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Galega x hartlandii 'Lady Wilson'  On Monday, our garden was included in the HPSO Study Weekend. This is a four-day event that includes speakers, plant/art sales and garden tours. The event rotates every two years between the cities of Portland, Seattle, Victoria B.C. and Vancouver B.C.  It will be 2033 before Portland hosts again. I toured the Portland gardens on Friday and Saturday and will share some photos in my next post. The weather was perfect on those days. Not so much on Monday, the day for the Vancouver, Washington gardens tour, and by late afternoon, the temperature had reached 94. However, it wasn't too bad in the first part of the day, and that's when we received the most visitors. We didn't have an exact count, but making an estimate based on our guestbook, I would say around 200 people. It was a hectic but fun day! We had a lot of visitors from Seattle and areas north of us as attendees were making their way home. Every time we open our garden, there ...

Tropical Plants at the Kyoto Botanical Garden Conservatory


I failed to share any of these photos previously on Instagram, partly because I wanted to label everything, and I knew that would require some work. I did not recognize 90% of the plants in the Kyoto Botanical Gardens Conservatory. I tried to get photos of the tags although that was not always possible and some plants did not have labels. So here is what I do have. In Part 2, I will show the desert house (or was it called "Cactus House")? I forget!

The conservatory was amazing and a huge complex (the photo above is only a minor portion of it). It is a maze of buildings, and we got lost on more than one occasion. Unfortunately, the outdoor gardens were not as nice and needed work. The conservatory made up for that though and it was well worth the visit.

A few pics taken outside the conservatory which did look nice -



And now, proceeding inside. If you don't see a caption, that means I didn't get the name but wanted to share the photo.




Heritiera littoralis (Looking Glass Mangrove)


Alsomitra macrocarpa  (Javan Cucumber)

Aristolochia goldieana (Goldie's Dutchman's pipe)


Chamadorea elegans (Neanthe bella palm)

Hibiscus schizopetalus (Japanese Lantern)

Fuchsia regia var. Alpestris

Dichorisandra thyrsiflora (Blue Ginger) - I want one of these!


Averrhoa carambola (Star Fruit)

Barringtonia racemosa (Powder Puff Tree)

Carica Papaya 'Red Lady'

Delonix regia (Royal Poinciana)

Tigridiopalma magnifica


Seemannia sylvatica - Bolivian Sunset

Sandoricum indicum - Cotton Fruit


Rhododendron loranthiflorum



Pandanus utilis - Screw Pine


Osmoxylon linea 'Variegata'









Text and photos by Phillip Oliver, Dirt Therapy

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  1. What a beautiful place! And like other parts of Japan you've shared, the garden appears meticulously maintained.

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    1. This part was but other parts were not. :(

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  2. Wow, thank you for taking the time to I.D. these. Gorgeous, both of the palms really are striking to me. A Botanical garden so large you got lost several times, that sounds fantastic. I cannot WAIT for the Cactus house!

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  3. Osmoxylon linea 'Variegata'... so cool! I also love the walls of ferns, isn't it fabulous to see so many plants you've never laid eyes on before?

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  4. The large trees are amazing. Thank you for taking us on this tour.

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  5. Gorgeousness. Thanks for sharing.

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