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!