{"id":25258,"date":"2021-01-15T10:42:54","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T18:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plantlust.com\/blog\/?p=25258"},"modified":"2023-11-28T15:05:25","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T23:05:25","slug":"poking-around-the-winter-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plantlust.com\/blog\/gardens\/poking-around-the-winter-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"poking around the winter garden"},"content":{"rendered":"

Am I alone in finding little inspiration in the winter beds?<\/p>\n

Or so I imagine, until I put on my galoshes and go out for a stroll. Oh sure, squishy mud O’plenty. But seems there are some wonders to behold if I don’t sit inside and sulk.<\/p>\n

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The Covid doesn’t help–though Bill<\/a> and I consider ourselves darn lucky to be snug in our house with plenty of good food. It helps too, that we no longer have pesky day jobs (of the non-voluntary kind) demanding our attention. Sure, we traded years and years for this, but now, so sweet.<\/p>\n

Here are a few winners in my Zone 8a\/b Portland, OR, winter garden.<\/p>\n

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Pyrrosia hastata<\/a> aka Three Finger Felt Fern<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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How’s this fern for one sexy plant?<\/p>\n

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Pined-for planter left behind in Bob Hyland’s Shop<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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This poor Felt Fern waited forever to be planted. And then Bob Hyland<\/a> opened for a one-day flash sale. I’d been pining for this pot I’d left behind. Bob didn’t have to ask me twice.<\/p>\n

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A happy marriage. I love this planter.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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I have several planters out there lonely and empty. Soon to remedied.<\/p>\n

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And Mahonia in wintertime. How do I love thee.<\/p>\n

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Mahonia fortunei ‘Dan Hinkley’<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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You can never have too many Mahonias. One of these days, I should count the ways.<\/p>\n

On to the neglected hellstrip. It performs way better than I might deserve. Though there are plants to fit the bill. This is a good one.<\/p>\n

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Muehlenbeckia ephedroides<\/a> flowering in October, though tag said summer-ish bloomer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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A few wider shots. This plant is in our narrow hellstrip and gets precious little water during the dry season. I gave it a Covid-style haircut last year, and it didn’t miss a beat, performing as if I were an accomplished stylist. Groovy.<\/p>\n\n\t\t