PERSONAL AGRICULTURE
Winter Camillia blooms // December's Hellebore pink and white/purple varieties (2 images) // Pollinator garden corner before the 2021 heat dome // Basket of organic Pest management options // Ladybug heros cleaning up fungus gnats // The 3-greenhouse summer // My first crop of Neroli oranges in progress 2023 // Happy container plants // Black figs ripening // (Central OR) summer's ago: a bumbler on Mullein // Sunset sunflowers // (Central OR) swallowtail on Salvia
Blue Heron Gardens, OR
During my tenure as the Designer/Gardener I've planted several tiers of new plants for height variety, year-round flowering sequence and soil nourishment. Mini-clover planting is in progress in all beds. Mini-clover is a spectacular low maintenance groundcover. Addition of a small pond to mitigate clay soil has developed a frog habitat and mitigates a clay soil area. This venue is an ongoing Oregon coast project.
Summer Blooming Plants
Princess Flowers Tibouchina uvilleana
Daisy , Painted Chrysanthemum Carinatum
Teddy Bear Sunflowers Helianthus annuus
Butterfly Bush Buddleia davidii
Wisteria Wisteria spp.
Foam Flower Tiarella
Cotton Grass Eriophorum angustifolium
Chamomile Chamaemelum spp.
Dutch Blue Iris Iris spp.
Violets Viola papilionacea
Pineapple Weed Matricaria discoidea
Chamomile(s) Matricaria recutita,
Chamaemelum nobileWeglia
Black Hollyhock Alcea rosea /'Nigra'
Heuchera varieties
Winter Blooming Plants
Heather Calluna vulgaris
Camilla Camellia japonica
Frost Tolerant Gardenia Gardenia jasminoides
Hellebore Helleborus spp.
Forsythia Forsythia spp
Primrose Primula x polyantha
Snowdrops Galanthus
Yellow Crocus Crocus crysanthus
Aquatic Plants (Pond area)
Cotton Grass Eriophorum angustifolium
Orange Sedge Carex testacea
Leatherleaf Sedge Arex buchananii
Grasses
Japanese Blood Grass Imperata cylindrica
Bottlebrush Grasses spp
Research in Progress for all the names previously planted
Ferns and Herbs
Ostrich Fern Matteuccia struthiopteris
Foxtail Fern Asparagus densiflorus
Lavender Lavendula spp.
Solomon's Seal, False Polygonatum spp.
Allium Allium spp.