Pacific Northwest Gardening: Any Hardy Eucalyptus, Palm or Tree Fern Growers?, 0 by Spookycharles

Spookycharles wrote:
Katie, that’s so perfect ;) You’re definitely a plant name reader and then some. I always did enjoy the name E. neglecta and from what I’ve read, it does rather fit that name since it supposedly is very forgiving and one of the most shade tolerant of the sun loving eucalyptuses.

And yes, of course, as far as hardy tree ferns go D. antarctica is said to be the most cold tolerant. I think I read somewhere that the name comes from the fact that it’s one of, if not the, most southerly tree fern and is found so close to the continent of Antarctica.

Hello! It’s so nice to know that there are other islanders here. I’m actually new to Whidbey Island and have already fallen hopelessly in love. Though, Katie, because I have just moved my garden is actually in hundreds of pots – far from a lovely sight. You wouldn’t believe how many trips in U-Haul’s biggest trucks it took to get it all here...

So the individual trees and plants that don’t absolutely hate me now are still quite beautiful, but I’m starting anew as far as the garden as a whole. I’ve started to get a few things back in the ground and just finished getting the plastic up on the greenhouse last night (the picture is an interior shot that includes my garden helper).

Mostly I’m just working on tilling and amending the heck out of the sandy soil – I’ve spent a decade gardening in solid clay/rocks and suddenly I have the opposite of every soil problem I had before. I guess you have to be careful what you wish for!

~Amanda