When In Portland...Visit Some Nurseries! Portland Nursery on Starke

Portland Nursery has two locations and instead of looking and feeling like the same nursery in two places, each has a distinct look, personality and specialties.  Division street has a huge area devoted to houseplants while Starke has a smaller area.  There are so many differences that a visit to both is worthwhile.  However, I wanted to hit several places so flipped a coin to see which to see on this trip.

Since Portland-area bloggers have been raving about Hamamelis 'Early Bright,' I was on the hunt for one but, although Portland Nursery has had them before, there were none.  However, the fragrance of the many other Witch Hazels permeated the air beautifully!








Double Daffodils are interesting but I prefer the simpler lines of the singles. Although, these are pretty sweet.



Surprisingly, nothing made it into the plantmobile.  However, I found the little ceramic agaves at Vassey nursery in Puyallup  for about half the price and snapped up a couple of them.  Have you started haunting nurseries yet this year?  Luckily, in this part of the country, they're open year round for those of us who need frequent plant fixes! Only 18 more days until Spring!