About a month ago, Alison, of Bonnie Lassie fame, and I visited Rosedale Gardens which we'd both visited before but not for quite some time. We were greeted by these bronze giraffes towering above the shade plant area.
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Newly emerging foliage of Rhododendron sinogrande is as beautiful as any flower IMHO. Sinogrande has huge tropical-looking evergreen foliage like a loquat on steroids.
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I didn't ask but think that it might have something to do with seeing how many flamingos one can find around the nursery. There were many!
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On the other hand, maybe they outfit you with a rifle and fly you to Florida for a weekend. When is flamingo season anyway?
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The larger ones in the picture are over 10 feet tall. Honey, I warned you about continuing to dump that radioactive waste down the drain!
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Love this Buddha face fragment. (about 3 1/2 feet tall) and think it looks especially nice with the climbing hydrangea foliage!
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Placement is perfect here for this large as the real thing Easter Island head. Did you know that they also have bodies that were buried as a result of erosion? Look here.
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Lots of great pots! Very clever the way this row of columns is displayed in a line paralleling the natural columns created by the fir trees.
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Would it be cruel to keep some goldfish in the large pot with the bronze eagle approaching for a little bit of fishing?
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Because Rosedale Gardens is situated over a large space, plants of various kinds are displayed in groups dotted throughout the property.
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O.K. everybody, all together. Because they're both called hens and chicks! That's hens and CHICKS, Alison! Seriously, wouldn't it be the bees knees to put these in a rockery surrounded by sempervivum? Maybe I should go back.
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So, I get the idea of painting a dead tree but this one had leaves trying to grow from its branches. Is painting tree bark harmful to the tree? Just curious. I also have a lot of extra paint hanging around. Hmm.
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Lest you think this place is all about the yard art, let me assure you that they do have great plants as well like this Quercus robur 'Concordia' or Golden English Oak which I'd only seen (and bought) at Far Reaches Farm previous to this. It's a great tree that retains it's gold color through the whole growing season and looks absolutely wonderful next to a deep red leaved Acer palmatum!
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A nice variety of very healthy looking shade offerings!
Newly emerging foliage of Rhododendron sinogrande is as beautiful as any flower IMHO. Sinogrande has huge tropical-looking evergreen foliage like a loquat on steroids.
Oh Deer!
I didn't ask but think that it might have something to do with seeing how many flamingos one can find around the nursery. There were many!
On the other hand, maybe they outfit you with a rifle and fly you to Florida for a weekend. When is flamingo season anyway?
Good to know!
The larger ones in the picture are over 10 feet tall. Honey, I warned you about continuing to dump that radioactive waste down the drain!
If the everglades aren't really your thing, you might like something from the lone star state. Should that be capitalized? One does not want to mess with Texas! (A smaller state than Alaska. Just sayin' is all.)
Nothing screams desert authenticity quite like a concrete bull skull and river rock.
Unless, of course, it's pink saguaro cacti and a rusty Stegosaurus skeleton.
One of the great things about Rosedale Gardens is that they have lots of space to display large pieces in garden like settings. There was even an additional sculpture area that we didn't visit because we wanted to visit several places that day.
Love this Buddha face fragment. (about 3 1/2 feet tall) and think it looks especially nice with the climbing hydrangea foliage!
We really have a thing for glass in our gardens in the PNW. Aren't these interesting?
Cool idea of creating a glass plant in a pot with several glass leaves. Gorgeous!
She would look fun in my pond! Although I'm still thinking the nearly life-sized shark head I saw at Bark and Garden might be even more interesting in that spot.
Placement is perfect here for this large as the real thing Easter Island head. Did you know that they also have bodies that were buried as a result of erosion? Look here.
Lots of great pots! Very clever the way this row of columns is displayed in a line paralleling the natural columns created by the fir trees.
Would it be cruel to keep some goldfish in the large pot with the bronze eagle approaching for a little bit of fishing?
They call Washington state the evergreen state for a reason!
Because Rosedale Gardens is situated over a large space, plants of various kinds are displayed in groups dotted throughout the property.
How are sempervivums and the following picture of painted rocks the same?
O.K. everybody, all together. Because they're both called hens and chicks! That's hens and CHICKS, Alison! Seriously, wouldn't it be the bees knees to put these in a rockery surrounded by sempervivum? Maybe I should go back.
My niece, Alison, (the first Alison in my life) needs this dragonfly gate!
So, I get the idea of painting a dead tree but this one had leaves trying to grow from its branches. Is painting tree bark harmful to the tree? Just curious. I also have a lot of extra paint hanging around. Hmm.
Did you notice this guy hanging from a branch in the previous image?
Lance Armstrong as a child?
Nice sized Magnolia macrophylla, one of my favorite trees.
You never know what you'll run across in the bushes.
What happens in the Pines stays in the pines!
Of course we all want to know if what we've heard is true about what this guy does in the woods but he was a strong silent type and wasn't answering any silly questions.
Lest you think this place is all about the yard art, let me assure you that they do have great plants as well like this Quercus robur 'Concordia' or Golden English Oak which I'd only seen (and bought) at Far Reaches Farm previous to this. It's a great tree that retains it's gold color through the whole growing season and looks absolutely wonderful next to a deep red leaved Acer palmatum!
So, how was our visit to Rosedale Gardens? Not Baaad, not baad at all.
I'll certainly go Bach again!
This was delightful! an actual traffic signal wired for home or garden use! You could let garden visitors know what's expected of them. Slow down there mister, what's your hurry? Go ahead, smell the lilies. Stop picking the flowers and leave them there for everyone to enjoy. Every garden needs one!
I'm sure this is what Ms. Boone was singing about!
O.K. I'll stop already but you should really go and experience all the fun of this place yourself!