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A Visit to Cistus Nursery

I rarely go to nurseries anymore since I work part-time at one and another reason being that I don't have much room for additional plants. When a garden fanatic runs out of room, the brain goes into overdrive, dreaming up ingenious ways to incorporate more plants. And another thing happens - a burning desire to obtain rare and unique plants. I've been moving plants around, a tricky process that has a domino effect. A plant is unhappy - it is getting too much shade or perhaps too much sun. There is a plant that did not get as large as you thought it would or it is just a slow grower and now it is hopelessly hidden behind a taller plant. Sometimes a plant is just a dud for reasons unknown (Rhododendron 'Golden Gate' anyone?). I find the plant in question a better home, but it means that another plant will have to be moved. And the merry-go-round continues to turn... However, for those plants that are to be discarded, a space opens up for a new one! I decided to move a Mou...

More Fall Colors

Acer palmatum 'Osakazuki' usually turns color at the last minute. This year was no exception.


The autumn colors are really spectacular right now although recent high winds are doing their best to blow it all away.

Ginkgo 'Princeton Sentry'


Sourwood (Oxydendrum arboreum)

 

 

Birch (Betula platyphylla 'Dakota Pinnacle')

Acer palmatum 'Geisha Gone Wild'

Acer japonicum Aconitifolium 'Dancing Peacock'

 

Sycoparrotia

Sumac 'Tiger Eyes'

Black Tupelo (Nyssa sylvatica) is another one to change color at the last minute. I love this tree.



Text and photos by Phillip Oliver, Dirt Therapy

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  1. Gorgeous! My Ginkgo looks sad by comparison.

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  2. Spectacular colors! The sourwood, black tupelo and sumac are beautiful!

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  3. Sourwood makes an un matched display with leaf and berry mix. Stunning.

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  4. Hi Phillip! Love that sumac. Do you keep it in a container or the ground? How likely is it to really run sideways?
    Beautiful pictures, as always.

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    1. Jules, both. The original one is in the ground. Since then, two have been potted up from runners. It does do that but I would not say vigorously. Just a few every year. Of course you have to keep an eye on it.

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  5. Oh I would surely swoon to see your gorgeous garden in the fall! So many colors, it makes me giddy just to see photos.

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