Vassey's Big September Sale Starts Today!

Each year at this time everything at Vassey Nursery is thirty percent off and selected pottery and gift items are 50 percent off!  Here's a bit of what I saw on a Sunday afternoon visit. See previous post here for more info about the nursery.

Cannas, dahlias, and fancy leaved geraniums (pelargonium) make handsome bedfellows.

Rodgersia 'Bronze Peacock' 

How can it be ornamental kale/cabbage time again already?

My head's still in the hazy, lazy, crazy days of summer!

They were just starting to put things out in the 50% off area.  I lusted after these last year but now that they're half the price, I might grab a few unless you beat me to them.

Does anyone need a silverware flower to add to her collection Linda?

Love the church steeple candle lamps!

Plant stand anyone?    See all of those boxes in the background?  They're full of stuff for the sale that wasn't yet unpacked.

Solar powered glass path lights.

So much cool stuff.  Let's take a look at some more plants.

Campanula 'Pink Octopus'  brings back fond memories of when I first saw this plant at Heronswood many years ago. 

The nursery is packed with a great selection of conifers, deciduous and evergreen shrubs, and, well, everything!

Callicarpa bodinieri v. giraldii 'Profusion'  or as his friends call him, Profusion Beauty Berry just starting to color up.

I'm liking the way the cranberry drapes over pots.

Here are some more examples.

Shady characters wanting a good home. 

If your garden, like mine is a little light in the late summer bloom department, now is a great time to visit nurseries to see the many remedies for that problem.

On the other hand, with so much beautiful foliage, who needs flowers?

She's very tempting.  Since everything will be on sale, will that make her a cheap woman? 

I was very excited to see a lily blooming now but in reading the tag, it said that Lilium 'Red Velvet' blooms earlier in the year.  These must have been kept refrigerated to make them bloom later.   Still a stunning lily color, especially when backlit by the late summer sun.

Speaking of gorgeous color, the dark foliage and vibrant red bloom of Hibiscus 'Midnight Marvel' is pretty swell!

The Vassey sale starts on a Friday and goes through October 2. I usually  high tail it down there from work on the first day of the sale.  Will I see you there?  Also, don't forget to check out the Odd Plant Show and Sale put on by the Cascade Cactus and Succulent Society at Sky Nursery in Seattle on Saturday and Sunday!