After many years of intending to, I finally hit the Cascade Nursery Trail, or at least part of it. The full experience includes seven nurseries, I hit three on Saturday September 26th, during their Colors of Fall Festival. My first stop was Secret Garden Growers in Canby...
That foliage! I do love it...
But I don't really have a place for another loropetalum, "small" as it might be.![]()
It was magical to see the sky, Pat (the owner of the nursery) didn't have to evacuate during the fire, but she came to close to it and shared photos of a dark red sky that was all sorts of ominous.![]()
Acanthus senii![]()
This eryngium is such a fabulously spiky plant...![]()
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The nursery was all decked out in it's late season finery...![]()
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Now we've arrived at the second stop for the day, Nowlens Bridge Perennials in Molalla. Looks like they were ready for the urban traffic passing through. ![]()
Old breeze blocks like these are a favorite, I wish they were still made.![]()
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Weather Diary, Oct 8: Hi 64, Low 58/ Precip 0 
Cyclamen coum, Silver Form—and most importantly not for sale, it was a stock plant.![]()
Baby Cliffords! Aka Magnolia macrophylla.![]()
Rodgersia pinnata 'Bronze Peacock'![]()
I went all the way to the far end of the nursery to take this photo of the oaks and the blue sky.![]()
And I'm glad I did because when I turned around I saw these...Comptonia peregrina, sweet fern, grown on a tall stem. Pretty cool...![]()
I could be very happy with a tall cistern like that in my garden. (if that's even what it is)![]()
The third (and final stop for the day) was at Out in the Garden Nursery, also in Molalla, a nursery I've shopped at plant sales, but never visited in person.![]()
There was a sizable display garden, so I wandered for awhile...![]()
That's a swing under the towering oak trees...![]()
And there were urns, so many urns!![]()
I think I've almost dug enough rocks in my garden to make a nifty wall like this.![]()
Simple and lovely pathway bordered by tall ornamental grass.![]()
That's a terribly cute chicken coup.![]()
With terribly cute chickens!![]()
A retirement project?![]()
By the time I got to the plants I was starting to wind down. There were a few temptations though, like this oakleaf hydrangea. I keep managing to say no, but that foliage!!!![]()
Nothing like a sign telling me to stay away to really get me interested.![]()
Okay, here I am home with my (modest) haul...![]()
I bought a pair of Blechnum chilense at Secret Garden Growers...![]()
And one of those Comptonia peregrina grown as a standard came home with me as well. The foliage alone is reason enough, but those little catkins! Oh my...![]()
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