14, 15, 19 March: there and back again—3 nurseries
Mar 24, 2015 by Tangly Cottage
Saturday, 14 March 2015
At last, Allan and I left for the long awaited trip to the Sylvia Beach Hotel. Allan suggested these photos of crossing the four plus mile long Astoria Megler bridge in foul weather:
a long stretch with no escape from trouble
flock of gulls riding the air currents
up…
and around…
On the flatland again…with the scariest part over…we turn right and go south.
7 Dees garden center, Seaside
Past Seaside, we stop at 7 Dees.
I got myself a corydalis and a new-to-me pulmonaria.
and all of these Eryngium ‘Jade Frost’ at just $6 each.
On we go down the foggy coast road.
Monkey Business 101 Nursery
38005 Hwy 101 South
Cloverdale, Oregon 97112
Teresa from The Planter Box had suggested we stop at a nursery called Monkey Business.
a road to the left just after Cloverdale, Oregon
a sign that made me laugh
Allan’s photo
Monkey Business
The nursery specializes in monkey puzzle trees and has a lot of other cool plants. The woman who is the plant nut was not there; she was off at some sort of dog event with the smarter dog. We bought our plant selection from her spouse.
Allan’s photo
I got two of these spider azaleas, one for me, and one for Steve and John if they want one.
a rhododendron area stretching out behind the greenhouses
and to the side (Allan’s photo)
Allan’s photo
I found this narrow leaved hosta interesting enough to buy one, despite slug fears.
more rhodos
healthy and pretty dianthus
Allan’s photo
Allan’s photo
Allan’s photo
one of the dogs (Allan’s photo)
the sign by the road
Sunday, 15 March 2015: Allan’s drive home
Wheeler, Oregon
Allan only stayed one night and drove home on Sunday.
just south of the Sylvia Beach Hotel in Newport
Here are some photos he took in Wheeler, Oregon. I had been intrigued by the look of the Wheeler Hotel.
an old photo of the Wheeler Hotel
as it is today (having lost one letter to a storm)
inside
a nearby bakery
I’m sure this was named before seeing the horror of tsunamis elsewhere.
driving through a windstorm, with the gale at his back. (Gusts up to 100 in Newport!)
He arrived home to lots of twiggy storm debris in front of our garage…blown over the house from the bogsy woods.
chairs and branches blown around in the back yard
It was quite a storm; the chairs rarely blow this far from the fire circle. I rode it out in the swaying Sylvia Beach Hotel.
two storm flags at the Port of Ilwaco
Thursday, 19 March 2015
So on the way home five days later, I had a different companion: Carol, who had driven down from Seattle to join me on Sunday evening. On our drive home, I searched Trip Advisor for a lunch stop and I was fortunate to find a garden center with a café and with five star food review, located just south of Tillamook, Oregon.
Hidden Acres Greenhouse
display garden
a big gunnera emerging
outside the Café
door to the café
inside
A mahjong club was meeting.
many attractive displays
The café counter; the young man was the sandwich maker.
table service, and a menu
the view from our table
delicious food
after lunch: out to explore the nursery
That’s Highway 101 in the background; the nursery is just a bit down South Praire Road
I can tell this place will have a good selection of interesting plants.
Digiplexis, not easy to find around here! (I got just one because of the size of Carol’s car.)
a whole shelf of just-emerging Terra Nova plants
I definitely plan to be back to this nursery on a day trip later this year (and Monkey Business, too!)
Now, on the usual plethora of Sylvia Beach Hotel entries. I will publish twice a day till I get caught up; those of you who are not as interested in SBH as I am could wait till gardening posts return perhaps three days hence. WARNING: To avoid two lengthy posts a day going on and on and on and ON about the SBH, tune back in on March 27th for a boating excursion by Allan.
Oh, all those Digiplexis, be still my heart! I loved the two I had in the garden last year, but they didn’t survive the winter. I dug one and put it in the greenhouse, but it still died. I tried taking cuttings too, but none of them took.
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Same here, in that I had two and both died.
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I wouldn’t fancy the stormy drive across that bridge at all.
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It scares me in all weather.
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