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Galega x hartlandii 'Lady Wilson' On Monday, our garden was included in the HPSO Study Weekend. This is a four-day event that includes speakers, plant/art sales and garden tours. The event rotates every two years between the cities of Portland, Seattle, Victoria B.C. and Vancouver B.C. It will be 2033 before Portland hosts again. I toured the Portland gardens on Friday and Saturday and will share some photos in my next post. The weather was perfect on those days. Not so much on Monday, the day for the Vancouver, Washington gardens tour, and by late afternoon, the temperature had reached 94. However, it wasn't too bad in the first part of the day, and that's when we received the most visitors. We didn't have an exact count, but making an estimate based on our guestbook, I would say around 200 people. It was a hectic but fun day! We had a lot of visitors from Seattle and areas north of us as attendees were making their way home. Every time we open our garden, there ...
It is Iris and Clematis time in my garden too. Of course I don't have the many varieties and the amounts of iris that are in these pictures but they make me happy when I see them. I can't imagine paying $50 for an iris. It must have been out of this world beautiful. I think all of mine have been given to me. They are great performers. I love delphiniums and lupines. They just don't grow here due to our hot dry summers. They are such striking plants. I will never forget the time I saw a moose standing in a ditch full of lupines munching away. We were in Maine at the time. A fond memory. Lupines always remind me of vacations.
ReplyDeleteWe could not grow them in Alabama. I can't wait to try some here. I have some started from seed and they are doing well.
DeleteWow. What can I say, but "Spectacular!"
ReplyDeleteWe visited an iris garden in Tennessee a few days ago, but I guess the heat here makes irises fade faster.
(Plus this was a state garden and I don't think it has the funds or the manpower for the upkeep that the garden in Oregon seems to get...)
Anyway, good timing!
Thanks!
DeleteWhat an abundance. Sensory overload! On a smaller scale, I get similar feeling in my own garden this time of year.
ReplyDeleteA couple of your pictures feature huge purple heads of Alium (drool) with another 'feathery' lighter color bloom. Can you identify that plant?
I think that is Meadow Rue (Thalictrum).
DeleteWow...just wow. Looking forward to the other two gardens.
ReplyDeleteStunning! One thing I admire about the PNW is how well perennials do there. I have visited Portland in August and walked through neighborhoods whose front yards were mini versions of Schreiner's gardens. In August! No doubt yours will be just as glorious.
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful! I remember ordering from these folks but have never visited. Thanks for letting us enjoy it vicariously through your post!
ReplyDeleteBefore I knew much about gardening, I knew about Schreiner's.
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