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
I think I must have one of those blue barons!
ReplyDeleteOh be still my heart. I think I have fallen in love with the Baron. Unfortunately my heart is already broken. I haven't ever been able to grow Rhodies. I think our soil is all wrong for them. Sigh. Gosh everything is begining to look a lot like a garden. Pan is holding court beautifully. Fun Fun... I hope you and Michael are having a good Easter. Your first in your new home. A lot of firsts coming along this year.
ReplyDeleteLisa, I only grew one successfully in Alabama. As you probably know, they like acid soil and excellent drainage. If you try one again, be sure to plant it high and mound your soil up on top of the ground around it. That is what I did in Alabama.
DeleteHappy Easter to you and Michael. I am reading about your new adventures in the PNW with interest. My daughter is now up in Bellingham WA and wants me to come up and help make a garden...her new place will be a challenge for this Huntsville AL gal. Looks like you are having fun, fun, fun. The sun is not quite like the sun we get down here even though the zone is similar, right?
ReplyDeleteAnn, you will love it here. I do have a lot to learn about certain plants but I think you will find that gardening is much easier here! The sun is different. It never gets directly overhead but rather goes across the Horizon at an angle. It is very bright, blindingly so. I think it is the clear atmosphere that intensifies yet. On the other hand, plants that like shade in Alabama can survive in the sun here.
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DeletePan has a new home! It is great to see your garden beginning to shape up. Happy spring in the Pacific NW!
ReplyDeleteSuch fun to see you expanding your garden beds! Pan looks right at home. A caveat about Spanish Bluebells - use with caution as they're very prolific here and impossible to get rid of. On the other hand, if you really love them, I'll be happy to give you lots!
ReplyDeleteThank you for letting me know that!
DeleteI'm glad that your buddy Pan has found his new home. Have you found many unfamiliar plants in the local nurseries, or are they all pretty well known?
ReplyDeleteRobin, many unfamiliar ones to me! It is a new learning process for sure.
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