Monday, July 13, 2020

Greg Tyler's NE Portland garden...agaves galore!

Last week I shared photos of Ryan Wilson's garden, it was part of a tour of private gardens I took part in last August. Today we'll visit Greg Tyler's garden in NE Portland, the second stop on our tour. Greg's garden is just a mile and a half from mine, but I'd never seen it. I guess I just never turned down the right street...

Agave parrasana

Flawless!

I adore teddy bear sunflowers...I must remember to grow them in one of my driveway stock tanks next year. Or maybe even ask a neighbor if I could take over their hellstrip?

I wish I could share the name of this gorgeous arctostaphylos, isn't it hot? 

But there are many more agaves and isn't that what's really important?

I believe this is Agave montana, with a Yucca rostrata friend.

It's also flawless...

Agave sharksin

Such a superb coloration.

I'm slightly stumped by this one, some 11 months after my visit. I want to call it Agave parryi but I dunno...

Here I'm standing in the street looking at the extra wide hellstrip and across the sidewalk into the garden proper.

Agave xylonacantha? But that's not hardy here in Zone 8...

So many agaves! And they all look so happy...

Argyle flashbacks!

I really need to add this Phlomis 'Sunningdale Gold' to my garden, I've been head-over-heels in love with it since I first saw it at Argyle Winery on a hot September afternoon.

Agave ovatifolia

I think that's a pair of nicely limbed up Pieris japonica? And a sexy big-leaf rhododendron to go with.

Schefflera delavayi

I didn't manage to get a shot of the outside of the greenhouse, it seems I was super focused on the contents of the greenhouse. Imagine that.



Back outside and heading around the back of the house...


Wait what!?? A Magnolia macrophylla in a cage? Turns out there are birds in there, hence the wire. That tree is gonna have to escape sometime soon though. It's hard to believe but our Clifford the magnolia looked exactly like this once upon a time.

Now we're back out on the side and front of the house.


I want to call these guys Cyphostemma juttae, aka wild grape, which is a bit of a misnomer because while the fruit looks like grapes, it's not edible and contains toxic levels of tannic acids (and I'm not sure that's what they are anyway!).

Spikes!

Some type of cycad.

The built-in brick planter by the front door is filled with an Agave parryi... 

Maihuenia poeppigii

And an unknown opuntia.

Finally, I have no idea where in the garden this scrumptious lupine foliage was exactly, but hey, since I took a photo of it, why not include it? It's so beautiful...

Weather Diary, July 12: Hi 77, Low 59/ Precip 0 

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17 comments:

  1. Nice. Can't wait for the i.d. on the last plant. That's fabulous. Cheers

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    1. ID beyond lupine? Sorry...no idea.

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    2. One of those never-say-I-don't-like-a-particular-genus things. Thx

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  2. Now this looks like your kind of garden!
    That spiky thing (agave?) in the greenhouse is absolutely incredible.

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    1. The last photo of the greenhouse occupants? That's an aloe, Aloe erinacea, a favorite. I had one...briefly...

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  3. Maybe someone would name that extra blue gorgeous arctostaphylos, it's absolutely lovely. I envy those how have the extra wide hell strip; the cultivation possibilities are endless. Your neighbors would be nuts to object to you tending their hell stip... they'll thank you profusely. I volunteered to plant up the neighbor's side of a common path between the homes: I just got tire of seeing all the weeds.

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    1. The only issue with taking on someone else's hellstrip is watering. Ugh, hate to even thing about that.

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  4. This tour was certainly right up your alley! As I read your introduction to this post, I couldn't help thinking that every gardener in Portland who grows agaves should be required to register with you to ensure their plants get proper attention.

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    1. Since the tour was organized by Sean Hogan (Cistus Nursery) there was never any doubt that I'd love the gardens. And yes! I love your idea. I wonder if I can get that on the next ballot?

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  5. I'm envious that there seems to be so many people up your way that are into gardening. That was definitely A. xylonacantha above - much deeper green than mine, I think have a version of the unknown prickly pear above - might be Opuntia gosseliniana. The spiky plant from the greenhouse looks like Aloe erinacea.

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    1. Interesting that you agree with the A. xylo ID, and yes, I meant to ID the Aloe erinacea but I forgot. We do have lots of great gardeners, and great nurseries. They go hand in hand.

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  6. Clifford's relative won't take long to outgrow that cage! Mine's been surprisingly fast growing, given the numerous times i've been told that magnolias take their time.

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    1. You're so right. I think back to the first couple of years and it seemed so slow, but then...bam!

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  7. Great shots Loree!

    I really did get a good feel of the garden.

    The crown lifting on that Pieris japonica is a bit mad, ha ha!

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    1. Thanks! As for the Pieris I think they wanted to see out of the windows? But I did wonder why they didn't just take them out.

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  8. Could the blue manzanita be an Arctostaphylos mewukka, or mariposa or mix of those/relatives?

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    1. The photos I found online certainly support those, I suppose I should break down and ask Sean.

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