Pacific Northwest Gardening: garden Pics "This caught my eye today.....#2", 1 by Rarejem

Rarejem wrote:
Beahive, I will definitely wish you "leprechaun" luck! It is just glorious...have not seen another columbine that I have acually liked the foilage of before.

Ginger, I agree with Redchick...if you can protect your lilacs for a couple of years until they get past easy grazing level, you are good to go. That's what it took for me to be able to grow photinia. Granted, my photinia are more like a tree than a bush, but now I get the red leaves at least! I don't have a problem with deer with my lilacs, but they are the old fashioned kind, and I have planted nummies like roses and grapes around them, so that helps too...


Susy, I think that your pics are wonderful! I really love your tierella. I have one limping along, but they are so stunning when they are happy like yours!

Redchic, My surrogate garden in E-WA is at my Mom's "fishing shack" on the Potholes Reservoir (close to Moses Lake). In truth, we consider it "ours" as we worked together to find it, talked Dad into thinking that it was a good idea, and then decorated it together. It is a little dream getaway that had a wonderful mature landscape (including a sprinkler system!) that was incredible. Of course, we have made plenty of changes to the yard over the four or five years that we have owned it, but the foundation was a dream to work with. It is a gardener's paradise to have a garden on both sides of the hill, because things like the lilacs and tomatoes that don't do much over here just thrive over there. It is only around a 3 hour drive, so we manage to spend at least one full day/night there every other week or so when the pass is clear. I could never live on that side as I would miss the forest too much, but I sure do love to garden and eat the produce from that side!

Thistle, Can't take credit for the bleeding heart as it was already in our east side yard when we found the place. I will tell you that if you add water to anything on that side of the hill, it seems to take off. We have learned an awful lot about drastic pruning tending that garden! Thanks for the pic of your darmera. Between that one and Kathy's on another thread, I can at least put a nametag on my unknown "really cool pond plant".


Our little toad population is still very low this year, but a few of the cut little kids are finally showing themselves.


This message was edited Apr 27, 2009 8:26 PM