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
'Shenandoah' and 'Rotstrahlbusch' are two of my favorite Panicums, both pretty similar. If you have room for Stipa gigantea you should plant it, it really makes a statement. I do find northern sea oats seedlings occasionally, but not aggressively like I've heard. My experience with Carex testacea is that it eventually dies out, but it does make babies.
ReplyDeleteI planted orange New Zealand Carex all over... I love the color and it doesn't seem to reseed as aggressively as other Carex (which I'm trying to get rid of with some effort). I notice Reed Grass 'Karl Foerster' in many gardens, and I love it's bold presence. I just need to find a spot in the garden to show it in all it's glory.
ReplyDeleteI'll be interested to know how the Northern Sea Oats behaves. There is no match to it's graceful arching seed pods.
I have the Northern Sea Oats and I find them everywhere. You can't let those seedlings get a hold of the soil or you will be fighting them. I am like you with those grasses that look dead. I can't wrap my mind around that. I love the look of the Bowles Golden Carex. I like those bright colors. You do have a nice collection of grasses.
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