So Swansons. It was crazy busy and I guess I was one of the few walk-ins that got in that day, as they were basically only letting in folks with prior online reservations (you know, cause COVID). I'll just cut right to the chase and let you know there were no yews... but there was plenty to get excited about.
Like this fabulous flat planting. It's not a fern table (first clue = no ferns), more of a sun-loving composition.
With moss. because it is the Pacific Northwest in autumn.
They've usually got pretty great labels on their multi-plant arrangements, sadly this one had nothing, so I can't tell you what that cute long-leafed plant is.
I love everything about this, except for the two blue round rocks at the front. They seem very out of place with the other rocks.
View from above.
This creation was long and tall. A rectangle planter with the unlikely duo of Lomandra longifolia Platinum Beauty™ and Erica arborescens.
I'll be honest, this one was all about the tree heath for me.
And this one? While I *swooned* I also think it was the unusual container that really did it for me here.
I seriously considered moving that annoying blue thing out of the way so I could get a good overall shot.
Instead I looked for other angles. The combination of the rusty metal spikes, with the black mondo grass and light creamy trailing vines...just so good!
One last shot of this one...
And we move on to a simple branch in a vase...
... and a gnarly branch on a wall.
This tree fern has been a Swansons display for years now. It's planted in a shallow dish on top of that larger container. The ferns around it's base give it a nice "fuzzy" look.
Adiantum pedatum, standing tall.
Another flat planting...
And another, this with a Polypodium scouleri looking quite lush...
A few more flat plantings that I had to photograph...
And we're back looking at the plants for sale, or rather just one of them—one I really wanted to take home, but managed to leave behind.
A very unexpected find.
So what did I buy? Just two plants. First up, a Schefflera delavayi.
It's leaves were so deeply cut that I had to have it. Of course the fact it was 30% off of $19 helped that decision along.
Here it is already planted in a large stock tank at the base of another S. delavayi that got a little tall and awkward.
Here's my crazy splurge of the trip. Pyrrosia linqua 'Dragon's Tail'...
It too was 30% off, or else I never would have even entertained the idea of bringing it home.
What can I say... strange foliage, gotta have it.
And look at the back-side of those fronds!
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