Bloom Day: August, 2015

A belated roundup of a few things blooming in the garden:

Salvia patens cv. with Agave parryi var. truncata in the background:

 



Lobelia tupa has been enjoying the heat with nary a wilt or pause in blooming:

 



Geranium 'Rozanne' is a bit drought resistant but still needs some summer water to keep the profusion of blooms from stalling:

 



A red flowered yucca! Not really - just the flowers of Campsis x tagliabuana 'Madame Galen' peaking through the leaves of Yucca recurvifolia 'Margaritaville'.

 



 Coreopsis 'Mercury Rising' keeps on blooming and blooming:

 

A Dahlia cultivar the name of which I have lost track. This one has been getting by with surprisingly little summer water, although the dry weather has delayed and limited blooming a bit:



 



Private Garden Visit in Historic Irvington, Portland

I recently had an opportunity to visit an excellent private garden in Portland's history Irvington neighborhood. There were a lot of interesting plants, including several different hardy gardenias, multiple hardy scheffleras, and at least four different kinds of evergreen magnolia. Plus tons of other great plants! What a treat.

Front yard:



 

 

 

 

 

 

A very happy pittosporum:

 

 

Leading to the side yard, the path passes a huge hardy oleander planted in the ground:

 

 

Path to the back yard:

 

Restios glowing in the afternoon sun greeted me:

 

 

They where next to a seating area with very modern pavers and gravel:

 

Hardy schefflera, the hallmark in the Pacific Northwest of a plant nerd. Think of it as an indicator species:

Lush plantings abounded:

 

Lovely fig leaves:

 

 

From these lovely fig trees:

Tree dahlias:

 

A rare and stunning magnolia with huge, bluish leaves:

 

 

And a last look back at the lovely lushness:

 

What a treat it is to visit a plant lover's garden!