Clark County Mini-Tour
It is a rare rainy day here in August (or more accurately, a wet, drizzly day). That means a break from watering and a good chance to catch up on blogging and other computer-related tasks. Before I continue with my England tour highlights, I wanted to share photos from this past Sunday's mini-tour of four gardens here in Clark County (an event sponsored by HPSO - Hardy Plant Society of Oregon). I saw three of the gardens on Sunday. I had already visited the fourth one, Lynne Heidsiek's native habitat garden, when she was part of the Study Weekend tour that we were on. Our first stop was the marvelous shade garden of Margaret Stapenhorst. A bluestone patio is surrounded by towering mature trees that shade a woodland garden. There was a fern table and a moss garden, as well as garden art by Steve Farris. Loved, loved the waterfall. This is what I'd like to do in our front garden, but I don't know if we have the room. Just a few streets over is the garden of Eloise and Bo...
All of your Rhodies are spectacular. Even the one with just one bloom. Does that blue Corydalis spread like the native yellow one? That would be fun if it did. I will have to try it. I hope you are well soon. Happy GBBD.
ReplyDeleteLisa, it has not spread in my garden.
DeleteSo gorgeous, gorgeous. My eyes thank you for the candy! The color of the Rhodies, yes, delicious! Your Camellia 'Bella Rossa', sigh. Perfection. Mine died (sob, tears).
ReplyDeleteI wonder if your area is cool-summer enough to grow Stachyrus chinensis? Now that is a stunner of a spring-show shrub.
Had a thought about retaining wall drapers from your comment on my post--what about Geranium either 'Rozanne' or 'Ann Folkard'?
I will look up that shrub. I grow 'Rozanne' geranium in other parts of the garden. I had not thought about it as a cascading plant but I bet it would.
DeleteOh, my. You have fabulous things! I've never seen a rhododendron that blue! The fancy orange flowering quince! That amazing flowering current! I want them all! And I will be researching them today.
ReplyDeleteThank you Lisa!
DeleteBeautiful blooms, every one of them!
ReplyDeleteI don't think I have seen a double Flowering Quince before.
Happy Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day!
Thanks Lea!
Deleteyour Epimedium versicolor 'Sulfureum' may be Epimedium p. ssp. colchicum. Lamium 'Herman's Pride' is the lamium i needed because i kept it alive. My skimmia is a sad little thing in too much shade and redwood tree root competition. It's mate died so now i will never get berries. So excited about Illicium this season. Hoping i really will manage to get 'scarlet skirts' from Xera. Illicium anisatum 'variegata' baby blooming in my garden now. Beautiful plants and photos, as usual.
ReplyDeletePossibly, I have a few other epimedium and wasn't exactly sure if I was identifying the right one. I don't see that name listed however.
DeleteHi Phillip, greetings from Alabama! You have some amazing spring blooms. That blue rhododendron took my breath away. My Rhodies haven't bloomed much, but I am ever hopeful. I planted one many years ago, and the foliage is lovely, which is why I keep it. Every year it puts out one spectacular bloom. I have 3 others, supposedly bred for the South, and after 3 years they are yet to bloom. But at least they are alive, and the foliage, like the other one, is very nice. I had to research my euphorbia too. Says I should cut it back after it flowers. I have grown euphorbias only a couple of years, and I am falling in love with them.
ReplyDeleteHello Deb, it is great to hear from you. Have you tried 'English Roseum'? It was one of the few rhododendrons that I was able to grow in Alabama. It did really well underneath a dogwood tree with dappled shade most of the day.
DeleteHow bountiful blooms of Rhododendrone at your place,even camelias are astounding too.
ReplyDeleteI envy your collection of them since we cant sustain them here in scorching summer days .
Have a great week ahead.