We're back in Eugene, OR, at Northwest Garden Nursery—Marietta and Ernie O'Byrne's place. Wednesday I shared some hellebore photos (
here) from the greenhouses, today we wander the garden...
This is my second visit to the O'Byrne's, the first was way back in 2014. That was also an early March visit—blog post
here—back then I made the trek during their Hellebore Open Garden Days, this year I visited after the hellebore madness.
I can't remember if it was Marietta or Ernie that pointed out they'd let the opuntia lounge out across the pathway (rather than cutting it back) knowing I was going to be visiting—spiky plants and "danger" of course.
The foliage on that Helleborus foetidus is pretty fabulous...
My photos are all kind of jumbled, I snapped as I wandered...
The sun came and went as the clouds passed overhead.
It really was a delightful day to be outside walking garden paths, especially contrasted against the day before when it rained hard during my visit to Gossler Farms Nursery (photos from that visit coming up for Monday's post).
There were even fancy creatures milling about, peafowl. Both the traditional blue/green coloration and one that was all white. Sadly I didn't get a photo of the white bird.
On
Monday I shared photos of two other gardens I visited in Eugene, both with pebble mosaic designs. There were more elaborate versions here at the O'Byrne's garden, these built by Oregon craftsman
Jeffrey Bale.
I was glad to see the elevated container with bronze grass was still a garden feature. I loved it when I saw it on
my previous visit.
Close up...
I suddenly need to plant yellow/green hellebores mixed with black mondo grass!
Can you make out the elevated platform on the left? It's built on the stump of a tree that was removed and provides a great place to sleep on a summer's night.
Another angle...
Bamboo!
Schefflera delavayi
Looking towards the backside of the O'Byrne's home, with a guest house on the right.
Quercus alnifolia, planted in 2017 and now at a height where the tawny undersides of the leaves can be appreciated from the pathway.
That's a wrap! Since both of my visits to this garden have been in the very early spring I do hope to return in the summer. Fingers crossed!
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