A visit to Emily's garden, in Oregon City

I've been hinting for awhile now, hoping that Emily (proprietor of the online plant shop In Search of Small Things) would host a Portland area Garden Bloggers plant swap/happy hour so we could see her "new" garden. That visit finally happened! 

Our tour of her front garden began with an introduction to droopy, a large Juniperus rigida 'Pendula' they inherited with the house.

Emily has been gardening here for 3 years now, I also visited her previous home where I was awed by her plant growing setup, you can see that post here. Oh, it looks like droopy has opened the front gate and is inviting us in...

I must share a photo of Emily's genius watering system, a way to get the sprinkler up where it can better reach far distances. I didn't ask if they roll the metal sculpture around the garden to water other spots. It would seem to make sense though, maybe?

These red-tipped glads were unexpected and quite beautiful.

Lomatia, maybe L. myricoides, or perhaps L. fraseri?

Grevillea x juniperina 'Pink Pearl', I believe.

And Grevillea ‘Poorinda Leanne’...

When I first saw it, I called this striking arctostaphylos 'Ghostly', 

But the real Arctostaphylos silvicola 'Ghostly' was planted nearby (no ID on the above arcto)...

It was fun to finally see this metal sculpture/planter in Emily's garden. I knew she'd purchased it, I'd lusted after it for years when I saw it at the Rare Plant Research open house.

I'm lusting after it here too!

Cotula 'Tiffindell Gold'!

Another photo of droopy, he has such a presence.

Yucca linearifolia 

Acca sellowiana (pineapple guava) foliage...

And flower...

I love seeing the low loquat (Eriobotrya japonica) foliage. This plant (tree) will be huge in a few years, but right now it's playing with the surrounding plants.

I think I remember Emily saying this twisty stump was an inherited lilac that finally gave up the ghost.

Cistus x ‘Snowfire’

Droopy again, are Jane and Evan talking about him behind his back?

I wish I would have got a pulled back shot of the happy poppies out along the front of the fence, streetside—but with the close up you can see the bumbles. I'm so glad I finally got to see your garden Emily, it did not disappoint!

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