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Wednesday, 16 February 2022
Port of Ilwaco
Ilwaco boatyard
We returned to the boatyard to finish up, including a bit more ceanothus pruning, considerable digging up of Pennisetum macrourum (beautiful but too much of a runner) and the shearing of the huge patch of P. macrourum at the south end (too too much for us old folks to dig up.)
(more…)Posted in garden touring, journal, our garden, tagged bayside garden, McCormick-Stephens garden, Rhododendron degronianum ssp yakushimanum x R. pachysanthum, Rhododendron sinogrande, shade garden, Ulmus 'Jacqueline Hillier' on Aug 14, 2018| 10 Comments »
Sunday, 5 August 2018
Steve and John of the Bayside Garden had invited a group of working gardeners for lunch and an afternoon in the garden.
John and a bouquet that we brought (Allan’s photo)
some flowers from my garden
and sweet peas from Todd’s garden
We had Todd Wiegardt of Willapa Gardening, Pam Fleming of Nature’s Helper in Seaside, Dave Van Domelon representing Sea Star Gardening, and Ed Strange, who has just this past week retired and passed on his business, Strange Landscaping, into new hands. (I wonder if the new owner will change the name?)
We started with mimosas. Pam, Todd, Dave (Allan’s photo)
Allan’s photo
Todd had brought carrots, beets, zucchini and lettuce from his amazing family veg garden (Allan’s photo)
As always at Steve and John’s, the food was delectable.
Allan’s photo
Dave, Pam, Steve, me
Ed, Todd, and John (Allan’s photo)
After a good long lunch and chat, Ed departed because he had much to do. He has started a new business doing estate sales, at which he will excel. The rest of us went on a tour throughout the garden, starting with the Willapa Bay (east) side.
the view from inside looking east
and the view to the north
There are about 80 clipped evergreen huckleberries in this bayside dell.
Hydrangeas ‘Bombshell’ and ‘Endless Summer’ at the north edge of the bayside garden; low tide on the bay.
We walked around the house to the driveway garden on the south side.
Here is Corokia x virgata ‘Sunsplash’…
which I know because John had his database notebook with him.
…which is something I keep meaning to do for my garden.
Allan’s photo
Allan’s photo
west side of the house
looking west down the south side of the driveway
As we continued our walk, I resolved this time to try to photograph the views of the garden as a whole rather than focusing so much on individual plants. (It also takes less brain power, which is waning in August.) The bright sunlight was not entirely conducive
looking across to the north side of the driveway
north side
north side
north side: Pittosporum ‘Tasman Ruffles’
Ulmus ‘Jacqueline Hillier’ demands a close look.
looking west down the driveway
We proceeded through the newest planting areas under the limbed up trees on the south side of the driveway.
the joy of plants (Allan’s photo)
Allan’s photo
further along the south side, in a newly planted area (Allan’s photo)
Allan’s photo
A merged trunk to puzzle over (Allan’s photo)
A ruffly ligularia (farfugium) reminds me that I used to have this plant…(pretty sure)
a rhododendron with a mind of its own
my special silver leaved pet
Rhododendron degronianum ssp yakushimanum x R. pachysanthum
Rhododendron ‘Cherries and Merlot’, another one I especially like.
Podophyllum ‘Spotty Dotty’
right: Rhododendron sinogrande
Allan’s photo
all beautifully mulched
a young Itea illicifolia (Allan’s photo)
cryptomeria grove
Dave, Todd, John
Pam wanted to get into the sun (I liked the cool shade) and she and Steve went to the other side of the irrigation pond to the sunny borders.
a look back at the blissful shady cryptomeria grove
looking east toward the house
a frog in the irrigation pond (Allan’s photo)
Allan saw “hundreds and thousands” of tadpoles in the pond.
the north side of the pond
Monarda and Todd (Allan’s photo)
rudbeckia by the pond (Allan’s photo)
a young Camperdown elm
Pam, John, Steve, Todd, and a Berberis ‘Orange Rocket’ that was supposed to be columnar
Allan’s photo
a sit spot as we walk east toward the house
a sunny border
(The wooden boxes above are on the next door property.)
another sit spot
enviable hostas as we near the house
a gorgeous old hydrangea
a prostrate golden yew wending its way among rhododendrons
kitchen garden by the pump house
We had completed our tour, and the party dispersed because Pam needed to be in Astoria soon.
more garden talk before departing (Allan’s photo)
Allan’s photo: Steve, John, Pam, Todd, Dave, me
I wouldn’t have minded staying for cocktail hour! But we did want to show Pam our own garden, since she only makes it up here a couple of times a year.
postscript at our garden
On the way south, Pam stopped for a 20 minute tour at our place.
Allan’s photo
That was a good day out and inspired me to make some further plans for the shady bogsy wood at home.
Posted in private gardens, tagged Acer platanoides 'Rezak', Bartlettina sordida, bayside garden, collector's garden, garden touring, Hydrangea 'Lemon Daddy', McCormick-Stephens garden, Rhododendron 'Rwain', Rhododendron degronianum ssp yakushimanum x R. pachysanthum, rhododendron garden, Rhododendron makinoi, Rhododendron rex ssp. fictolacteum, Rhododendron sinogrande, shade garden on Jul 15, 2018| 7 Comments »
Wednesday, 4 July 2018
We continued our garden tour day with a relaxing late afternoon and evening at
The Bayside Garden.
Here is their map of their garden. You can see this park-like collectors’ garden on July 21 when it is on the local garden tour; tickets available here.
rhododendron trio by the front door
The new boxes right along the property line are in the next door garden, which will also be on the tour.
John
the irrigation pond
After the earlier part of the day had been hot and muggy, we now had a cooling and quite pleasant rain.
There are many plants from Xera Plants in this garden, and Xera owner Paul Bonine got to see how they are faring at the coast.
John and Paul
Evan, Paul, and Ann
deer protection
Evan botanizing
Steve says “Bartlettina sordida (Dirty Thoroughwort or Blue Mist Flower) — Mexico native; Rare in cultivation!”
This shiny little fellow is R. ‘Rwain’ (rhododendron without an important name)
Paul, Steve, Ann
R. sinogrande
Allan’s photo
R. rex ssp. fictolacteum
dogwood by the pond, close up
R. ‘Grandma’s Hat’
That’s Hydrangea ‘Lemon Daddy’
R. makinoi
my favourite: R. degronianum ssp yakushimanum x R. pachysanthum
newly planted area
Rhododendron ‘Cupcake’
other side of tidal stream
Acer platanoides ‘Rezak’
ladies in waiting
on the pump house roof
We repaired to the east side patio and sat.
our view
a gift from a friend
Ann and Paul
delicious morsels. The flower pot arrangement was also a gift from a friend.
martinis
Ann, Evan, and Paul were going to see the fireworks in Long Beach at dusk, and we had been touring for so long that they did not have time to go back to Ann’s family vacation house in Naselle (half an hour away). Steve and John kindly rustled up a delicious pasta dinner to keep us all fortified.
photo by Ann Amato (Evan, John, Steve, Paul, me)
The end of a perfect day:
Steve’s photo: me, Allan, Evan (Plant Lust), Paul (Xera Plants), John (Bayside Garden), Ann (Spiffy Seeds/Cistus Nursery)
Tangly Cottage Gardening 