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Some Pics from Northwest Trip

4 years ago

No daylilies here, so avert your eyes if you aren't interested right now in other plants.

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mantis__oh
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4 years ago

As requested by Kate.

Japanese iris at Bellevue gardens. Bellevue is a wealthy suburb of Seattle. Admission is free. Always something interesting.

Foxglove grew everywhere I went along the roads, but these were especially nice. Many volunteers at the park.

Garden entry. Everything lush.

Such intense colors and so artistically grouped.

Rosa Sally Holmes looking out over Peninsula Park rose garden in Portland.

Roses grew like weeds in Oregon, even along the freeway.

in front of Eden at Washington Park in Portland. Height of Rose Festival. Had to wait in line at the rest rooms.

Rose Medallion in Bush park garden, Salem

In Deep Wood Estates garden, Salem

Mountain Laurel at Deep Wood Estates

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mantis__oh
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4 years ago
last modified: 4 years ago

At Elk Rock garden of the Episcopal diocese, Portland. Aruncus (note moss on tree).
Back to Bellevue WA
At Adelman's peonies. They had an extensive perennial display garden.
Senecio Angel Wings at Adelman's
Peony fields at Adelman's (past peak there) Lancaster Imp
Oregon coast

Click the link and listen to the ocean. May take a little while to load.

https://www.facebook.com/lowell.verheul/videos/pcb.2208188079257433/2208187362590838/?type=3&theater
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celeste/NH
4 years ago
I am so glad you posted these pictures. I'm always interested in 'other' plants, especially since that's what's blooming for me now while I await the daylilies. All these grow in New Hampshire so maybe Washington & Oregon are not that different. I always love visiting public gardens. It would seem that you had an enjoyable trip. Nice to see you amongst the roses! The ocean views are wonderfully spectacular. Thanks for taking us along for the tour.
popmama (Colorado, USDA z5)
4 years ago
Beautiful! Those Japanese iris are exquisite! What a delicate color.
Nancy 6b
4 years ago
Beautiful flowers! What wonderful pics of the coast, I want to go. Thank you for sharing!
Laura twixanddud - SE MI - 5b
4 years ago
Great pictures! Thanks so much for sharing.
mantis__oh
Original Author
4 years ago
Yes, the Japanese iris seemed to be at peak.
Maryl (Okla. Zone 7a)
4 years ago
last modified: 4 years ago
So glad you posted this. There is something for everyone. Since my first love was roses I was happy to see them. Very familiar with Eden and Sally Holmes. A friend of mine in California grows both and I always gasp at the monumental task of deadheading that awaits her after their spectacular show is finished. She tells me that she gets selective vision after that. Something all we gardeners should have in order to see the beauty of the plants not just the tasks left undone.......I've never seen Aruncus in situ. Not what I thought it would look like really. The Senecio is drop dead gorgeous. So many of these silver plants don't like our heat plus humidity, but I'm going to check into that one. Thanks for the cultivar name.....So much to see here. Will be back to look again.....Maryl
lilykate7a
4 years ago
I just got in from my morning garden walk which was longer because it is threatening rain....again! So to be able to sit down with my coffee and open this is so relaxing to my soul!

i am so glad I asked for these and so thankful you replied! I so enjoy visiting public gardens to see not just the plants but the landscaping and grouping of them as well. You have some beautiful photos-love the coastline pictures too.

I have friends that moved from the south to Oregon several years ago and she often comments on the roses-she was never able to grow them here. (She’s getting kinda “uppity” about her rose garden now when we talk :) !!!)

The Japanese iris are just stunning and to see peony fields like those is just a wow!

Thanks again for taking the time to post these. I enjoyed them so much.
shive
4 years ago
What beauty you saw on your trip!

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Brad KY 6b
4 years ago
Mantis, I am so glad you posted these. What beauty! Japanese Iris are so nice, but what i especially loved was the Foxgloves. I don't have any, but i'd say they are among my favorite flowers. Growing up in PA i appreciate the Mountain Laurel.

I clicked the link and the ocean was so cool! Using thiss old laptop, I didn't think it would play but it did play the sounds. The waves didn't move much. When I get my good computer rebuilt, I will go back again.

Are you close to Dick, who is in Columbus?
signet_gw(6b)
4 years ago
Thank you Mantis for sharing your trip with us ! I will probably never get closer to Oregon than I have in this post but I know now if I ever have the opportunity I will definitely take it . Curiousity makes me inquire what the tall yellow spires of flowers are in your 13th image . Surely they are not Foxglove ( are they ?)
organic_kitten
4 years ago
Ah Mantis, how beautiful! It has been a few years since we were in Washington state but the rain forest at Olympia Park was such a treat...this is a glorious flower treat and thank you so much for sharing it with us. The Japanese iris and roses are, of course, gorgeous. the other plants are also very beautiful. What a feast for the eyes!

kay
mantis__oh
Original Author
4 years ago
Signet, they are lupines. I had never seen yellow lupines like that one. Generally, there were tags, but at every place, I was told that people steal tags. Unbelievable what people do when volunteers put in so much work. Some are just takers.

Yes, Dick is about 60 miles from me, I believe. Brad, the waves should have moved a lot. Hope your computer gets back to form.

Maryl, I had never seen the senecio; it almost surely wouldn't tolerate our cold here. Eden balls terribly here; I ditched it.

I asked at the Oregon bed and breakfast what their lowest temperature was, suggesting about 25. The host frowned, paused, and then said, "We might get that low."

Kay, the rain forest is next on my Washington bucket list.
hoosier_nan (IN z5b/6a)
4 years ago
Thanks for sharing these beautiful photos. Bob and I always wanted to see the gardens, especially the roses in the Pacific Northwest when we were growing them but never made it.

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Maryl (Okla. Zone 7a)
4 years ago
Mantis: I told you I'd keep coming back. My interest too was peaked by the tall yellow flower and I figured it was a Lupine. I love Lupines but can't grow them here (although I have one in a pot now because I can't give up trying). I've never seen this bubbly yellow type though. Really unique.......I did look up the Angel Wings Senecio. It would do better in a pot in your area then in mine. It's from the Patagonia region of Chili, refined and trialed by a Japanese firm in the more northern mountains of Japan. A climate more similar to yours then my hot humid tropical nightmare (for it at least). It would be an annual for both of us with a zone 8 hardiness designation. But paired with red flowers in containers it was dazzling. I'm glad you showed all of this. Love to see new plants............Maryl

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