Happy Independence day to everyone in the U.S. I hope you get to spend the day enjoying life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness! This neighbor's house, all decked out for the holiday, is a delight.
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So, back in May, on that visit to Portland to have a plant play date with Loree, I visited Marbott's nursery on the way to her house. If I didn't need to visit another nursery, they wouldn't have put it right there on the way, right?
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Marbott's is a long established (since 1930) Northeast Portland institution. An old fashioned nursery that grows much of what it sells, there's always something exciting happening!
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Oh my goodness, what a gorgeous combination of foliage texture and color. Hey wait, I have a burgundy Acer palmatum with a space at it's feet.
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There are those who're really not fond of this plant and even call it names (Spider Mite Fatsia) but oh, that new growth is so amazingly white.
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For some reason, Delphiniums don't like my garden here. In my Alaska garden they grew like gangbusters. Oh well, I don't have space for them anyway.
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For some reason, I didn't take any pictures of the tuberous begonias. The Marbott's Man (if you've visited, you know who I mean) and I had a delightful conversation about the 'nonstop' begonias all over the market these days, and the nice large tuberous begonias that used to be more widely grown. He gets seed from California and plants it in November to get blooming-sized plants by spring. They're glorious and a couple more came home with me even though all of mine from last year made it through the winter as pots of dirt in the basement.
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So, back in May, on that visit to Portland to have a plant play date with Loree, I visited Marbott's nursery on the way to her house. If I didn't need to visit another nursery, they wouldn't have put it right there on the way, right?
Marbott's is a long established (since 1930) Northeast Portland institution. An old fashioned nursery that grows much of what it sells, there's always something exciting happening!
Another bear sighting in Northeast Portland!
Oh my goodness, what a gorgeous combination of foliage texture and color. Hey wait, I have a burgundy Acer palmatum with a space at it's feet.
There are those who're really not fond of this plant and even call it names (Spider Mite Fatsia) but oh, that new growth is so amazingly white.
Tropical lovelies in the houseplant area.
Woody wonders.
Annuals a-go-go.
A small part of the geranium area.
Succulent stone planter.
Speaking of succulents...
A few nice days had everyone excited for a while.
For some reason, Delphiniums don't like my garden here. In my Alaska garden they grew like gangbusters. Oh well, I don't have space for them anyway.
Columbine.
That's real moss, the one thing that adored our wet, cold winter and spring.
For some reason, I didn't take any pictures of the tuberous begonias. The Marbott's Man (if you've visited, you know who I mean) and I had a delightful conversation about the 'nonstop' begonias all over the market these days, and the nice large tuberous begonias that used to be more widely grown. He gets seed from California and plants it in November to get blooming-sized plants by spring. They're glorious and a couple more came home with me even though all of mine from last year made it through the winter as pots of dirt in the basement.
Next stop: Rare Plant Research.