To avoid actually working in my garden on Saturday, I jumped in the car and drove west to visit a couple of nurseries on the Kitsap Peninsula. Today, let's stroll around Bremerton City Nursery.
Anemones always look so good in nurseries but someone usually forgets to include them in his fall bulb orders.
Some people have tidy lists of plants they'd like to try, even nice pages on their blogs. Someone you may know has random-sized and colored post-it notes stuck to the side of his computer desk. These are mixed with notes containing the botanical names of a few plants that I already have but can never recall. Anyway, a few years ago I read some author's work about fragrant plants. Cistus 'Blanche' was a favorite for the ressionous fragrance of the leaves. I made a note and added it to the collage. What a nice surprise to find the very Cistus I'd searched for so many years ago. The leaves did have a pleasant fragrance but where would I put another shrub? I may regret not bringing one home but there were quite a few still at the nursery so who knows.
Primula vulgaris delivers a good dose of riotous warm color that's just the thing for some spring zing.
The perennial area will have filled out quite a bit with our recent few days with temperatures near 80 degrees.
Did I remember to take a picture of the tag so I'd be able to tell you which Alocasia this is? Nope but it's visually stunning even without a name.
Here's what hitched a ride with me. The oxalis and some of the primroses are to give to the paraeducators in my program but the succulents are for me.
The colorful Euphrobia 'Ascot Rainbow' is at it's best this time of year.
Tiny Narcissus 'Tet a tete Boucle' is kind of sweet.
Anemones always look so good in nurseries but someone usually forgets to include them in his fall bulb orders.
Some people have tidy lists of plants they'd like to try, even nice pages on their blogs. Someone you may know has random-sized and colored post-it notes stuck to the side of his computer desk. These are mixed with notes containing the botanical names of a few plants that I already have but can never recall. Anyway, a few years ago I read some author's work about fragrant plants. Cistus 'Blanche' was a favorite for the ressionous fragrance of the leaves. I made a note and added it to the collage. What a nice surprise to find the very Cistus I'd searched for so many years ago. The leaves did have a pleasant fragrance but where would I put another shrub? I may regret not bringing one home but there were quite a few still at the nursery so who knows.
The perennial area will have filled out quite a bit with our recent few days with temperatures near 80 degrees.
Pink new growth of Thymus vulgaris 'Silver Posie'
No nursery is complete without a friendly greeter!
Ah, citrus in bloom.
Time to stock up on tender succulents if you didn't winter them over inside.
"There's always an Agave."
Did I remember to take a picture of the tag so I'd be able to tell you which Alocasia this is? Nope but it's visually stunning even without a name.
Here's what hitched a ride with me. The oxalis and some of the primroses are to give to the paraeducators in my program but the succulents are for me.
