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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 ...

Red, White and Blue in the garden



Happy 4th - My least favorite holiday but I do love the hamburgers, a day off from work and the red, white and blue flowers!


Callistemon 'Woodlander's Red' 


'Climbing Iceberg' rose


Galega 'Lady Wilson' (Goat's Rue)


Portulaca (Moss Rose)

Veronica 'Vernique White'


Clematis durandii

Fuchsia 'White Eyes'

Hydrangea 'Snowflake'

Eryngium zabelii 'Big Blue' (Sea Holly)

Monarda 'Raspberry Wine'


Fuchsia 'Double Otto'

Coreopsis 'Broadstreet'

Text and photos by Phillip Oliver, Dirt Therapy

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  1. It is fun to see your red, white and blue. I need some more of this in my garden. I have a lot of yellow right now.

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