Portland Nursery (Stark Location)

Back to the May trip to Portland. The last visit on day one was Portland Nursery on Stark Street.  See previous visits here.  This is a large, full service nursery with lots of everything.  Here is a tiny fraction of what I saw:

Planet Max Potheads.  The handsome fellow on the bottom right called my name.

Interesting vases but something smells fishy. What do you think on a scale of one to ten? I'm just glad to be fin ished with school.  Would taking one home be a gill ty pleasure? Okay, I'll stop.

As always Portland Nursery has exquisite displays with great plant combinations. 

Remember when the peonies were blooming? 

Color; it's not just for sunny spots.

 Streptocarpus AKA cape primrose.  

 What fun these  animal planters are and each has a name. 

Trachycarpus fortunei nicely "underplanted" with potted plants.  I do the same with some of my big pots.  It's a great place to stash plants waiting to be planted.  Sometimes they end up staying.

Major lust for this circular arbor and for a garden with sufficient space left for one.  

 Pelargonum (Geraniums) must be the single most popular bedding plant judging by the huge numbers of them carried at just about every nursery.  There's much to love - perpetual summer color, some have really cool foliage, and  I love the scent of the leaves. How about you?  People seem to love it or hate it.

Hey look an agave and other prickly characters. 

 Echeveria 'Black Prince' 

The kind of pot that's legal in all 50 states.

Chondropetalum tectorum, one of the Restios native to the Fynbos on the western cape of South Africa.

Podophyllum 'Spotty Dotty' is now again widely available after a few years of being a bit difficult to find.

This gave me an idea of what to do with some of the ferns I've been hoarding.  The area where I want to plant them is full of bamboo roots but putting them in large pots disguised with wood might work really well.

Disporum cantoniense 'Moonlight'  looks great in a pot.

The nursery goes on and on with a large selection of Acer palmatum, shrubs, trees, edibles, etc.

Evergreen goodness. 

Caged succulents.  Hey, someone on the right is trying to escape.

What a great way to display ground covers.

Agave, Succulents, and Cistus. Oh my. 

Annie's comes to Portland.  

This little cutie can reach four to six feet tall?  It's already potted up and in the Danger Gardenette. 

 Pinus contorta 'Taylor's Sunburst' has such striking new growth and is a favorite of  Phillip of Dirt Therapy. 

Speaking of striking new growth, check out Spring Gold Colorado Spruce.

 Lupinus 'Westcountry Manhattan Light' has a grand purple and gold color combination. 

The indoor plant selection isn't just the run of the mill common houseplants. 

Sexy bromeliads singing their siren song.  However, since Rare Plant Research, where they grow a wide variety of these, was to be the first stop the next day, these remained in the shop.

Resist, resist, resist!  Until tomorrow.