That's a darn fine hellstrip planting...

A friend and I enjoyed a meal at Güero a couple months back, I kept meaning to return to take some pics in the daylight and finally did...

Like many Portland restaurants they've squeezed a little outdoor seating area along the sidewalk. We Portlanders LOVE to be outside when the weather permits. From this vantage point the hellstrip looks nicely planted, but nothing really special, right?

But what about from this end? That's a different ball of wax, eh?

Those Yucca rostrata have the fatest trunks I've seen, ever...

I love how the utility meters are almost completely hidden by potted plants. I wonder how the peeps who have to read those meters feel about it?

Among the many stellar plants in the hellstrip there's an Edgeworthia (blooming, ya, it was a few weeks ago that I took these photos)...

An Arbutus unedo (strawberry tree)...

And a couple Acca sellowiana, aka pineapple guava.

Moving on we've got a phormium and a palm, probably a Trachycarpus fortunei.

And a Choisya...

Yep, that's a darn fine collection of plants!

But of course the stars are these two...

Across the street is an assortment of stock-tank planters I wrote about on the plantlust.com blog back in 2015 (here).

As seems to be the case these days someone had to go and get bad with the spray paint.

Weather Diary, April 21: Hi 64, Low 45/ Precip 0

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