On the way to the Hardy Plant Society Study Weekend in Portland we stopped at Joy Creek and Cistus. I had not really intended to buy a lot of plants but had mostly sought the opportunity to see the display gardens in summer.
The difference is, as with all intricately planted gardens, astounding from when we saw the same view in late April and early May.
The new path that we had walked through six or seven weeks before had started to close in and would quite possible disappear by mid summer.
This time I got a respectable amount of plants. If only I did not have to take luggage to the study weekend, we could have fit in even more!
Do you still have Tetrapanax papyrifer ‘Steroidal Giant’? I have Tetrapanax p envy…it’s still on my list…really need one in the back in the “tropicalesque” garden to go with the bananas…
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Yes I do! But not the one I had in my previous garden. It died in a cold winter. Or under snow. I bought a new one last year. It is still small.
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