Wednesday, May 24, 2023

Dirty Diggers and garden spying

After loading up the car at Rare Plant Research, Peter and I made a swing by The Dirty Diggers of Lovewood's plant sale. There were lots of folks from our Portland Garden Blogger's community selling plants there including; Anna, Tamara, Evan and Gina.

Did I take any photos of those lovely people, or their plants? No I did not. I was too busy talking. I did take a couple photos of Anna's garden though.

I've always wanted to steal her galvanized hellstrip planter idea.

Since we were nearby I took advantage and did a quick sidewalk photoshoot of this garden just up the street, belonging to a man named Don. (I've visited both Anna and Don's gardens before, here's the fist visit, and here's the second).

This Agave montana was just a tiny thing when I saw it back in 2018, it's grown so much! 

Sadly it also is showing some winter damage.

But nothing it can't grow out of.

I wonder if it's old enough to bloom soon?

Agave parryis looking fabulous.




Ditto for the opuntia.

What I think might be a Yucca schottii is about four times bigger than when I first saw it, but still such a lovely powder blue. 

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14 comments:

  1. Don's garden is lovely and spiky. Thank you for stopping by, it was a flurry of activity for sure! A lot of fun to see you and Peter.

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    1. I wish I would have thought to get a group shot of you "sellers" or at least take a couple photos of your offerings. It was wonderful to see y'all!

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  2. You fit a lot into your garden sale calendar that day! Did you buy anything at the Diggers sale, or was your trunk already full?

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    1. We did not, there were lots of fabulous plants, but none that we had to have.

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  3. The little boops of color that the Semps provide in front of the A. parryi are really nice. Now I know where my companions abandoned me to go while I was touring Anna's. They mentioned an Agave heaven down the block. Lots of fun plant conversations to be had. What a great time!

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    1. We almost tagged along on the tour, but lunch was calling!

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  4. These small sales are so much fun to attend especially when you know so many of the sellers. Did you come home with any cool new plants?

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    1. There wasn't anything I didn't already have, but if my garden were younger I would have definitely grabbed a few things!

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  5. AnonymousMay 25, 2023

    Her Agave parryi is pristine! Not at all bothered by a Portland winter.
    Chavli

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  6. The parryis are so pristine! Lovely.

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  7. I was so happy to see you and Peter here, but damn, I was so swamped I only managed a wave in your direction. So sad I didn't get to say hello, but it was good to see your faces - even if from a distance.

    Did you get to talk to Don about his Agave? He's really worried about it, and was thinking about taking it out. To hear you say that it can likely grow out of its damages would likely make him very happy.

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    1. I did not get to talk with Don. He was busy selling and seemed like he didn't want to talk about his garden. Please tell him for me!

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