Thursday, 16 February 2023
at home
Faerie started the day with extra cuteness.
I had been hoping for reading weather, but it was not to be. So I chopped up a big pile of debris from Long Beach (that had been sitting next to the bins) for compost bin two.
Allan trampled it down…
…and, amazingly, all of Long Beach’s take home debris fit in bin two, with bin three heaped with old compost and new from my garden, and bins one and three empty.
Allan sorted through other debris and shows here the tops of the Third Street Park fence that someone (I hope a member of the city crew!) cut off. The drawings were on the side facing the Long Beach Tavern. I have some ideas about using these for decoration.
I got two shipments of exciting plants, one from Cistus and one from Far Reaches Farm.
Although they will not get planted till after next week’s cold snap. the Cistus plants come bare root so I potted them all up for the duration of cold winter. Dealing with the plants took quite some time.
Two plants in bloom (primula and hacquetia) in the Far Reaches Farm box:
From Far Reaches Farm:
| P1729 | Ajuga incisa ‘Bikun’ |
| P0159 | Epimedium grandiflorum ‘Queen Esta’ |
| P9271 | Cardiocrinum giganteum var. yunnanense – ex Black Stem |
| P1008 | Disporum longistylum ‘Green Giant’ |
| P1507 | Erythronium dens-canis ‘Purple King’ |
| P9703 | Primula polyneura |
| P3201 | Primula poissonii CDHM 14537 |
| P2346 | Omphalodes verna ‘Grandiflora’ |
| P4242 | Primula secundiflora |
| P0040 | Sophora microphylla |
| P4353 | Veratrum cf. schindleri |
| P3228 | Pteris wallichiana |
| P3995 | Ajuga incisa ‘Blue Enigma’ |
| P4674 | Myrceugenia ovata var. nannophylla |
| P4684 | Primula denticulata – mixed colors |
| P0915 | Hacquetia epipactis |
| P6137 | Coptis omeiensis |
| P9094 | Hepatica nobilis var. japonica – blue / purple shades |
| P2821 | Melica uniflora f. albida |
| P2465 | Epimedium grandiflorum ‘Dark Beauty’ |
| P2817 | Primula florindae Keilor Hybrids |
| P2030 | Uvularia sessilifolia ‘Albomarginata’ |
| P0644 | Salix cinerea ‘Variegata’ |
The only plant I put in the ground was this one…
here…
Allan helped by digging salmonberry out of patch of the willow grove where I am going to plant a giant and, I hope, clumping bamboo.
He fixed the taillights on the trailer, which had been dim.
In the course of planting the one plant and then looking at the garden….
a beautiful deep red chaenomeles that I got from Cistus two decades ago
I succumbed to the lure of digging in the deep path.
I do wonder how deep I can go. And the thought crossed my mind to wonder what it would be like if I dug the metal path deeper, as well!
Tangly Cottage Gardening 
My feeling about bamboo is almost entirely negative. The only bamboo in a garden that I enjoyed was some giant timber type that was used between the gardener’s lot and the neighbor. They kept it very open so a path could be walked in the de facto forest. Otherwise it is only fit for panda food.
Keep posting, 😘
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I confess I am a bit nervous, but i feel like I am so old that I won’t see the worst of it if it misbehaves. I had some black bamboo in Seattle that behaved quite politely for the several years that I had it planted, before I moved.
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That easily crossed line between gazing at your garden in appreciation – and finding new projects to do?
We missed the snowfalls so far this week but apparently this coming Saturday is the big one for snow here. Colder than it should be, for sure. I am making an acquisition list as I expect to lose a few things, your new plant listings give much inspiration.
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It is colder than it should be now, too. The new plants are on the sheltered porch and look fine but I’m worried about the ones I planted earlier. I just did not have room or patience to hold everything back. I think they’ll be ok though.
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So many new plants – how exciting! There are many on your order I’ve never heard of….I’ll have to look them up!
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The deep red chaenomeles is pretty! You must be excited to have all those new plants. Fun!
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Bamboo can be a real thug. We have a clump but it is planted in a sunken bucket and has behaved well so far.
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I am assured by a reputable seller that the one I chose will behave. But I will ne keeping a close watch it. Where I am putting it, it would have some ways to go to make any trouble.
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I have three bamboos planted in metal dustbins 🙂
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Well planted bamboo is a marvel to behold. The “well planted” is the rub. It is always beautiful in someone else’s garden, I have found.
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I loved having the opportunity to live vicariously through your plant orders!! I have had my eye on the Green Giant disporum (and Night Heron) for a shady back of border that needs a filler. I am very interested to see where you plant your sabal minor. I always love hardy palms but have struggled with placing them in my own garden so they integrate nicely.
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I think mine would look better if I had three of them. This is a test run. Probably back in my tiny south end tropical spot with two eucalyptus and another palm. If it survives next winter I’ll get more. It did survive temps below 30 on the sheltered from porch. I brought that box of plants indoors overnight the two nights it got down to 25.
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