Random Friday: A summer Visit to Bark and Garden

It seems like just yesterday that Alison and I set out on another Garden adventure to tour some garden treasures in the south Puget Sound.  Looking at my notes it was on July 27.   We decided that while we were close by, we should also visit Bark and Garden.  I'd been there once and we'd seen their plants at the Tacoma Home and Garden Show and the Northwest Flower and Garden Show.  

If you clicked on my previous posts above about bark and garden, you will have seen a more extensive tour of the inside and outside of this large nursery.  In this post are some random shots of things that caught my eye on this visit.  


When last I visited in February, there was a piece of heavy equipment sitting on this spot getting ready to remove a large Trachycarpus fortunei.  The palm has been moved and that backhoe has been busy making this.

It'll be cool to see it when it's all planted and feels more established.  Quite the water feature which is about the size of my entire garden.

In case there's a plant emergency these friendly folks are always on hand to help.

Zinnias scream summer!

Gorgeous foliage combination!

Love this Echinacea.

And this one.

There were also beautiful plantings in the parking strips on the street in front of the nursery.

Some interesting things inside...

In case you desire a crashed spacecraft to grace your garden.

I seriously liked this whimsical throne.  If it hadn't been solid concrete and a little heavy for my little car, it would have come home with me.

Lots of interesting pots.   Look at all that summer color. The powers that be must not have gotten the memo that we decided to cancel winter this year.

 

 

Dahlias are so gorgeous and if I had space for a cutting garden, I'd grow rows and rows of them.  As it is, I grow a few among all the other plants in my crowded beds.  Sorry I don't know the names of any of these but loved taking pictures of them.

This shy little pink one is very sweet with its three pointed serrated petals.  It's almost like she's flirting with you.

Speaking of flirts and good time gals,  Roll out the barrel, I think that's my girlfriend, Monrovia!

Rudbeckias

 I regret not bringing this hosta home with me.  On the other hand, one has to leave something for next summer, right?

How do you know when It's time to repot an agave?

O.K. so we've got fire (imagine the artificial electrical flames shooting up from the rocks) water, the rocks must represent earth and air. With some branches around the base of it to cover something up.

Alison holds this still while I wonder how one would get in and out of such a contraption.  It's probably very comfortable once you're in it!

I liked the way this little round greenhouse looked but I'm thinking that a square or rectangle would be able to hold more plants.

A gorgeous agave.

 

I remember buying an orange alstromeria, just like the one that Alison bought and an Agave 'Baccarat' like the one that Alison already has in the ground and an oriental lily in bloom because I'm a sucker for a sweetly scented car for a day of garden tours. There may have been other purchases but it was nearly three months ago and I'm lucky if I can remember what I did yesterday. 

 

Hope you have a wonderful weekend.  We in the pacific northwest are supposed to have a clear, dry, and warmer Saturday and I hope to garden from dawn to dusk.  Wishing you all the same good fortune!