tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post4595736625680838782..comments2024-03-28T04:35:22.114-07:00Comments on danger garden: A gas-station nursery in Spokane, WA…danger gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09227500551609537140noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-1530482812493598102013-05-10T17:08:53.029-07:002013-05-10T17:08:53.029-07:00Yep, that is a Metasequoia. Probably "golden ...Yep, that is a Metasequoia. Probably "golden dawn" or one of the other golden cultivars. Deciduous conifers with lovely foliage. Looks like a great little nursery, thanks for posting about it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08372390152443283912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-12227135487113398592013-05-09T06:06:52.445-07:002013-05-09T06:06:52.445-07:00I love Judy's, in the fall they have the most ...I love Judy's, in the fall they have the most amazing pumpkins! Next time you come over for the Farm Chicks Show check out Spokane Boy's Nursery. Or better yet, come over for the Spokane Falls Community College's Horticultural Plant Sale. The SFCC's green house sells off the extra plants they've managed to grow, breed and splice together over the past year. Zone 5 isn't so bad if you have a basement and a strong back; or a greenhouse. Ciao! John B in SpokaneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-13136104543446484762013-05-07T18:33:22.602-07:002013-05-07T18:33:22.602-07:00I can't think of a cooler place to have a gard...I can't think of a cooler place to have a garden shop than an old gas station. What character! I love your posts on the places you visit. Cheers, JenniRainy Day Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06139202327960366363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-37338529020182891432013-05-07T15:30:55.417-07:002013-05-07T15:30:55.417-07:00This reminds me of a small garden center near my h...This reminds me of a small garden center near my house, except Judy's has cooler plants. Now that I don't have to show loyalty to a company I no longer work for, I have been shopping and getting in touch with all the other garden centers around town. The place near my house is a converted 7/11 convenience store (one of two I know of), and they re-purposed the old cooler as storage units for all of the smelly chemicals and fertilizers, leaving the rest of the store to smell attractively like dirt, mildew, wet soil and earthworms.Leshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18281256160705697856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-60422672940915992372013-05-06T21:39:45.203-07:002013-05-06T21:39:45.203-07:00Very cool. I love places like this. Great post.Very cool. I love places like this. Great post.GRACE PETERSONhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04520343332670354262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-57741565438938271552013-05-06T20:04:37.253-07:002013-05-06T20:04:37.253-07:00Aahhh, you're right, it IS a Nolina Nelsonii! ...Aahhh, you're right, it IS a Nolina Nelsonii! Now I shall have to look up Xerophyllum Tenax!fifi la fontainenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-61375511973352994482013-05-06T19:51:14.905-07:002013-05-06T19:51:14.905-07:00Really? They have it too huh? Interesting. Are you...Really? They have it too huh? Interesting. Are you sure it was Xerophyllum tenax and not Nolina nelsonii? The Nolina definitely retains the blue cast and is more of a structural type plant.danger gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227500551609537140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-48260155086459769532013-05-06T18:39:02.894-07:002013-05-06T18:39:02.894-07:00What a cool place. Oh man, there's an old vin...What a cool place. Oh man, there's an old vintage gas station near my house (NE Prescott and 72nd) that would make the most adorable nursery!<br /><br />It's funny, but i bought two bear grasses when I went to that nursery "Thicket" off NE Alberta that you referred me to. That was the day I became acquainted with Tom Waits, Mr. Prickly Pear! The label on the bear grass had a picture of the full-grown plant and it was a really nice blue-green color. Do you know if they really do get that color, or if the printing on the label was just off?<br /><br />fifi la fontainenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-30883026745599724112013-05-06T17:12:10.513-07:002013-05-06T17:12:10.513-07:00I'm wishing I would have bought more than one!...I'm wishing I would have bought more than one!!!danger gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227500551609537140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-2073890044959401392013-05-06T17:11:46.784-07:002013-05-06T17:11:46.784-07:00Great minds think alike...Great minds think alike...danger gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227500551609537140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-92176879066686156462013-05-06T17:11:35.030-07:002013-05-06T17:11:35.030-07:00I have too many years of retail management under m...I have too many years of retail management under my belt to ever want to consider owning a shop. Fantasize yes...but the reality scares the bejesus out of me.danger gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227500551609537140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-9948630125428127782013-05-06T17:10:34.141-07:002013-05-06T17:10:34.141-07:00And you very well could be right (hence the questi...And you very well could be right (hence the question mark) I am pretty tree stupid.danger gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227500551609537140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-16048518702801707622013-05-06T17:09:27.195-07:002013-05-06T17:09:27.195-07:00Spokane and Tacoma! The owner whom we chatted with...Spokane and Tacoma! The owner whom we chatted with briefly said it's rarely available so when she saw it she jumped on it.danger gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227500551609537140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-71368439135968450602013-05-06T17:08:45.533-07:002013-05-06T17:08:45.533-07:00I'm surprised I didn't accidently type tha...I'm surprised I didn't accidently type that! danger gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227500551609537140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-85878592701688062122013-05-06T17:08:04.841-07:002013-05-06T17:08:04.841-07:00It was crazy windy that day and the plants and peo...It was crazy windy that day and the plants and people were all still upright and smiling. And now that I think about it every person was helping customers there wasn't even anyone watering!danger gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227500551609537140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-55422186394046562862013-05-06T17:05:33.196-07:002013-05-06T17:05:33.196-07:00Indeed.Indeed.danger gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227500551609537140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-24181440019327827602013-05-06T17:05:22.888-07:002013-05-06T17:05:22.888-07:00I'm starting to think about someday putting my...I'm starting to think about someday putting my Blue Atlas Cedar in the ground...talk about big!danger gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227500551609537140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-19581099550537950252013-05-06T17:04:35.834-07:002013-05-06T17:04:35.834-07:00Oh god no! Zone 5!!!!Oh god no! Zone 5!!!!danger gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227500551609537140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-13717965208303599122013-05-06T17:04:13.563-07:002013-05-06T17:04:13.563-07:00Damn, maybe I should have bought a licorice plant ...Damn, maybe I should have bought a licorice plant too. I bet I can find one here locally.danger gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227500551609537140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-14562021269280322182013-05-06T17:03:05.415-07:002013-05-06T17:03:05.415-07:00You need to make a point of going back sometime wh...You need to make a point of going back sometime when they're open!<br /><br />I've planted the parrot's beak and so far so good...I'm sorry to hear you can't grow it, I have no idea what to expect since I've never even seen it other than in a nursery.danger gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227500551609537140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-89367330607944268582013-05-06T17:01:14.952-07:002013-05-06T17:01:14.952-07:00It really does green up an otherwise busy street, ...It really does green up an otherwise busy street, in a part of town that had to drive quite away for the nearest nursery.danger gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227500551609537140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-79965318726083211942013-05-06T16:52:58.072-07:002013-05-06T16:52:58.072-07:00Interesting to read that lotus berthelotii is comm...Interesting to read that lotus berthelotii is common with you, I had to order mine from Cornwall! More evidence that British gardeners are stultifyingly conservative.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-36140544775462811922013-05-06T16:14:01.101-07:002013-05-06T16:14:01.101-07:00I just bought two parrot´s beak last thursday too!...I just bought two parrot´s beak last thursday too! nice nursery, we don´t have things like that in Spain.Lisa C. D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12172903134507691227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-14153341890380245012013-05-06T15:32:36.145-07:002013-05-06T15:32:36.145-07:00Should we be on the lookout for an abandoned gas s...Should we be on the lookout for an abandoned gas station for you? I fantasize about starting a garden shop and calling it SATE. But we are never sated, are we?rickihttp://bannersbyricki.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-25098995630910525232013-05-06T15:19:43.827-07:002013-05-06T15:19:43.827-07:00The sequoia looks a little bit more like a dawn re...The sequoia looks a little bit more like a dawn redwood than a sequoia to me. Just sayin'.<br />-Max P.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com