{"id":591,"date":"2014-09-05T08:40:32","date_gmt":"2014-09-05T15:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogadmin.plantlust.com\/blog\/?p=591"},"modified":"2024-01-18T14:21:02","modified_gmt":"2024-01-18T22:21:02","slug":"garden-on-the-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plantlust.com\/blog\/gardens\/garden-on-the-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"Garden on the Rise"},"content":{"rendered":"

I lived in the Beaumont Wilshire neighborhood in Portland, Oregon, for 33 years. And like maniac gardeners everywhere, spent countless hours in the yard\u2014planting, composting, attempting to eradicate the sins of my past. Bishop\u2019s Weed. How did I not know? It says WEED in the name.<\/p>\n

My husband and I added more than 25 trees to our 50 X 100 corner city lot, some choices better than others. But the birds seemed perfectly content. River\u2019s Purple Beech<\/a>;\u00a0dark chocolate luscious looking leaves, an excellent choice, so say the Downy Woodpeckers. Himalayan Birch<\/a>:\u00a0peeling white bark, and bright\u00a0winter interest, Bushtits, Goldfinches, and Western Tanagers approved.\u00a0Persian\u00a0Silk Tree<\/a>:\u00a0gorgeous & tropical looking, albeit kinda\u00a0messy. We got no complaints from a Macaw who\u00a0once alit\u00a0there. (We tried to entice the parrot\u00a0inside, “Polly want a cracker.” But nothing doing; she flew off, never to be seen again.)<\/p>\n


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City lot. 25+ trees. It can be done.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nWe eventually succeeded in creating a shady west-side garden. And we added a bluestone patio under the trees–by chance, a place\u00a0with good\u00a0air flow. It became a favorite spot for a summer sarsaparilla and conversation, our version of the American front porch. We also made a deal with neighbors: if they heard a\u00a0wine cork pop, they were welcome to join us. It made for many an impromptu get-together, sans\u00a0hand-wringing over a perceived messy house.<\/p>\n
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front patio shade garden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It was a hard decision, leaving the home where we\u2019d raised our kids, and the neighbors we loved, and the garden we’d tended so long. But the time had come. I knew I wanted to take plants with me, however, I\u2019d super duper broke my arm months earlier, and after surgery, plates, pins\u2014and 5 months of physical therapy\u2014there was no way I could do it on my own. Enter fabulous awesome generous PDX garden bloggers. They arrived en masse, shovel in hand, and digging commenced. I wished I’d\u00a0counted, but I can tell you, they moved a ton\u00a0of plants.
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Hellstrip plants on Alameda in NE PDX in 2013<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

I have been pleasantly surprised by those plants’ resiliency. Most are thriving. And there\u2019ve been a few\u00a0surprises, my hitchhikers. Opuntia, Nicotiana, a crazy Datura I paid $3.99 for and considered an annual. It was a show-stopper in my old garden, and here it is, rising out of nowhere, third year in a row. (I hear\u00a0they can be invasive, but fortunately, not so here in zone 8.) And a healthy looking Echium pininana. It picked its own spot, right beside the patio, and it’s headed\u00a0skyward.
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Hitchhiker from the Alameda Garden<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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This Echium picked its own place in the garden. Perfect.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nThe new garden is private, mostly at the back of the house, twice the size of our previous lot, and surrounded by a six-foot fence. I miss seeing what the neighbors are up to. And\u00a0there’s no instant entertainment, myriad walkers and runners, kids and dogs, and after we moved\u2014I\u2019m told\u2014the nude bicyclist parade. But this garden is a new kind of fabulous. I get so much more done (because I don\u2019t spend half my time visiting.) Our dog Pumpkin can be in the yard with me, and when she\u2019s not busy digging a big ole hole, she lolls around singing, “If I were\u00a0king of the forest…”<\/p>\n

\"Punky<\/a><\/p>\n

When we moved into our other house, a million years ago, I didn\u2019t know anything about gardening, though I religiously added\u00a0Red Zonal Geraniums to the planters that came with the house, and I still think they have their place. But now, in our new home, Flamingo Park, I have the opportunity to build a\u00a0garden with a bit of experience at my back, and\u2014fingers crossed\u2014a little more strategy under my wings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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