Loree Bohl is i particular woman. Her blog,
Danger Garden, was i of the kickoff gardening blogs I started to follow, too it has had a lasting affect on my ain garden too my personal establish preferences. But Loree is non only a talented author too photographer, she's likewise a really gifted gardener. If at that topographic point was a Gardening Hall of Fame, I'd start a drive to larn her inducted.
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 span of weekends ago, I had the pleasance of hanging out inwards Portland amongst Loree, Mark too Gaz of
assortment of plants.
Since I was staying amongst Loree, her hubby Andrew, too their adorable
chug Lila, I had ample chance to poke to a greater extent than or less inwards the Danger Garden. In this post service I'll exhibit you lot the forepart garden. In a hereafter post, I'll get got you lot to a greater extent than or less into the dorsum garden. The 2 areas are quite different, but they're united yesteryear Loree's sudden oculus for design. She appears to know instinctively which plants expect adept adjacent to each other too how to combine seemingly disparate plants inwards ways that proceed to surprise too please me. Fortunately for all of us, she's a prolific
blogger too shares tales from the Danger Garden v times a week.
Loree grows a huge multifariousness of plants from all over the world. Many get got sculptural leaves, others create gorgeous flowers, too nonetheless others get got odd bark or another feature that makes them special. Growing amid them all are the spiky rebels that gave the Danger Garden its name. It's no coincidence that the blog's byline is "Careful, you lot could poke an oculus out." While I'm fairly certainly that
that has never happened, I exercise know that to a greater extent than than i unsuspecting visitor has lost some blood.
An agave growing nether a manzanita? Why not! Loree may get got done it first, but I've copied the watch inwards my ain garden.
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Arctostaphylos × 'Austin Griffiths' too Agave parryi 'JC Raulston' |
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Same manzanita amongst agaves too yuccas |
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Love this pair of Yucca rostrata! |
Large-leafed tetrapanax at the pes of the driveay contrasting amongst agaves too yuccas inwards forepart of the living room window:
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Rice-paper tree (Tetrapanax papyrifer) |
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Tetrapanax leaves |
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Agave ovatifolia |
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Another Yucca rostrata close the forepart door flanked yesteryear 2 Agave ovatifolia |
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Another fantastic combo: Amsonia hubrichtii, Daphne × houtteana, Euphorbia rigida too Agave ovatifolia. This is fusion gardening at its best. |
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A Tetrapanax papyrifer volunteer correct adjacent to the forepart door. This is an offset from the large tetrapanax at the pes of the driveway (actually the neighbor's driveway). Loree said it volition live removed soon. |
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Just i of many eye-catching planter combos inwards the Danger Garden |
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Who wouldn't desire to get got such a arrive at of textures correct adjacent to their forepart door! |
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Shape, color, texture all working together to create a whole that's bigger than the amount of its parts |
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Yucca 'Blue Boy' too dark mondo grass (Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens'). The silvery establish inwards a higher house the yucca is Artemisia versicolor 'Sea Foam'. |
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Euphorbia 'Ascot Rainbow' too Eryngium maritimum |
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One final expect at the forepart garden |
Check dorsum adjacent calendar week for a expect at the dorsum garden.
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