My September 2017 visit to the Kuzma garden, Part One

As some of you may recall it's been a yearly tradition (since 2011) that I visit, and document, this wonderful garden. My 2017 trip was even more special because I toured with friends Gerhard, Mark, and Gaz. They'd seen the garden before, during the 2014 Garden Bloggers Fling, here in Portland, and asked to return when they visited Portland last September. Thankfully our hosts, John and Kathleen, were up for it and we had a fantastic afternoon.

Wait, weather whiplash!

The sunny photo above was actually taken later, in October, when I revisited on my own (the offer of Agave pups and Passiflora cuttings!). The photo below was taken during our lazy/hazy September visit. Back then the Columbia River Gorge fires were still burning, filling Portland with smoke.

That variegated Agave (the name has slipped my mind) is the one John gave me pups from.

It's a looker! (and not the standard Agave americana 'Variegata')

Funny I didn't notice in person how the Arctostaphylos foliage and the Agave ovatifolia coordinated with each other so well (or that the bottom branch was begging to be pruned, must just be the angle).

There's no shortage of places to aim your camera here.

Magnolia laevifolia

The front garden as seen from the driveway...

This is one of those flowering plants everyone but me can name. I haven't a clue...

Walking into the back garden now...

The view slowly unfolds and you begin to grasp just how large the space is.

Tempting to go up the stairs...

But instead I explore the lower garden first.

Palm being swallowed by a Passionflower...

A Passionflower that the bees positively adored.

This is the plant I took cuttings of when I returned in October. Sadly none of them rooted (I am a failure!).

We'll end Part One with a tease, and pick back up here, tomorrow...

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