I always visit Willow Tree Gardens and Interiors' Christmas open house when the entire space is transformed into a wonderland of decorations. Not far from home, this is a fun nursery to find both garden standards and unusual plants alike. I'm drawn to the interior part of the business because it's in an old house and walking through feels more like visiting the home of a crazy collector (nirvana for me) than shopping in a retail space.
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If grown in a pot, Houttuynia cordata 'Chameleon' is perfectly well-behaved. I love those colorful leaves!
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Pennisetum setaceum rubrum is a common sight this time of year but there's something fabulous about pink foliage.
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Senecio candicans 'Angel Wings.' I've seen this same photo tag calling this plant a temperennial. Annie's says it's hardy to zone 8 or 20 degrees as long as it's not too wet. Mine made it through the winter in it's four-inch plastic nursery pot on the back steps without suffering any winter damage and has put on some nice growth already this year. Perhaps I should find a place for it in the ground.
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From Little Prince of Oregon (Prince of Paradise, Tender perennials with a tropical flair) comes this striking Begonia rex 'Royal Crown'
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And Begonia rhizomatous 'Oregon Midnight' which appears much darker in person than it does in this picture.
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Petunia 'Night Sky' tugged at my heart last year when it first came out and so a couple came home with me.
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It's considered poor form to simply take something that one admires in another's home but here that sort of thing is encouraged. There's the little matter of exchanging payment for items before leaving with them but still it's swell.
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It's the first day of June and Friday. Hooray! Only three more weeks of school. Come on into the dining room and let's celebrate.
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The truck garden is planted up for another season .
If grown in a pot, Houttuynia cordata 'Chameleon' is perfectly well-behaved. I love those colorful leaves!
It's that fabulously busy season when new deliveries arrive frequently and shoppers can browse even before the newbies make it to the sales tables.
Okay Gardenias, you're not fooling anyone with that sign. We know who you are!
Betula 'Trost's Dwarf'
Hosta 'Electrocution'
Hosta 'Restless Sea'
Pennisetum setaceum rubrum is a common sight this time of year but there's something fabulous about pink foliage.
Senecio candicans 'Angel Wings.' I've seen this same photo tag calling this plant a temperennial. Annie's says it's hardy to zone 8 or 20 degrees as long as it's not too wet. Mine made it through the winter in it's four-inch plastic nursery pot on the back steps without suffering any winter damage and has put on some nice growth already this year. Perhaps I should find a place for it in the ground.
Colorful perennials making a splash.
From Little Prince of Oregon (Prince of Paradise, Tender perennials with a tropical flair) comes this striking Begonia rex 'Royal Crown'
And Begonia rhizomatous 'Oregon Midnight' which appears much darker in person than it does in this picture.
Petunia 'Night Sky' tugged at my heart last year when it first came out and so a couple came home with me.
P. 'Johnny Flame' is pretty sweet too.
Aren't they cute?
So many fun things to find inside the old house.
I really dig the more is good decorating vibe.
It's considered poor form to simply take something that one admires in another's home but here that sort of thing is encouraged. There's the little matter of exchanging payment for items before leaving with them but still it's swell.
It's the first day of June and Friday. Hooray! Only three more weeks of school. Come on into the dining room and let's celebrate.
