Springing over to Vassey Nursery

If you're a long-time reader of my blog, you know that I visit Vassey Nursery often.  Great plants, friendly, knowledgeable people, cool stuff, and on my way home from my Sunday job;  who could ask for anything more?  For more about the nursery, see their website here and see my previous visits here.   

Evergreens look great year round and Vassey carries a great selection of them.  They carry us through the winter and provide structure in the summer but it's spring and our eyes, like butterflies flit from beautiful boom to beautiful bloom and ignore the conifers for a time. 

Like the beautiful butter cream colored  blooms of my favorite yellow magnolia, 'Elizabeth.'  

The large flowers and cheery color are attractive and since my mother's name was Elizabeth, they make me smile.

Perhaps I'll make space for one in my garden someday. 

Don't you love that time of year when the hosta foliage comes out and hides so many of the sins in your garden?

 Gorgeous Saxifrage!

Attractive foliage of Itoh peonies about which read more here. 

 Three buddhas agree, let's skip the workout and order pizza.  There's a reason why the fat buddhas are usually happy!

Or were they just excited about all the cool plants?  

Speaking of cool plants, isn't the foliage of Erythronium dens-canis 'Snowflake'  lovely?

Re purposed flatware.

Gotta love that name!

Sweet three circle/bird hangings. 

The large spheres are sending out runners.  These will gently bend as the small ones grow allowing the spheres to take root and grow.  It's a lovely way of propagation.

Dig these cool oval planters!  

succulent beauty!

This NOID  Aloe had to come home with me. 

 Locally made concrete leaves and spheres.  I'm kind of digging the small leaves.  Having made a lot of large leaf castings, this might be a fun and certainly less heavy project!

Not really a fan of cutesy but these fairy babies are really sweet.  

One almost came home with me but I caught myself just in time.  It starts this way - you pick up one cute little thing and before you know it, fairy gardens are springing up in every extra pot you posses. Crisis averted! Although, just one on a leaf wouldn't be such a bad thing would it? 

Fun!

I like the "stuff" part of Vassey as so much of it is garden related/nature themed.   These vases are curious with the bird/nest part at the top where foliage might obscure it.  Upright contents would work well.  On the other hand, I've got lots of interesting vases that never see a flower.

 Handsome fellow!

On the way out with my plants and stuff (you knew it would happen) I walked through the Acers palmatum.  Hooray for spring!