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
Yes. Those are big Photinia! I have the same issue with English Laurel. Better to have an ugly plant than no plant at all. :) Your garden looks amazing. I also have that Enkianthus and it really is a slow-grower. I could practically smell the "grape soda" emanating from those lovely bearded iris. Don't you love this time of year?
ReplyDeleteOh my, your Ceanothus is just spectacular !
ReplyDeleteYour garden is full of blooms/color right now. It is always a treat to see what is blooming. Happy GBBD.
ReplyDeleteI adore delphiniums and it is time to plant more. The garden looks glorious. Happy Bloom Day!
ReplyDeleteWow! You give me hope that there will eventually be glory everywhere. I especially loved the photo of your entry. We are trying to make our entry better, and have just come up with some new ideas. Now I need paving stones!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful blooms and yes some of them are new for me ...loved the Ceanothus splendid blooms ..how marvellous shot of Lupine flower ...We are into Summers with plants withstanding scorching heat still giving out some blooms ,
ReplyDeleteHave a great week ahead.
I've always thought it'd be heaven to garden in the PNW and, seeing one after another of the plants I covet most (peonies, clematis and baptisia) your post had me sighing over one photo after another. It's strange to hear that your temperatures are running higher than mine, at least thus far. Don't give up on the Pacific Iris - they've taken a long time to get established in my coastal SoCal garden but this year they came through with honors, although they're already done blooming for the season here. I'd never even considered growing Delphiniums either but they surprised me by putting on an acceptable show in my cutting garden when I planted a few plugs last year. They do want lots of water, though.
ReplyDeleteWow those Ceanothus! And the Rhody and peonies.
ReplyDeleteYou can hard-prune Photinia, apparently. Search on "rehabilitation pruning photinia" or similar.
Okay, now I need a Julia Phelps!
ReplyDeleteThis is the second photinia I've seen on blogs today. I wish I had a picture of it before I took it down. It really was a huge tree, one huge trunk. I hate them!
That's such a pretty pink lupine.
Your Cistus bloom is just delightful: it look so delicate, like crumpled paper, but in fact its pretty hardy shrub.
ReplyDeleteThe Geum, Lavender and Lupine make for a hot summery combo!
Your flowers are all so pretty, but that 'Shima Nishiki' peony is gorgeous! I'm sure your Pacific Coast iris will eventually give you more flowers. I share your frustration over not being able to find a truly red Lupine.
ReplyDeleteYour flowers look great! I completely missed GBBD this month. I swear May has flown by.
ReplyDeleteThe Ceanothus is AMAZING! The Photinias that I've seen in Nashville are just as big, though more shrub-like in appearance. I love everything in your garden!
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