Friday, July 17, 2020

West Linn garden visit, part two...

We started this tour yesterday, in the front garden, and just entered the back garden when I paused—that's where we pick up today. Posting photos of a garden tour like this—where I wander around and around snapping the same plants from different angles—can be difficult. I want to try and make sense of the space for you, but I've got so many different photos to work through! I hope you can appreciate how well thought out and put together this space is.

I should put names (and blog links) to these people below. On the left, with their backs to us, are Alan Bertin and Matthew Hubbard. On the right are Mike Hicks, one of the garden owners and Jane Fitch Howell. There were many other folks milling about who I didn't get photos of, but I will mention just one, Jennifer Gibson Dennis, because she's also posted photos of this garden on her blog, the Rainy Day Garden.

The many pots of carnivorous plants were fabulous.

So well put together!

Even the containers were cramscaped!


Okay, I guess this one has a little growing to do before it could really be considered cramscaped—and I'll just cut to the chase right now and let you know there was not a single agave in this garden, no matter how hard I looked. What's up with that!? You better believe I expressed my disappointment, after all I know Little Prince has some great agaves!

Ya, I was still amazed by the bananas and tetrapanax, that almost made up for the lack of agaves, almost.

Just as impressive however was the tapestry of plants at the ground level.

In person I thought these were Blechnum chilense (Parablechnum cordatum) but looking at my photos I wonder if I was right. They're so crinkley!

I asked about that leafy guy in the center, above the rock. It's Wulfenia x schwarzii, from Xera Plants.

One of the fence-fish from yesterday's post got free and is taking a swim around the garden.

Coniogramme emeiensis 'Golden Zebra'

I started to walk up main path in a couple of earlier photos but now we're finally going to do it.



Fabulous foliage!

Podophyllum 'Spotty Dotty'

Canna 'Cleopatra'

Abutilon 'Tiger Eye'

Mahonia eurybracteata 'Cistus Silvers'

Did I warn you this was going to be a really long post? We're in the home stretch now...


Another tree fern!

And a bit of an "under construction" area, with a fantastic sempervivum border.

I neglected to ask if there is a container sunk under the gunnera to keep it boggy and happy.

Scadoxus puniceus (I think)

And finally just a few shots of the deck area and the rest of it's containers, most of which we were told return to a Little Prince greenhouse for the winter months. Why not take advantage of what you've got available, right?


Another tight sempervivum planting, deck-side.


Thank you Megan and Mike for sharing your gorgeous garden and welcoming our crazy group of garden-tour starved bloggers to your oasis!

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21 comments:

  1. The back garden didn't disappoint! I love everything about it. I was salivating over the plant arrangement in the red pot (picture #5). Since you point out there were no agaves I conclude the succulent in the front is an stunning aloe... This garden proves that one need few blooms to knock your sock off!

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    1. Indeed, it is an aloe...and you're right, who needs flowers?

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  2. Agree that it is a knockout garden with limited flowers. Love it even though so many cool plants I can't grow. That crinkly fern is gorgeous.

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    1. I think it's quite telling that I didn't even notice the lack of flowers.

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  3. Fabulous garden Loree!

    Thanks for sharing :)

    The Mahonia really quite my eye.

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  4. It all just looks so...wonderfully beautifully generously fabulously...well watered.

    We're in bleached-out-and-dry season, so, you understand, right?

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    1. Yes I do! We're finally headed in that direction after a cool, wet, June and I'm remembering what it looks like, not that ours is the same as yours.

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  5. Scrumptious foliage. I'm VERY tempted to order a 'Golden Zebra' fern, if just to see if I could grow it inside the house since the description doesn't bode well for my zone 10b/11a garden. I'm also kicking myself for not planting Canna this year as I'd contemplated doing (pre-pandemic).

    Thanks for the link to Little Prince's site. I didn't recall that they did mail order shipping. I recall complaining years ago that they needed a sales outlet in SoCal after Sperling Nursery in Calabasas closed years ago. Now I have another mail order venue to shop!

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    1. You should try one of those ferns (or three?), you never know!

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  6. Flawless! Stunning at every turn, truly amazing. Thanks for sharing this!

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    1. It is pretty much flawless isn't it? Tip top shape!

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  7. Hard to put into words how gorgeous and special this garden is. Probably one of the most beautiful gardens you have visited. I love their use of groundcovers. Trying hard to find suitable GC's for my garden too as they really give a finished look.

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    1. I saved a few photos aside for a ground cover post I'm working on, you're right...their use was fabulous.

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  8. Of all the gardens you have featured over the years this one is a new favorite of mine. A close second to Thomas Vetter's garden that you featured a while back. Thank you for the photos. Lovely! Great inspiration.

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    1. You have an amazing memory and I'm glad you enjoyed this one!

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  9. Holy cow!! This is amazing! Let me know if you ever get invited back and can bring a friend 😉

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  10. Any synonym for "amazing" fits. But the most amazing thing to me are those tree ferns!

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  11. Beautiful, simply beautiful!

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  12. Great post! It was so nice to get out of the house.

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