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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...

Wildlife Botanical Garden


I made another visit to the Wildlife Botanical Garden in Brush Prairie, about 15 minutes from our house. We had visited earlier in 2018. Since that time, it was not surprising to see that things had really grown. I was looking over the photos from my earlier post and I didn't even see certain plants this time (for example, the Mimosa tree). 

Fall flowers, like rudbeckia and asters dominated -





Most of the plants were labeled but not all. I would like to know what this plant is - an aster I'm guessing but not sure which one.


Also, this beautiful pine.

Plants that I did recognize -

Pearly Everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea)

Abelia 'Frances Mason'

Bluebeard (Caryopteris)

Red Bark Dogwood (Cornus alba) 

Dwarf Red Osier Dogwood (Cornus sericea 'Kelseyi)

Cockspur Hawthorn (Crataegus crus-galli)

Hydrangea paniculata

Sweet Crabapple (Malus coronaria)

Persicaria but not sure which one it might be

Highbush Cranberry (Viburnum trilobum)

Scouler's Willow (Salix scouleriana) - Oh I wish I had room for this!
Japanese Anenome 'Honorine Jobert'




Text and photos by Phillip Oliver, Dirt Therapy




Comments

  1. What a wonderful place to have so close to home!

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  2. Just 15 minutes away, what a great place to have a walk. That pine is perfection!

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