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'Dancing Peacock' Someone needs to write a song... :) With an atmospheric river and 30 mph winds predicted this past weekend, I was afraid the ginkgo, which had just started to turn color, would be stripped.  We were lucky though and it remains intact. Gingko 'Princeton Sentry' After the storm... The Black Tupelo (Nyssa slyvatica) changes color from the inside out - The above photo was taken last week. Here it is today - 'Wolf Eyes' Dogwood (Cornus kousa) has never had such pink color - Catalpa bignonioides 'Aurea', Crape Myrtle 'Dynamite' ( Lagerstroemia ), and Persian Ironwood ( Parrotia persica ) - Japanese Maple 'Beni Hime' - Serviceberry 'Autumn Brilliance' ( Amelanchier ) with tree peonies - Stewartia pyschocamellia starts the color show early. It has since faded to a much softer color - Text and photos by Phillip Oliver, Dirt Therapy
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Arbutus Gardens



As we were touring Renee Moog's garden, another visitor told me that I should go to Arbutus Garden Arts, which was just down the road. I had no idea we were close but it was a garden I was familiar with and always wanted to visit. A pleasant surprise!

Norm Jacobs is the owner, and he showed us around and answered questions. The garden is also a nursery and he propagates the plants. However, he says that he is in the process of retiring. My friend Linda bought an absolutely stunning weeping snowbell tree. I managed to discipline myself and only left with a groundcover, Erigeron pulchellus 'Meadow Muffin'.

The garden is stunning with winding pathways surrounded by packed borders of mostly conifers and Japanese maples.














I was enamored by the most beautiful specimen of Sourwood Tree (Oxydendrum arboreum). I have one that seems to be stunted, but Mr. Jacobs told me that they need space for their root zone and do not like competition. This could be my problem, as mine is surrounded by other plants.



Text and photos by Phillip Oliver, Dirt Therapy
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  1. AnonymousAugust 28, 2025 at 10:22 AM

    I really need to get down there! It keeps slipping off my radar.
    However, I've got to say that your restraint was admirable, but possibly misplaced when the nursery owner of a stunning garden says he's trying to retire....

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  2. Kris PetersonAugust 28, 2025 at 1:02 PM

    The crevice garden in the third photo is interesting and creative. I hope Mr Jacobs has passed his expertise in propagating trees on to others - he looks to be a master at it.

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  3. tz_gardenSeptember 2, 2025 at 8:45 AM

    So pristine, and layered expertly. I'm off to look up that meadow muffin.

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