I spent a fantastic weekend inwards Portland, OR hanging out amongst friends together with doing all kinds of plant-related things. Fellow blogger Loree "
2014 Garden Bloggers Fling, together with I was excited to meet it in i lawsuit again 3 years later.
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Yucca rostrata in the front end garden convey definitely grown!
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| Nolina 'La Siberica, introduced yesteryear Cistus Nursery inwards Portland |
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| Agave ovatifolia growing nether a manzanita |
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| Wonderful mix of colors together with textures inwards front end of the house, including Fatsia japonica 'Spider's Web' correct nether the window together with Rhododendron pachysanthum below it |
Ready to walk into the dorsum garden?
The start affair my eyes went to was this stunning passionfruit (Passiflora, cultivar unknown). The vine reached all the agency to the roof of the identify together with was loaded amongst flowers. What a sight!
The planting surface area against the identify is habitation to several Agave ovatifolia and other personal favorites:
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| The greenish Ag tree inwards the middle is Leucadendron argenteum. It's solely hardy to the upper 20s, together with John protects it every winter. |
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| These Agave ovatifolia have definitely grown since 2014! |
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| Acacia baileyana 'Purpurea' (back), Chamaerops humilis var. argentea (front) |
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| Parahebe perfoliata |
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| If solely I could convey something similar this inwards my ain backyard! |
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| Click here to meet what this surface area looked similar inwards July 2014 |
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| Giant papyrus (Cyperus papyrus) |
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| Look at all those elephant ears! |
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| Colocasia sp. |
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| Colocasia esculenta |
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| Does it function yesteryear away whatever better? |
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| Yellow aeroplane of paradise (Caesalpinia gilliesii) |
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| Orange urn at the intersection of several paths inwards the dorsum garden. It's similar a beacon inwards the night! |
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| Crevice garden amongst to a greater extent than Agave ovatifolia |
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| Check out what this scissure garden looked similar after it was created inwards 2011 |
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| Another fabulous combination |
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| It seems every garden inwards Portland has a gunnera! |
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| Silver sage (Salvia argentea) |
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| Conifers together with bananas? Of course! |
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| Another combination I remembered from 2014. I believe the prickly shrub inwards the foreground is Osmanthus heterophyllus 'Variegatus'. |
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| Daphniphyllum himalayense ssp macropodum 'Variegated' |
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| I beloved the sense of mystery created yesteryear the dense plantings |
John Kuzma's holding is 1/2 acre inwards size, but it feels larger. The dorsum garden is bisected yesteryear paths that practice distinct "rooms." The plantings are then dense inwards places that you lot literally cannot meet what mightiness survive waiting for you lot x feet downwardly the path.
That's but i argue why I beloved John Kuzma's garden. Another is the ingenious agency he combines plants. The hit of textures together with colors is astounding. I walked to a greater extent than or less for good over an hour, together with I could easily convey explored fifty-fifty more. But I convey a feeling this wasn't my concluding visit!
Big thank you lot to
Loree for arranging this tour, together with to John together with Kathleen for their hospitality!
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