We came across this great looking plant at Greer Gardens a few weeks ago & thought it looked great. A small one was purchased for the Plantmad Garden!
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Some old wire netting!
Corokia contoneaster
Corokia contoneaster is native to New Zealand it makes an interesting garden plant often seeming to be completely lacking any leaves giving it it's common name "The Wire Netting Bush". It has these lovely yellow flowers in the Spring that are followed by orange berries. It's often listed as being not a particularly hardy plant but for us it's been a solid USDA Zone 8 performer. It's come thought some pretty tough Oregon Winters over the last 5 years with only minor tip damage.
Saturday, May 11, 2013
Back in Service!
So Greenhouse 6 was pressed back into service today after several years of sabbatical ;^).. New floor, new poly, all we have to do now is fill it :^)..
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
A Chilean Fire Bush comes home.
This Chilean Firebush is perhaps my favorite plant in the Plantmad Garden, well at least at flowering time anyway :^).. This tree & hundreds like it were grown from seed I collected off the large plant growing at the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle back in the Early 2000's when I had permission to pick seed there. Several were sold to Norbert Kinnen of Big & Phat Special Plants where under his care they grew into lovely trees.
Norbert past away a couple of years ago & his son Anthony now runs the business. Last year Anthony very kindly gave us one of the last of these Embothriums in his field so that we would continue to have seed & seedlings in the future. Transplanting an Embothrium always requires crossing your fingers & saying a few prayers but after a year we can say that the plant is happy to be back were it started out it's life! It will be the source tree for many more Embothrium seedlings to come!
Monday, May 6, 2013
Some Hartlage Wine anyone!
Our cuttings of Hartlage Wine are flowering & itching to be potted up! We should have a good crop of these available by September.
Saturday, May 4, 2013
Thursday, May 2, 2013
A tortured Wisteria Caroline!
The second Wisteria to flower at Plantmad this year is Caroline. This Cultivar hails from New Zealand, we don't currently have it in production but that doesn't mean that it isn't a great plant. Plants of Caroline flower at a very young age, often one year after grafting. This one is somewhat tortured though as it's been gorwing in this little pot for the last 10 years or more!
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