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 enjoyed this look around your shady area. I have a 'Pacific Fire' vine maple too, one of my favorite small trees. Mine is about 12 feet tall after probably 8 1/2 years in the ground. I love its red branches in the early spring when it starts to leaf out. I tried goat's beard when I first moved here and couldn't keep it moist enough in the summer, so you're wise to try and create bog-like conditions for it.
ReplyDeleteI love shade and woodland gardens. They are peaceful and inspiring, with a canopy above and plant tapestry below, as so beautifully demonstrated in your first photograph. It seems I ran out of shady planting area too... Maybe I need more small tree to plant under.
ReplyDeleteI like how all of the textures draws your eye up the hill. Definitely keep your privacy. Nothing worse than having your neighbors gawking.
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