A little tropicalisimo on the Portland Waterfront

There are three large planting circles in Tom McCall Park along the Portland Waterfront, and they're all chock-full of fabulous plants. I wrote about two of them in 2013, when I was on jury duty (here), and would have liked to visit those both again, however the senior dog was running out of steam and we only manged to visit the one closest to the South Waterfront Park (yesterday's post). Those banana leaves are a testament to our windy days...

Carex phyllocephala (?)

And the 'Sparkler' version.

Banana (Musa basjoo) and palm fronds (Trachycarpus)...tropicalisimo!

Plus a little Bamboo.

This is interesting. Are they trying to dig it out? Just control it's size?

Podophyllum pleianthum

And fruit...

And ginger, another layer of tropical!

An extremely fragrant white-blooming ginger.

I've got no idea as to it's name.

*Sigh*

Okay, time to head back over there, by those buildings in the distance.

Anybody care to explain what this silly looking Airbnb thing is?

Oh and look at that, National Geographic (Sea Bird) is docked at the Portland waterfront .

Hmmmm, stress relief tea liter. I'm not down with that.

As I picked up the liter Lila found something worth investigating.

Nice work Parks and Rec staff!

Back home Lila enjoyed some sun and then rolled right off her pillow to snooze in the shade. I think this was a successful outing.

Weather Diary, Nov 9: Hi 55, Low 42/ .29"

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