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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.

Monday, August 25, 2014

Dig Nursery - The Magic Continues!

After visiting the Colvos Creek Sale, we headed over to Dig Nursery because it's just not a complete day on Vashon without stopping by Dig! 
 
This winter, Ross and Sylvia replaced the floor of their main building and changed the interior as well. Cool concrete square shelving!

A mixture of old and new.
 
A wood crate displays baby cacti well. 


A rare bloom on this sedum. (Sedum sylvianum, I believe)   Notice how the base of the flower matches the lavender highlights of the foliage while the top consists of a boss of reddish gold stamens
 
Traditional Vashon Island plant love dance.
 
Sedum weeps tears of joy.
 
 
While Eddie Lizzard looks on with little interest. 
 
 

This aloe is labeled Aloe Lavender.  Either a color blind plantsman or woman named it or it takes on lavender hues at some point in it's life.  Right now, I'd call it Aloe Terra Cotta.  Either way, it came home with me!

So many great plants to look at and so beautifully displayed!

I know that there were some other plants that hitched a ride in the plantmobile but don't remember now what they were. 

Savvy business woman, queen of fun displays and master of pot gardening, Sylvia puts together some great container gardens. 


Sheep grazing on succulents.

Beschorneria yuccoides 'Flamingo Glow' is some kind of gorgeous especially near those Aloe dorotheae!






Hover and Steel Life are the stars of the greenhouse right now.





Happy looking tree ferns!


Urn baby, Urn! (Disco Inferno)

Another of Sylvia's creations.


New rule - All gardens must have a chandelier!

One of these would work, too.

This combination of the red pots, Forest Pansy Redbud and Aechmea blanchetiana made my heart pound a little harder! 
 
Tomorrow we'll take a sneak peek at Sylvia and Ross's new garden!
 

25 comments:

  1. Dig is such a fabulous nursery! I've been thinking lately that I should make a little trip across the water to visit. I can't believe I haven't been yet this year. I love those hanging wire balls.

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  2. Nice! So does YOUR garden have a chandy?
    One of those lambs would be just dandy here placed in the middle of the Lamb's Ear, don't you think????

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    1. Unfortunately, my garden is currently chandyless, a situation which I must remedy. A lamb in Lamb's Ear - I like the way you think!

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  3. Ha! Eddie Lizard. Eddie Izzard is my fave comedian. Good actor, too. Thanks for taking us along on great nursery tour. Want those crows atop my weathered timber fence posts. I'm off to try to locate similar here or online. Always a chuckle and good inspiration from Outlaw.

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    1. Glad you enjoyed it! Those crows are widely available here so I'll bet someone will have them where you are. They'd look great atop your weathered timber fence posts!

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  4. Thanks for the Dig! tour. I regret not making the trip this year, perhaps I need to plan something for early next year so I'm sure to do it. I absolutely love the concrete squares in the intro photo. Did Sylvia say if they made them or purchased them somewhere? Were they for sale in the nursery? I really want a few!!! Can't wait for tomorrow's post.

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    1. Don't know about the squares but I can email Sylvia and find out.

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  5. I'd love to have a chandelier in our garden! Fun looking place Peter, and some nice ideas there floating around that can be borrowed. And so lucky to spot that terra cotta coloured aloe, not surprised it went home with you.

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    1. Dig is a great place to go for both plants and inspiration! Tom actually spotted the aloe and liked it. Whenever he comments on a plant that he likes I get it hoping to turn him into a gardener. You should call the royal family as they have chandeliers hanging about all over the place and would probably love to give you one for your jungle.

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  6. I REALLY need to pay a visit to my brother-in-law on Vashon...

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    1. Yes you do! Before you visit, let me know and I'll put together an itinerary of great nurseries in the area for you to visit!

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  7. Wowzer,. what a great place. Love it all. I'm very jealous of your Aloe (not really) Lavender. I need to find one of those A. dorotheae but I've never seen one around here. I'm afraid that a visit to that garden center would cost me a huge amount of moola! Nice post Peter, thanks for sharing

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    1. So many plants, so little space, especially in the winter when our house turns into a jungle. Maybe you could find a mail order source of A. dorotheae. Cistus maybe or Plant Delights?

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  8. Good work, Peter, Where are we going next?

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    1. Just up the road a piece to another Vashon nursery.

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  9. I haven't been there in a long time. Your wonderful photos compel me to return.

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    1. Isn't it a fun place to visit? I hope you will have time to visit again before the summer is gone.

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  10. I am so envious of the cool nurseries on the West Coast that carry the Steel Life, Pot Inc, Fermob, and Esther Pot brands. Just had to go rant on my FB garden-talk page.

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    1. We are fortunate to have so many fab places to shop here!

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  11. So many fabulous things in this post. Love all the planters of course, and yes, that last photo is striking!

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  12. What a place. Sylvia is an artist, for sure.

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  13. Wow, lots of great ideas, I could use some of those obelisks for potted vines to grow on. The sheep would look adorable munching lots of different plants. Sylvia does put together some fascinating succulent combinations. Thanks for the tour.

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