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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

Fall Colors

The fall colors have really been kicking in these past weeks. I've made a video with live shots of the most colorful plants in the garden right now. 

 

 Or, if you'd rather just see the photos -

Burning Bush (Euonymus alatus 'Rudy Haag' and Sourwood (Oxydendrum arboreum)


 

Birch (Betula pendula 'Trost's Dwarf')

 

 

Amsonia hubrichtii


 

Sumac 'Tiger Eyes' ((Rhus typhina ‘Bailtiger’))

 

Vine Maple 'Pacific Fire' (Acer circinatum)

 

Miscanthus sinensis 'Little Miss'

 

Persian Ironwood (Parrotia persica)

 

Bloodtwig Dogwood (Cornus sanguinea 'Midwinter Fire')

 

 

Strawberry Tree (Arbutus unedo)

 

Redbud (Cercis 'Rising Sun')

 

 

Dogwood (Cornus kousa 'Celestial Shadow')

 

Dogwood (Cornus kousa 'Wolf Eyes')

 

Joe Pye Weed (Eutrochium purpureum)

 

Redbud (Cercis 'Hearts of Gold') and 'Pacific Fire' vine maple in back

Pomegranate (Punica granantum 'Crimson Sky')



Coral Bark Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum 'Sango Kaku')

Serviceberry (Amelanchier x grandiflora 'Autumn Brilliance')

Stewartia psuedocamellia

 


Text and photos by Phillip Oliver, Dirt Therapy

Comments

  1. Love how you designed in some good strong color for fall!

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  2. Love how you designed in some good strong color for fall!

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  3. I loved the video tour.... causes me to wonder why we close garden tours so early, but then again it does rain here regularly by October! Your garden is lovely in the fall.

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  4. Autumn is my favorite season in large part because of the amazing colors that paint our gardens. Your garden is an excellent example of that. I'm in love with the potted Pomegranate!

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  5. I love all that foliage color! We don't get anything like that in my part of SoCal. I've only a handful of plants that color-up at all but I probably won't see anything from them for another month or more.

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  6. Lots and lots of color--it is beautiful. I love the photo of the Amsonia with the 'Rozanne' flowers popping up through it.

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  7. Good camerawork and editing on the video as well!

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