful. Can't believe it's only 10 years old.
Lovely greens for the winter garden Phillip! I love your cedars! Adding more evergreens to the garden (that the deer do not relish) is something I must do ... I see so clearly now looking out on my stick garden. Happy Christmas Eve! Carol
ReplyDeleteGreat shrubs! The unidentified shrub is "Leucothoe" I believe, at least it appears to be. Btw, my Nandina Domestica Firepower shrubs did not produce any red berries. Do you know how this could be? I bought them from Home Depot in late summer, and they are planted in a part-shade location.
ReplyDeleteYou can't beat evergreens for winter interest and you have some winners.
ReplyDeleteHave a very Merry Christmas, Phillip.
Jan
Always Growing
Love your evergreens! That last one looks a lot like a winter daphne.
ReplyDeleteDo you have winter honeysuckle? It isn't a very pretty shrub with its straggly limbs and dull leaves, but I look forward to its fragrant, lemony blossoms every Jan/Feb, reminding me that spring is just around the corner.
I planted a sweet box last spring. It also has fragrant blooms sometime in winter, and its glossy leaves are lovely. The buds are there, just about to open. I can't wait!
Merry Christmas! Very happy I discovered your blog.
I love that Holly. I wish they did well here. The only plant I have is the Thuja. I know they aren't the most exciting shrubs, but they are such good growers & they look lovely with snow on them, lots of snow on them. Happy Holidays!
ReplyDeletePhillip, you have some wonder green for the winter. I love the big Japanese Cider ~ it looks like the NYC Rockefeller Center tree before it is decked out.
ReplyDeleteHope ya'll had a great Christmas and getting ready for an exciting New Year.
Does the variegated plant have a fragrant bloom in late winter? It looks like winter daphne, daphne odora. i have one, and I think it is a special plant. I love that Chinese holly - am adding it to my wish list! Your evergreens are lovely.
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