Artemesia Nursery in SE Portland
Sunday 27 April 2008 - Filed under Nurseries
Last weekend, my neighbors let me borrow their adorable pit bull puppy, and I seized the opportunity to appear in public with a dog who, unlike my guys, doesn’t menace every living thing we come across. I took him out to Artemesia Nursery in SE Portland, which I’ve been wanting to check out for months, and I’m so glad I did.
Best puppy in the world
It’s a small cozy nursery with a terrific selection of plants you don’t often see, some I had no idea even existed, like this spineless prickly pear cactus, which solves the dilemma of wanting cactus in the garden, but not wanting a puppy to have an unpleasant collision.
Spineless prickly pear cactus
It’s such a treat to find a nursery close by in the city, where I can discover plants I’ve never seen before, that usually require 3 hour drives to remote nurseries, like this evergreen hydrangea seemanii, and salix fargesi, plus all kinds of more common yet lovely selections you don’t see every day. Well worth the trip.
Hydrangea seemanii
Salix fargesii
Gladiolus tristis
Jumbo ostrich fern
Echeveria
2008-04-27 » megan
28 April 2008 @ 7:45 am
Now THAT is a cute puppy. The Echeveria is fascinating, too. I don’t have any sense of scale… how big is it?
28 April 2008 @ 8:11 am
The echeveria was only 4 – 5 inches. I loved the appearance of light shining through the tips. It was actually out of direct sunlight in the greenhouse, but it looks like the sun is hitting it.
28 April 2008 @ 8:48 am
I love that place – love the art inside too.
29 April 2008 @ 5:51 am
Love that dog.
1 June 2009 @ 2:19 am
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