After an unseasonal oestrus moving ridge a calendar week agone it’s in conclusion showtime to experience similar fall. And autumn agency establish sale time. Last weekend it was Ruth Bancroft Garden’s turn. Their restrain in addition to autumn sales are ever a personal highlight, particularly since I role the chance to cheque out what’s novel inwards the garden.
Last Sabbatum I took a photography workshop at the RBG that allowed us early on access (8 a.m.). I’ll demo you lot my best photos afterwards inwards the week. Today’s postal service is almost the establish sale, which started at 10 a.m..
“old” days, the establish sales at the RBG were a large deal. The retail plant nursery was pocket-sized in addition to alone offered a express pick yr round. For the sales, the garden staff brought inwards a large sum of plants that were non available otherwise.
The expansion of the retail nursery inwards Feb 2015 has taken the pull per unit of measurement area off the twice-a-year establish sales because the plant nursery has such a large permanent inventory now. Fortunately, they nonetheless convey inwards special plants specifically for the sales in addition to thus the thrill of discovering something novel is nonetheless rattling much alive. In addition, RBG members have a generous discount of 20% during the sale, which sweetens the bargain fifty-fifty more.
Inside the covered plant nursery area
The 2016 autumn sale is over now, but I have got it on proficient say-so that at that spot volition last a Black Fri sale correct after Thanksgiving (probably Saturday, Nov 26 in addition to mayhap Sunday, Nov 27). Make a authorities annotation inwards your calendar in addition to locomote on an oculus on the RBG’s number page.
Agave ‘Sun Glow’, a much sought-after variegated class of Agave ‘Blue Glow’
This is the foremost fourth dimension I’ve seen Agave ‘Sun Glow’ inwards a nursery. It’s pricey, but in addition to thus beautiful!
Good pick of larger aloes…
…and trees, including acacias
Puya alpestris, commonly quite difficult to find
Among the demonstration plantings within the plant nursery tent was this hitting combination of Yucca ‘Bright Star’ in addition to Tradescantia pallida
A combination I desire to duplicate: Leucophyta brownii in addition to Banksia pellaeifolia (previously Dryandra blechnifolia)
Ruth Bancroft’s biggest fan
He could last inwards the Zoolander movies!
Gopher ceramicus, the alone gopher species welcome inwards gardens in addition to nurseries
Nursery assistant Linnea Lion made this scheme from palm bark in addition to leucadendron cuttings
Sizziling succulents on the barbie
The establish pick at the plant nursery goes far beyond succulents
My cerise railroad vehicle came inwards handy again
It was rattling happy to run across ‘Desert Museum’ palo verdes inwards 5-gallon size. Much easier to carry inwards a machine than 15-gallon plants (they had a few of those too).
Nursery assistant Linnea Lion (right) in addition to horticulturist Ryan Penn (left) helping a customer
Two special plants: Dioon edule ‘Querétaro form’ (left) in addition to Agave utahensis var. eborispina (right)
Tables alongside smaller soft-leaved succulents
To my surprise I didn’t accept a photograph of my purchases. I didn’t purchase a lot, but I’m excited nonetheless. After all, it’s non the quantity that matters.
- Arctostaphylos ‘Ruth Bancroft’ (5-gallon pot, the alone size available). I in conclusion got a cutting of Ruth Bancroft’s special manzanita hybrid. Its exact parentage is unknown since it began life equally a volunteer seedling many years ago. It’s renowned for thriving inwards the garden’s native clay soil (many manzanitas can’t tolerate heavy soils) in addition to for its beautiful peeling bark. I’m thrilled to have got an offspring of i of Ruth’s signature plants.
- Calliandra × ‘Sierra Starr’ (5-gallon pot, the alone size available). This is a hybrid betwixt Calliandra eriophylla (pink fairy duster) in addition to Calliandra californica (Baja fairy duster). It’s quite similar to Calliandra california, but is noticeably hardier in addition to to a greater extent than compact. I already planted it inwards the forepart yard, inwards the strip within the fence, where it volition instruct lots of Sun in addition to heat: only what it needs to bloom on in addition to off yr round.
- Chilopsis linearis (dark majestic flowers) (6-inch pot). Desert willow is a pocket-sized patio tree alongside beautiful flowers. I don’t have got room for to a greater extent than or less other tree; I bought it alone because it looked in addition to thus forlorn on the “Lonely Plants” table. It was alone $6, which, after applying the 20% fellow member discount, came out to $4.80. How could I resist! If I can't abide by a proficient dwelling menage for it now, I volition grow it inwards a container for a few years until it gets also large.
- Brian Kemble aloe hybrid (6-inch pot). There was no tag, but I’m hoping Brian volition last able to tell me what it is after I shipping him a photo.