I attended the Yard, Garden and Patio Show on Friday and Saturday.
The HPSO display was wonderful as always! Within their mission to educate, they provide tables full of plant cuttings from HPSO member's gardens and nurseries. Each is labeled with pencil and paper provided - I love it! Artists with Cracked Pots were in attendance, such as Ivan McLean whose steel rocking horse
and enormous daisies caught my eye.
Several large steel urns that artist, Marta Farris creates were displayed with Garden World's 'Curiously Cool Plants' and with other examples of her work in her own booth.
Also in Garden World's 'Curiously Cool Plant' booth, several evergreen conifers caught my eye.
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| Pinus mugo 'Ophir' 3'x5-6' mounding shrub with green needles that change to gold. Very cute...yes, I gave it a little 'pat' on top! |
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| Pinus contorta var. 'Murrayana' I'm unfamiliar with this conifer but upon a little web search, Murray lodgepole pine becomes much too large for most gardens. |
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| Pinus thunbergii 'Thunderhead' 5-6' tall and as broad with time. In winter the candles grow large and white which stands out against the dark, green foliage. |
4 comments:
Nice post! There did seem to be quite a lot nice metal work this year...I even snagged a few pieces, some metal allium sculptures from the guy at Red Grass Designs which I instantly fell in love with...but circled like a land shark for a few minutes before committing ;-) I really wanted a set of the rebar cattails from Fairy Forge...but, alas, she was sold out :-(
I would have loved to take home those daisies! Or the allium's that Scott bought. And any of those big metal urns would look lovely in your garden...right where the trash can space holder is!
Hi Lauren,
I too am just so fond of the HPSO displays of plants. Even now, so many folks aren't aware of the wonderland of plants that flower and just look stunning in wintertime... it's the perfect way to share that idea. And yes, there was some quality metal work. I hope there will be more every year!
Scott, I like your comment 'circled like a land shark'...that is totally what I feel like when I'm about to bite!
Well, Danger Garden, the only problem is they don't hold water! If they did, I'd buy one in a heart beat!
Kate, it truly IS amazing that we have so many winter 'lovlies' here in the Pacific NW! I just love this time of the year!!!
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