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
Your garden look quite happy and lush with all that rain. I love those climbing roses. Not enough sun here either. I am surprised that things do so well under the walnut tree. I think viburnums are the best shrubs. Love seeing overviews of your garden. It looks so inviting.
ReplyDeleteThe rain had gone all around here until yesterday. Happily we got a nice slow rain. It felt so good washing away all the dust and giving the garden a good drink.
Your garden looks lovely Phillip. We had a marvelous cooler and wetter than normal summer, but fall has been warm and dry...I, too, hope for a cool and beautiful fall....with more rain. Replacing beloved sun needing plants has elements of sadness, to it! Do you miss the sun in your garden? I do and this winter I'll have an arborist limb the trees so more can reach the understory.
ReplyDeleteLooks great Phillip! I think it looks better now than when we were there in the Summer.
ReplyDeleteDo you have a new cat?
I really enjoy fall, almost as much as spring. Your garden certainly has appreciated all the rain we have had this year; it is lovely and lush! Walking along those verdant paths must give you a lot of pleasure. I loved the weather this past weekend. I have taken advantage of the weather by planting lots of ferns and a few other plants, and I am grateful for all the rain we have had.
ReplyDeleteSeptember can be a tricky month in southern gardens. Yours looks great, a lot less disheveled than mine.
ReplyDeleteGail, yes to your question. I'm always trying to do something to bring more sun in.
ReplyDeleteDavid, no that is the same cat. Our other cat came up missing about a month ago. So now we just have the one.
Your garden is looking wonderful & you'll surely miss it if you leave. How did you go about making the wall (you know the purple one with all the cool stuff hanging on it? Was it cinderblock covered with stucco? Love, love, love that wall and want to imitate it in my own garden. I can't believe that it's the end of September already! Crazy how fast summer went this year.
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ReplyDeleteLovely as always. And I love the term "wooly" - very descriptive! Green is good.
Nice & dry here too.
Phillip,
ReplyDeleteYour garden is beautiful as always! I may adopt your term "wooly" - very descriptive!
Best to you,
Shenandoah
Hi Peter, the wall was made with concrete blocks and covered with stucco. Then it was sponge painted.
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