Back to Little Prince for the afternoon

My friend Emily Joseph (nursery manager for the Hardy Fern Foundation) made the trip down to Portland last week for the OAN's Farwest Show. While she was in town, she stopped by to visit the garden, then we headed south to the always fabulous Little Prince of Oregon Nursery. 

For those of you who might be wondering, there really is a frog at LPO... 

We chatted for a bit in the LPO office, and then it was off to tour the plants. I snapped photos randomly, so there's no rhyme or reason to this post...

Pellaea hastata, which looks a lot like Pellaea viridis (which is hardy here). I grabbed one of these to see if maybe it's hardy here too...

Begonias! (in case you're into that kind of thing)

This sweet planter mash-up was near the carnivorous plant inventory. I am in awe of how nice their heliamphora look. I have failed twice with this plant.

Ditto for their gorgeous pinguicula.

Agaves! Agave striata..

Agave chazaroi

I love this view looking through several greenhouses. In the foreground Echeveria 'Canadian' and Cotyledon orbiculata 'Silver Peak'.

Looking back at part of our group and more of the succulents.

Ferns!

Athyrium 'Ghost', a name which I always assumed referred to it's coloring but... 

"This hybrid between a southern U.S. lady fern (Athryium filix-femina var. asplenoides), and a Japanese Painted Fern (A. niponcum 'Pictum') was a chance sporling found in Nancy Swell's Richmond, Virginia garden. Nancy named it 'Ghost' for its upright habit. There has been speculation that the name refers to its pale silvery gray color, but Nancy said that it was more to describe its unusually upright habit, since "when you see a ghost your hair stands on end!" (source)

Onoclea sensibilis, the sensitive fern.

Doodia media; I planted a couple of these earlier this spring. I have a friend in Portland who's grown them through winters no problem, but hardiness reports are somewhat varied so I'll be curious to see how they do in my garden.

I love this photo of Alexa Patti (head grower and nursery manager at LPO) and a Woodwardia unigemmata, I feel exactly the same way about that new growth.

On to the tillandsia area...

There were a few blooming Tillandsia xerographica in the mix.

I cannot keep the bulbous tillandsia alive for any length of time, sadly.

Here's Ann Amato (propagation assistant at LPO) modeling the latest in tillandsia fashion accessories.

It was great to see this Huperzia squarrosa Alexa brought back from the NWFG Fest looking so good.

I couldn't resist a shot of the greenhouses, the old greenhouses. These were here when I first visited the nursery many years ago. There are dozens of new, bigger, greenhouses around the property now. 

Here's a fun pic of part of our group that day. From left to right: Ann, Vern (a young acquaintance of Ann's who is shadowing her horticulture adventures one day a week), me, Emily, and Alexa. I feel so very lucky to get to hang with these talented and knowledgeable ladies.

Back in the LPO office another talented and knowledgeable lady, Zen, made this cool pinguicula rock planter for her desk...

And no trip to LPO would be complete without my haul photo...

Yes I brought home a few tillandsia...

Agave 'Mateo' (yay!) This is a great hardy agave for us here in the Portland area, I am so glad they're growing it.

Lonicera crassifolia, OMG! I am thrilled this plant is going to be more widely available through LPO and their retailers. It is so good!

Saxifraga stolonifera

Euonymus fortunei 'Kewensis' (cause I fell for it hard during the Fling)

A couple Pyrrosia linqua, because more pyrrosia is always the right answer.

And a tiny tiny Nepenthes lowii x ventricosa 'Red'.

Once home from this planty day, I watered a few things and threw some clothes in a bag because bright and early the next morning Andrew and I headed up to Port Townsend, WA, for an event at Far Reaches Farm. More on that to come...

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