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
Those are all quite fine shrubs. Funny that Ligustrum japonicum is a near universal background shrub here--because its probably the most overall reliable in this region-- while Pieris is almost non-existent.
ReplyDeleteIf 'Soft Caress' is a hummingbird magnet, then I think I need one. Your 'Spiders Web' and the variegated Myrsine are perfect.
I've had my heart set on Myrsine africana 'Scarlet Marglin' after previously seeing it in your post. Now I'll add Daphne 'Briggs Moonlight' to that wish list. Instead of kicking yourself, get a second one: so gorgeous.
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Love how you're showing your glorious winter stunners. Such great plants. Cheers
ReplyDeleteYou've got a wonderful collection of shrubs. My own Mahonia 'Soft Caress' upped and died before it ever had a chance to bloom. I blamed the rabbits for chewing it down to a stick but, even after I gave it protection, it failed to rebound. My Cistus 'Second Honeymoon', also variegated with white flowers, leaped to great heights like your 'Mickie' - I think it might want to be a vine ;)
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