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Although this could very well be a picture of me finding a new treasure at a favorite nursery, it's actually an illustration by David Catrow for a children's book called Plantzilla.

Thursday, May 29, 2014

Seven Gardens, Two Nurseries, Six Hours part VIII City People's Garden Store

You may remember past visits to this cool nursery here and here. For those of us addicted to plants and gardening, there's always something new and wonderful to find at  just about any nursery and this place always has a lot of great merchandise indoors and out!



From Eucalyptus lehmannii - pretty cool,eh?

I wish this potting bench would work in my garden!

It's nice to see the back area chock full of plants!  


Quite a contrast from this picture taken in February!


You can see some of the bare root stock had started to arrive but those poor lonely benches made me sad.

Back to April! Look at the huge leaf on that Astilboides tabularis.  Throw in some slug holes and a bunch of litter from a cherry tree nearby and you've got what mine looks like.

The carnivorous plants are blooming!

I love this time of year don't you?  Our gardens are so full of life and color!

An arisaema unfurls a bloom.

City People's Nursery carries  this fun  furniture.  One might think that it was permanent but the sprouting of new foliage from the large vertical branch on the front right tells us that this is indeed new.

So many lust worthy plants!

Calycanthus 'Hartlage Wine' came home with me. 

Twig bench in front of  Hydrangea 'Plum Passion'  




I didn't get the variety of this columbine but the color glowed!

If you look hard enough, there's always an agave!

Great conifers!

Some gorgeous acer palmatums!


They also had a nice selection of bamboos, including one that I though I killed this winter.  I almost bought a replacement but Alison urged me to be sensible and give the poor naked bamboo in my garden a little bit more time.  I'm happy to announce that just yesterday I was studying mine for signs of life and noticed new leaves sprouting from some of the branches.  It will take some time to regain it's former glory but I'm glad that Alison gave me such wise advice and saved me some money to boot!

21 comments:

  1. I've always admired twig furniture - wished for some. I always think, "We could MAKE this"....but I suspect there's a skill that I don't possess behind these creations!

    Good stuff here. I liked the "empty" and "full" photos of the one nursery...

    Unfortunately, our favorite and most fabulous one locally (with 2 locations) went belly-up last year. Shocked us all. I haven't recovered YET and certainly have not found one as enchanting.

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    1. I like the look of twig furniture but wonder about actually sitting on it. I'm with you, every year when we haul away branches, twigs, etc. I think that I should save them to make something. I save the giant timber bamboo and now have enough to build a small house. Crazy.

      Sorry to hear about your local nursery going out of business and understand your feeling of loss.

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  2. Those twig benches and pergola do look good, quite easy to integrate in a garden too. Hartlage Wine, very nice!

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    1. I feel a little silly for buying the Hartlage Wine. It's beautiful and all but another deciduous plant and not really a place to put it.

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  3. I'm so glad to hear your bamboo is still alive and sprouting new foliage. Yay me and my sensible advice.

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    1. I was really happy to see new leaves on one of the culms. This one always sends up new growth really late in the season so I'll throw some manure on it and hope that by August there might be something more than the skeleton of it's former self. Great advice Alison!

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  4. Ha...your Astilboides and mine must look sadly similar right now...like swiss cheese!

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    1. Yes, sounds about right and now mine is bending over, probably to try and find more light. They always look good in nurseries and in other gardens...

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  5. The pictures from February of all the empty tables are really striking in comparison. The homes in the background surly appreciate the arrive of Spring: they are getting a free garden of sort. The whimsical furniture are wonderful: any one of them could fit perfectly in my garden. Sigh.

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    1. Just run on down there and grab a piece of that lovely furniture! Better yet, come to the Fronderosa Frolic in August and buy some directly from a lady who makes it. Might be a little less expensive.

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  6. Ah City Peoples, it's been to long...

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    1. One of your old haunts! I'm so glad you blogged about them as I might never have found them otherwise and I love the place!

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  7. Another interesting nursery! Love this Calycanthus you bought, Peter. Also maples and columbines are beautiful , I'd buy them too.
    When I go to nursery always think how much I can spend!

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    1. So many beautiful plants but I'm running out of space to put them in my small garden in town. Fortunately most plants will grow happily in pots for years.

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  8. So many wonderful places to see so many lovely plants. I could spend my whole spring wandering through garden stores.

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    1. I pretty much have and it's been delightful but now I need to get to work in my garden!

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  9. Looks like a great garden center!

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    1. It is and it's urban location makes it even more special!

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  10. Oh!!! I absolutely love that furniture made out of twisted branches or plants!!! awesome.

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  11. Here you are, exposing us to yet another mecca of plant delights. I'm now itching for some nursery visits, and I bet I'm not the only one.

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