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Monday, February 21, 2022
Like a moth to flame, I'm back at the Elk Rock Garden
It seems every February I feel a pull to visit Portland's Elk Rock Garden the garden of the Bishop’s Close, this year was no different.
Sarcococca, sweet box.
My plan was to take just photos if I was sure I was sharing something different than I have in previous years. I only somewhat succeeded.
There's always one isn't there?
Proper cement urns aren't really my thing, but I always love them when I see them used like this.
One of many hamamelis in the garden.
Maybe I'll just let the photos do the talking—with a few comments sprinkled in when I can't resist.
Hmmm, I'd be planting up that root mass.
Two trunks where there was once one.
I am rather obsessed with cyclamen seed coils.
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Nana Lutea'
Troughs from the Berry Botanic Garden—a garden I wish I'd been able to visit before it closed for good.
Umbilicus rupestris, the navelwort.
"Petrophytum cinerascens is a rare species of flowering plant in the rose family known by the common names halfshrub rockmat and Chelan rockmat. It is endemic to the state of Washington in the United States, where it occurs in just a few locations along the Columbia River in Chelan and Douglas Counties." (source)
More hamamelis and moss!
I hope you enjoyed this walk as much as I did.
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I can never get enough images of that garden. Just dreamy and has me drooling. What an astounding contrast of greens between the moss and the Cyclamen foliage. Amazing.
ReplyDeleteIt is just the perfect place to wander on a warmish February day. Some year (maybe this is finally the one?) I am going to make it back while the magnolias are in bloom!
DeleteThis is the kind of garden tour I like the most: mossy. I had an unplanned visit to the Bellevue botanical garden and took so many moss photos... I couldn't resist. The uprooted tree is simply begging to be a stumpery.
ReplyDeleteMossy garden photos are the best!
DeleteSo lovely, such a special enchanted garden. Thank you for the tour, you remind me to get out there and see other gardens, such as this one.
ReplyDeleteIt's a drive for you... but worth it I think. Especially if you toss in a few nursery visits!
DeleteIt's a beautiful garden and you should share it at least once a year, if not more frequently! Mossy, ferny, damp green areas are exotic to my eyes.
ReplyDeleteLike when I get off the plane in AZ and there's nothing but dry ground and sunshine...
DeleteI can see why you feel a pull there! Everything looks so lush and healthy. Love the rock gardens!
ReplyDeleteIt's a wonderfully maintained garden, if I remember right there is just one gardener with a staff of volunteers.
DeleteIt looks like it rains there. Sigh.
ReplyDeleteThose concrete classical urns look great with Agaves in them. Just sayin'...
Even with dry stretches there has still been enough rain to keep the moss happy! And I agree about the urns. Maybe I need to convince a neighbor.
DeleteWow. Wish that garden were here. It's awesome. That spiky-leafed plant,(the one that for some reason reminds me of Audrey from the Little Shop of Horrors), what is it? I think it's pretty cool. I need one of those to eat my neighbor. ~Grin~
ReplyDeleteHa! I think you're asking about Helleborus argutifolius, or Corsican hellebore. With the green flower?
DeleteThank you for your pictures and blog. Signed, someone who misses Portland greenery so much it hurts.
ReplyDeleteExquisite!
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