The crevice garden at Far Reaches and my fern haul (aka Pt 2 of an excellent adventure)

Last Friday's post covered the ferns at Far Reaches Farm, today we we take a walk around the crevice garden and the area around Sue and Kelly's home.

This collection of crevice garden mounds was completed in two different builds and was done by the "Crevice garden maestros Kenton Seth, Paul Spriggs, Ty Danylchuk, and Chris Dixon" read all about it over on the Far Reaches Botanical Conservancy page, here. If Kenton and Chris' names sound familiar it might be because I recently wrote about their work at Diary Creek.

If parts of the garden look a little bare it's because they're not rushing to fill, but rather planting as funds (and plants) allow.

I didn't manage to find the label for this saxifrage, but I've received gift  packages with curly ribbon bows that look quite similar.

I see the label there, but I didn't pull it out and snap a photo, another saxifrage I believe.

I think these may be some sort of draba, perhaps D. hispanica (guessing!).

Perhaps Acantholimon halophylum? (saw similar at Illahe Rare Plants).

There were dryland ferns tucked in the crevices as well, Cheilanthes argentea.

A Myriopteris.

Myriopteris CF. wrightii

Aspidotis densa

Pellaea sp. Tonto National Forest

I'm not sure if this is the same Pellaea sp. or a different one.

Love that creeping mound of green.

Bigger mound, with cute pup.

Walking around the front of the house now...

The coyotes keep the bunnies in check. In my garden they've munched the Burkeya purpurea to the ground.

Perfectly shaggy nolina and yucca.

Eryngium  maritimum (jealous!)

These two! It looks like someone took the shears to them, but I suspect the odd growth was due to transplanting?

I'm back home now and took a shot of my very ferny haul. Of course the big leaves/fronds on the far left belong to Pyrrosia sheareri.

Working clockwise from there, the pot at the top contains a Caiophora sp—about 65 species of annuals and perennials including climbers from Patagonia to Colombia, predominantly in the Andean zone. (source)

Here it is blooming at Far Reaches, that's Kelly's hand.

Kelly took me to see this plant and tried to find seeds to offer, but when he couldn't he gave me the plant. Why did I need to have it? Well it's rather "dangerous": "First and foremost it is essential to say these plants sting. The degree to which individual humans are allergic to the chemical irritants varies considerably. For some it wears off in seconds and is much less of a nuisance than nettle-rash. Others are affected for days afterwards and may even suffer ulceration. Unfortunately there is no way of knowing except by trial and error and it is essential when handling plants to use gloves." while Kelly was looking for the seeds (with no gloves) he repeatedly said "ouch" and shook his hand. This is one plant I will be very careful with.

Next up, Davallia perdurans PMD, squirrel’s foot fern. 

This is not a plant I would have grabbed solely based on the foliage. It's not the type of fern that makes my heart beat faster. 

So why did I buy it? Because of those fuzzy feet! (pics of the plant growing at Far Reaches)

My plant is just getting started.

Another impulse buy (meaning not one of the plants I'd ordered ahead of the visit), Deparia lobato-crenata. I'd seen this one on their website but it just didn't do anything for me there. In person I loved it.

Lepisorus cf. macrosphaerus MD 15-09. I "needed" this one for a project I'm working on...

And finally, Bommeria hispida. I have one I got from Cistus years ago, I love it and jumped at the chance to plant another. This is likely from the same collection as the FRF website says: "Collected by Oregon's Finest, Sean Hogan, from the Pinaleno Mts at 6200' in SE Arizona". That's my haul!

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