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

Spookycharles wrote:
Why thank you so much for the welcome. Yes, I’ve been a registered member and obsessive user of Dave’s Garden for a couple of year now which is why I though it was finally time that I lent some financial support to the wonderful site. I so agree – if nothing else the ‘Malevolence’ ought to be grown simply for its name ;)

And the table is assuming to say the least. We almost didn’t bring it when we moved because we had not the slightest idea where we were going to put it in our new, smaller house, but then we realized that we were going to have this greenhouse that was going to need a lot of tables so we brought it along for that. Now there’s also a ping-pong table and all kinds of strange assortments of tables in there.

The move was a big project but most everyone made it safely despite the horrid timing of midsummer. All the roses panicked at first but have since recovered and we’ll really have to wait until next year to see for sure, but it looks like we may have lost only one tree in the move – one of my favorites though (a 6’+ Metasequoia glyptostroboides) so I’m still holding out hope that she’ll spring back next year…but I had known moving that one during the growing season was going to be a long shot and one out of over a hundred isn’t bad. Other than that the only other causality was one of my ‘Seven Seas’ rosemary plants, but luckily I had two and all the other rosemaries and lavenders are doing just fine.

I’m definitely going to have to start saving, it sounds like there’s all kinds of oh-so-wonderful temptation there. It’s fantastic to know that there are so many others playing with the more tropical flared varieties – they’re definitely an obsession of mine (of course so are pelargoniums – I collect scented geraniums ;) a big part of the reason I needed the greenhouse up in a hurry). With our unique climate it seems a shame not to incorporate at least some of those plants that otherwise couldn’t be grown so far north.

And it’s also good to hear that I’m not the only one madly starting seeds for next year. My second batch of eucalyptus seeds arrived today, so that’s actually on the game plan for this evening. I’m going to be trying Eucalyptus dalrympleana, glaucescens (so appreciate that suggestions, I hadn’t previously heard of this species but am so excited to try it), neglecta, nicholii and perriniana. I love the look of the acacias. I have an Albizia julibrissin which has similar foliage to some of the acacias, but I’m going to have to try an actual acacia at some point.

No worries about the staying on topic – I definitely fit that category of being a little too ‘creative’ to stay focused for too long.

Franny and Skipperdee are both absolutely adorable! And what a cutie Tuck was as a puppy (and I’m sure he’s still positively handsome).

This is a picture of Angel playing in the water with his 'baby brother' Moby. Although the picture was taken about a year ago and baby brother Moby has since gone on to exceed Angel in size by fifty pounds and quite a bit of height - no one around here had thought that a dog would come around that made Angel look small ;)