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'Climbing Pinkie' rose and
Japanese Maple 'Geisha Gone Wild'
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Our HPSO (Hardy Plant Society of Oregon) Open Garden Tour scheduled for tomorrow is cancelled so they are encouraging us to do a virtual tour. I am still experimenting with making a video and may try to do that this weekend. Of course, I have many photos to share.
One of the hardest things about agreeing to be on the tour was choosing a date. After scouring through photos from past years and comparing dates, I finally chose the last weekend of May. I think it is a good time to see the garden.
Of course, predicting the weather is impossible. Alas, it turns out that tomorrow's forecast is less than ideal for a tour. After 3 days in the 80s, the high tomorrow is 63 and rain is forecast.
We are also scheduled to participate in the Clark County Natural Garden Tour in late July but from what I am hearing, that too will be cancelled. Hopefully we will be around to do it next year and let's hope the social crisis is over. This particular tour is a good educational opportunity and the gardens featured are those that practice organic methods and don't use chemicals.
May is just spectacular here in Washington state. The peonies are almost over and the roses are lovely. We have many of those so that was one of the reasons I chose late May. The month of June is also quite wonderful.
This is the rambler rose 'Phyllis Bide' on the right side of the arch. 'Eden' is on the left.
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'Cornelia'
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The Pan Garden - you will catch glimpses of the new wall that we finally managed to finish. It almost killed us! I will post more on that later.
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'Lady of Shallot' rose with 'Eskimo Sunset' maple, dappled willow and smoke tree
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'Dublin Bay' on the front gate
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'Celestial Shadow' Dogwood with Spirea 'Ogon', Barberry 'Orange Rocket',
Wallflowers and Orange Poppy
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Right outside the living room
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'Coral Cove' rose, 'Bloodgood' Japanese Maple and Gingko 'Princetown Sentry'
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And that blue wall?! wow.