Thursday, April 13, 2017

A revisit: to a very densely planted, beautiful, garden...

We've been here before, way back in 2012. It was time to visit again...

I am just as impressed now as I was then. This gardener knows how to layer...

Obviously the bright sun isn't doing us any favors, oh well...I never say no to a blue sky.

This visit took place last summer, August 6th...

I wonder how our miserable winter and spring treated it?

If you're a HPSO member you can see for yourself when it opens again this year to members (May 12, Jun 11 and August 7, look under Vetter in your open gardens book).

Oh god, I forgot just how good an Agave can look! (my in-ground Agaves are all looking rather sad)

It would be difficult to leave these empty.

Another of my "if I had room" plant crushes, Sciadopitys verticillata.

I would have to grow a vine on that.

All that came before was in the front garden, it's time to head around back.

Robinia pseudoacacia 'Frisia' (?)

A Hosta and an Agave, side by side. That's something you don't see everyday.

Nor do you typically see a Cordyline swappowed by Impatiens omeiana. It's a good look though, a very good look.

I hope the homeowner/gardener spends a lot of time out here enjoying what he's created.

Cuz it's beautiful!

And just like that, it's time to leave...

Weather Diary, April 12: Hi 60, Low 45/ Precip .55"

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29 comments:

  1. That's not a garden, it's a jungle! It's beautiful.

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  2. A masterfully layered space. Like a dense chocolate torte, this place thrills from beginning to end! Just got my open garden book & will check it out!

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    1. Yay! Glad your keeping the HPSO love alive.

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  3. One of those gardens that I could spend hours in.

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  4. It never ceases to amaze me how good gardens in your area look in the height of summer. Your winters may be unfriendly but your summers look much nicer than ours. I loved that view through the arbor.

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    1. I think I'd still rather have your summers and skip our winters.

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  5. That's amazing, although I started stressing out at the end thinking of the maintenance of something that dense and gorgeous. Really spectacular plants and combinations. I was impressed that the house isn't integrated into the landscape (at least in the photos); it is obliterated! Nothing wrong with that! :)

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    1. Indeed, from the street you're not even sure there is a house!

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  6. This garden is one of the greats! High time for another visit.

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    1. Luckily for you there are several opportunities!

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  7. Wow, yes this is layering extraordinaire! They've done such a nice job of combining textures, colors, and heights in the plan. I wonder how long it took the gardener to achieve such an amazing collection and arrangement of plants?

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    1. He's been at it for years, and a long time supporter of the Hardy Plant Society of Oregon's open garden program. So many lucky people have watched it grow and mature over the years.

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  8. Wow! That's a beautiful garden! I took out all my lawn and am planting dense like this, can't wait until our warmer temps here in Seattle for the garden to really pop, would love to visit there too!

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    1. Warmer temperatures...me too. This cold is getting ridiculous.

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  9. I am putting this one on my list.

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  10. I'm seeing some blue sky! One of my favorite aspects of a garden, that ties it together no matter how wild, is paving. That last photo with the paving on an angle does it for me.

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    1. Well it was August, so there had better be blue sky!

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  11. Thankyou for another wonderful morning plant fix !..Next I,m off to the garden centre for more ....hopelessly addicted ! :) Daisy Debs

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  12. Oh, my goodness! Crammed full and yet so well done. And what fabulous combos of shape and texture and scale. And how nice that you can visit at three different times to see how it changes.

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    1. Exactly, this gardener is very generous with opportunities for all to enjoy what he's created.

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  13. Very well-done. It takes skill and years of observing how plants interact with each other to layer plants this nicely. Definitely going on my "must visit" list.

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  14. Masterful planting. Some people really know how.

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