Back to the Washington Park Arboretum and the Pacific Connections Garden

Today we're going to jump into my version of the wayback machine and end up in Seattle on October 9th, 2015. After visiting the Pat Calvert Greenhouse I made my way over to the Pacific Connections Garden, you might remember my previous visit in 2012.

This dead tree stump is a favorite feature for the Puya growing at it's base.

I wonder if they've ever flowered?

So what is this "Pacific Connections" garden? A chance to see plants native to Cascadia, Australia, China, Chile and New Zealand all in one place (five countries connected by the Pacific Ocean at a similar latitude to Seattle, around 48 degrees north or south of the equator). You can read more about the garden here.

My favorite parts are the the Australian and New Zealand sections, here's a gorgeous Lomatia tinctoria.

And the Grevillea x gaudichaudii of my dreams...

Grevillea juniperina 'Molonglo'

And flower...

I searched and searched for a tag on this fabulous blue shrubby groundcover. I found nothing. A little online research has me thinking it may be Podocarpus lawrencei ‘Blue Gem’?

It's awfully pretty...

Moving over to New Zealand...

Cordyline indivisa

And Aciphylla aurea...

Lucky me was given one of these last year and I couldn't keep it alive.

Hoheria angustifolia

Close-up

For some reason I had to go read that brass inscription plate.

I'm glad I did.

No tag on this one...Pittosporum?

Ah...my Daphniphyllums!

So lovely...

And berries too!

This guy is a mystery...it looks like a magnolia?

And another no-tag plant.

I'm a sucker for those tiny leaves.

And the big strappy ones, and the needley gold ones, and, and , and... you know.

Finally we'll end with the crazy cool seed pods of Cardiocrinum giganteum, because why not?

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