HERONSWOOD GARDEN

Next Garden Open and Plant Sale will be July 12th.

UPDATE ON THE HERONSWOOD OPEN MAY 17TH. 

It turned out to be a beautiful day-- not the rain that was predicted.  Only problem was the 1 hour ferry wait in the morning so we missed the ferry we planned to get.  Note to self: bring a book next time!
The vendors were doing a healthy business--nice to see for the local specialty nursery trade doing well! And it seemed by comments overheard of those waking through the gardens many people had not ever been to the gardens before.--Good for the tribe to get some financial help for the renovation.

Just a few pictures I took while docenting in the gardens:
It was so exciting to see that there were Paris species popping up all over the woodlands!
Paris are related to Trilliums.
I missed getting a pic of Paris quadrifolia when my batteries died but click on the picture to enlarge it and take a look at the petal filaments on these:

Paris sp.

Paris sp. 

And some other random pics: 

Clintonia umbellulata

Embothrium coccineum

Lilies and Delphinium
in the Potagere 

Pleione sp.

Acer spicatum

Pyrus salicifolia with Clematis
montana cultivar?

is this Viburnum harryanum?

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Saturday,  Apr 19th, I volunteered at Heronswood garden in Kingston WA. for the "Talk, Walk, and Weed"
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http://danielhinkley.com/

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I had docented there before it was closed and now that the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe purchased it, it is being renovated after being fallow for 6+ years. 
We had a slide show and talk by Dan Hinkley on texture, movement and fragrance in the garden followed by a walk through. It was exciting to see how many plants are reappearing now that the invasives have been removed. 
By this time the rain and wind started, but after lunch it was only misting yet it made for some pretty muddy weeding.

Next  month on May 17th the garden will be open for touring and a fantastic plant sale with many local specialty nurseries will take place.  Be sure to come by to see all the progress and to support the renovations which the tribe has committed to. 

A string NOT too short to be saved

Going through my mom's stuff and found this carefully wound ball of string--strings actually. 
These are strings which once closed up a 10 pound bag of sugar, or a 25 pound bag of flour--(which was in a decorated cloth flour sack--many of which are still in her cedar chest).  
The longer strings likely held feed sacks closed. It took a bit of skill to know which end to loosen so the whole string chain unraveled in one long piece. 
I still like to work at that whenever I get a chance to open up a sack.
I could even suppose this string was saved by my grandmother, or my father. 
They all knew the virtue of not letting anything go to waste. 

So now is the time to pass this lesson on.
When it was time to plant the sugar snap peas my grandson and I started last month, I decided to use this string for the peas to climb. Since it was many smaller pieces of cotton string. I almost felt it wouldn't work, then decided to simply tie them together. They are very old so we are hoping they will not fall apart, but if so,there is more left with which to patch it. 
Patch it. Hmm, that's a thought almost as archaic as saving string. . .

                                

April in the Garden

Trillium rivale

Trillium rivale

Oh, Deer, deer, deer,deer....
some of their breakfast last week

Sanguinaria canadensis 'Multiplex'

     

Erythronium - Dog Tooth Violet

Priumla 'Dorothy'

Primula kisoana

Sessile trillium

Dysosma sp. (Podophyllum)

Primula 'Mahogany sunrise'

Arisaema sikokianum
which I grew from seed

Arisaema griffithii

Primula 'Guinevere'

Dodecatheon hendersonii

Primula 'Sunshine Suzy'

Auricula Primrose

Primula 'Ken Dearman''

Polemonium reptans

Sanguinaria canadensis

Sanguinaria canadensis- Bloodroot

anemone flowered Hellebore

Rhododendron yakushimanum 'Teddy Bear'?

Corydalis cheilanthifolia

Anemone nemorosa 'Stammerberg'

PLANT SALE AVAILIBILITY

Next plant sale set for Saturday SEPT. 20TH
10 AM to 3PM

I will update this page and list as more plants become available or are sold out. 

You may email me if you are interested in arranging a different time to come by or to have me set aside a particular plant: plant sale email

 I am always potting up more plants and adding them as they are ready. 

There are also many more one of a kind plants out on the tables. 

And I am willing to dig groundcover plants from the garden for you if it is not too busy on sale day at the sale tables. Possibly for free depending on the plant.


click on the links next to the plant name for a picture of the plant

Acer circinatum - Native Vine Maple trees
Aconitum sp. Monkshood tall blue early summer bloom-one large pot
Aconitum 'Ivorine'-several 3 inch pots
Aconitum episcopale- climbing Monkshood A. episcopale 2 small starts
Aconitum sp.  tall, blue, late summer flowering
Ajuga incisa 'Bikun' Frosted Jade pic
Alchemilla mollis- Lady's Mantle 
Anemone japonica - one white and one pink
Anemone nemorosa 'Stammerberg' -going dormant
Arisaema consanguineum - Asian Jack-in-the-Pulpit
Aruncus - Goatsbeard - do have one I can dig
Astrantia major, whites and 'Claret' 
Beesia  deltophylla  Beesia and about Beesia--great plants and great price
Blechnum penna marina-ssp.pennum marina  Hardy alpine fern
Cardiocrinum gigantea giant Himalayan Lily  two small pots available soon - next year
Carex siderosticha 'Variegata' - Broad leaf Sedge pic. one pot left
Chiastophyllum oppositifolium 'Jim's Pride' 
Corydalis ochraleuca
Dicentra formosa native bleeding heart
Disporum flavum - Yellow fairybells- pic one pot finishing bloom
Fatsia japonica- Japanese Aralia one small
Fuchsia magellanica var. molinae -hardy tall fuchsia-  Maiden's blush
Geranium macrorrhizum- Hardy evergreen geranium-also have some I can dig and share
Geranium renardii G. renardii
Geranium pratense Victor Reiter strain
Geranium x oxonianum 'Katherine Adele'
Geranium psilostemmon - Hardy Armenian geranium- 
"Groundcovers"--various saxifrages and other plants that I can dig from the garden
Hesperis matronalis Dame's rocket
Impatiens omeiana - Hardy impatiens 
Iris ensata - Japanese iris Throughbred pic
Iris- Pacific coast hybrid 'Queen Califa'
Iris siberica 'Nana Alba' little white
Iris tectorum-  blue Japanese roof iris I. tectorum
Ligularia dentata ' Britt Marie Crawford' purple Ligularia
Lily- asiatic lily 'Forever Susan' pic
Lilium lancifolium 'Flore Pleno' double Tiger Lily pic
Lobelia Tupa- pic
Lunaria rediviva- Perennial Honesty L. rediviva - one left or can dig some small starts
Persicaria amplexicaulis 'Firetail' fleece flower
Persicaria 'Compton's form' Compton's - one pot
Persicaria virginiana ( Tovara ) fleece flower
Phlox paniculata 'David' white Garden phlox
Physalis - Japanese lanterns 
Polygonatum hybridus-- Solomon's seal
Polysticum setiferum  divisilobum group- soft shield fern fern pic one small start
Polysticum munitum Western Sword Fern 
Primula japonica- Postford white Candelabra primrose 
Primula veris --fragrant English cowslip.
Pulmonaria- Lungwort
Rodgersia pinnata- a very textured bold leafed plant: 
Rosa glauca -- shrub rose greatplantpicks pic
Saruma henryi plantdelights pic- small plants
Styrax japonicus -  Japanese Snowbell -small trees 
Tricyrtis formosanum
Uvularia sessilfolia bellwort  going dormant
Viburnum plicatum var.tomentosum 'Shasta' shasta
and Beesia--did I say I have Beesia this year?  --  You tube with Dan Hinkley on Beesia


Blueberry plants are available directly from John Solberg:  Blueberry plants
 sun_mtn@comcast.net
See  www.fallcreeknursery.com  for a description of the plants he has available. 

Beesia deltophylla

Arisaema consanguineum in garden

A. consanguineum for sale

Close up of bloom on sale plants
A. consanguineum

Iris tectorum, 'Roof Iris'

Primula veris Cowslip

Geranium Victor Reiter strain
out of stock

Astrantia major

Iris tectorum -Roof iris

Aconitum Monkshood
out of stock

Anemone nemorosa 'Stammerberg'
dormant now

Anemone nemorosa 'Stammerberg'

Ajuga incisa 'Bikun'