Hortlandia 2017: One Weekend Two Big Sales part two.

Because I had to work Saturday night and because we'd just attended the Rhododendron Species Garden Foundation spring sale,   I wasn't sure about driving two hours each way to attend the Hardy Plant Society of Oregon's spring sale, Hortlandia.  It would have been a good day to putter around the garden but at the last minute, we decided to jump in the car and go.  Even though we didn't get to play at other nurseries on this quick visit, I'm glad we went to this excellent sale.

The sky was blue; the sun's warmth welcome.  Portland is usually a few degrees warmer than we are up north and the trees all seemed to be further leafed out.


Oh my goodness, the plants!  The crowd was large  but gardeners are the nicest people so it was rather nice.  I love eavesdropping on  conversations at events like this!


The educational tables are always a delight.  Oh my, that huge magnolia branch is amazing.




Rita Lee's Nursery grows cacti and succulents.  I may have grabbed a couple of things here.
 This is a bad picture of Crassula coccinea 'Campfire' as it's even louder and more brassy in person.  Just my kind of plant.

Cool containers from Rare Plant Research in Oregon City.  I'm looking forward to seeing more on May 20 at their nursery open.


Magnolia 'Genie' at Gossler Farms.  It does lighten up a tiny bit as it opens but not a lot.  Yum!

 And this?  Well, this is the plant holding area where the obsessed deposit their plants so that they can go and gather more.


An added bonus is that I got to see a few Portland-area blogging friends briefly before it was time to go to the pick up side of plant holding.

Standing in line to check out, I overheard a couple of strangers strike up a conversation about, what else, their gardens.  One even had pictures on his phone to share.