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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
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Weeping China Doll rose and Rose Campion






Text and photos by Phillip Oliver, Dirt Therapy
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  1. David - Pinewood CottageMay 24, 2014 at 5:49 AM

    Phillip tell me about the rose campion. I just ordered seeds of a white rose campion and would love to know how it does for you. Sun or shade? Self seeding? Any info would be helpful. I am really focused on filling in the white garden here.

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  2. Phillip OliverMay 24, 2014 at 10:20 AM

    David, it is a wonderful old fashioned annual that reseeds freely. It does fine in my garden with just a little sun - maybe 3 or 4 hours a day. It may pop up in surprising places but you can easily pull it out.

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  3. Lisa at GreenbowMay 25, 2014 at 5:33 PM

    What a beauty. Any nibbles on your house?

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  4. CarolMay 25, 2014 at 6:17 PM

    Very nice Phillip! Any bites on the house yet?

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  5. Phillip OliverMay 26, 2014 at 3:22 AM

    Lisa and Carol, a few lookers but nothing serious yet. I am afraid the garden is going to be a liability. :(

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  6. debsgardenMay 26, 2014 at 8:50 AM

    I love that China Doll rose! I like it combined with the bright Rose Campion.

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  7. AaronMay 26, 2014 at 9:12 AM

    Are you serious?? It's CRAZY that your beautiful garden is seen as a liability.

    Is it because people are intimidated by the idea of maintaining it? Or do that many people really prefer a sterile lawn?

    As for rose campion, I feel like a failure because I've tried direct sowing it a few times in the garden and have never gotten any results. (Either that or I've mistaken the seedlings for weeds and accidentally killed them, which of course is a possibility.)

    I probably need to find annual seedlings someday, plant them and then let them self-sow...

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  8. CarolMay 26, 2014 at 1:31 PM

    the right person will come along. one that will take good care of it!

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  9. Phillip OliverMay 26, 2014 at 5:45 PM

    Aaron, I am sure it would be the maintenance! There are not a lot of people that enjoy that! haha

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  10. _emily_roseMay 27, 2014 at 5:56 AM

    Beautiful roses :)

    Have you decided if any of your roses will be coming with you when you move?

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  11. Phillip OliverMay 27, 2014 at 6:02 AM

    Not really Emily!

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  12. sherry sMay 27, 2014 at 11:41 AM

    Phillip, You shared a rose with me several years ago and I believe it is the weeping china doll. It is very ruffled and I used it to make some beautiful arrangements for a church luncheon. You weren't sure at the time what rose you were sharing. Just wanted to say thanks. Sherry

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