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Study Weekend Garden Tours - Southeast & North Portland - pt. 1

Despite all the work and hoopla of preparing for our open garden on Monday, I did manage to steal away on Friday and Saturday to visit the gardens in Portland. There were six gardens on Friday, located in the Southeast and North Portland neighborhoods.  Beginning with the first three - Jenn Ferrante garden - Cool and calming, an oasis of serenity with pinks and blues and touches of chartreuse. And a majestic weeping beech. Peter Eastman and Dayrol Griffin garden - another colorful oasis with many tropical touches and a well-executed street border planting. Anne Davis & Miles McCoy garden - This small garden packs quite a punch with borders, potted plants and artistic touches. Check out that pathway! More to come... Text and photos by Phillip Oliver, Dirt Therapy

New blooms

Some of the new plants I planted this spring are finally blooming -

Buddelia 'Miss Molly'
Buddleia 'Blue Chip'
Cestrum 'Orange Peel'

Cestrum 'Orange Peel'
 

Text and photos by Phillip Oliver, Dirt Therapy

Comments

  1. So nice to get some new blooms to keep the garden going late in the season.

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  2. I can not say enough nice things about my 'Orange Peel'. It began blooming in May and has not stopped yet. It even got pruned by a car, and you would not know it today.

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  3. How I wish the 'golden jasmine' would bloom in the northeast!

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  4. The blue chip buddleia is so pretty. I had that once. It didn't like it here for some reason.

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  5. Very nice. Are you going to root any of them over the winter?

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  6. My apple trees are blooming. Lovely blooms.

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  7. Don't you just love the wide variety of critters attracted by your buddleia? Mine has become quite the attraction!

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  8. Love checking out your buddleiia with such a variance in size and color.

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