Before leaving for our week in London I shuttled a few plants over to my co-plant luster Patricia’s house, she’d kindly agreed to care for them since Mother Nature is still withholding the water. While standing there chatting with her and admiring her garden I realized I've never taken any photos, what was I thinking?! Time to correct that oversight...
When I first met her (a little over 3 years ago) the most of extra-wide hell-strip surrounding her lot was a filled with lawn. Since then she’s removed all that and created an amazing garden…
That lovely Verbascum next to the sidewalk is a volunteer...
Look at that shrub behind the Banana, next to the telephone pole. Any guesses as to what it might be?
Here's a better shot.
Yes! Can you even believe it? Echium candicans 'Star of Madeira'...HUGE and right here in Portland!
I am so jealous!
Euphorbia myrsinites, so dense and full! Not at all leggy like mine tend to get.
That massive Datura was a bargain ($3.99?) purchase at our local nursery Garden Fever earlier this summer. Now look at it!
Up until recently it was pushing out daily blooms too!
On the right is a Eupatorium, E. capillifolium 'Elegant Feather' I believe...
Perfection!
Just above the Blood Grass, you can see what's left of Patricia's Echium wildpretii. It lost it's top during blooming but the base is still solid. I'm counting on hundreds of tiny seedlings next year, which hopefully she'll share.
There's the bloomed out E. wildpretii...from the other side.
Hardy Puya
Grevillea victoriae, I believe...
This Echium was purchased as a tiny 4" start mid-summer, look at it already!
Another Echium...
Thank you Patricia for letting me share your gorgeous garden! I realize now that I only photographed the hell-strip, there is oh so much more to see...hopefully I can remember to take more pictures sometime soon!
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