{"id":13540,"date":"2017-10-06T09:28:01","date_gmt":"2017-10-06T16:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogadmin.plantlust.com\/blog\/?p=13540"},"modified":"2024-01-24T10:35:44","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T18:35:44","slug":"hpso-fall-fest-lecture-sean-hogan-on-deck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plantlust.com\/blog\/gardens\/hpso-fall-fest-lecture-sean-hogan-on-deck\/","title":{"rendered":"HPSO Fall Fest Lecture: Sean Hogan on deck"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Hardy Plant Society of Oregon<\/a> holds a giant spring sale–and also a smaller Fall Sale. Oh, there\u00a0is still a\u00a0gaggle of crazy gardeners vying for fabulous plants, but\u00a0the fall sale is a\u00a0little\u00a0more\u00a0mellow\u00a0than spring’s Black Friday crush.\u00a0And a great feature of the fall event is\u00a0an opening lecture by\u00a0a\u00a0groovy plantsperson. This year, the incomparable Sean Hogan\u00a0of Cistus Nursery<\/a>\u00a0with a talk on his top 40 plants.\u00a0Sean\u00a0said the number was arbitrary, and he could no doubt give thousands more–and has. But here are a few contenders that I happen to have\u00a0in my garden. Hmmph, it just occurred to me.\u00a0He’s been subversively influencing us all along!<\/p>\n

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Agave parryi<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I love the Agaves<\/a>, but dear lord, I’m not sure how many more stab wounds I can take. That didn’t stop me from planting this very plant last month, but dammit, fist shake,\u00a0these muggings\u00a0have got to stop. Not to mention, I can always waltz over to McMenamins Kennedy School and look a their Agaves, Nolinas, Yuccas, and such.<\/p>\n

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McMenamins Kennedy School Garden.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Not too shabby, right. And look Mom, NO stab wounds.<\/p>\n

There were scads of Artostaphylos aka Manzanitas on Sean’s list. (I need to run back over to Kennedy School and check their Manzanitas. Apparently I never focus on them. But I’m sure they’re there.)<\/p>\n\n\t\t