Visiting Loree of danger garden
As I mentioned, while I was in Portland I visited Loree Bohl . Friend, gardener & blogger extraordinaire also author of the fantastic book Fearless Gardening! *This is photo heavy, I couldn't stop. Is there a word for visiting a place you've seen so many photos of, it feels familiar even though you've never stepped foot on the actual ground? Still, seeing it with my own eyes was a different experience. There was the touching the sky Tetrapanax! The foliage is fabulous, I may have changed my mind about planting one on the spot. There were agaves, of course. But the whole garden -all together, the layers of texture, color and HEIGHT were more than the sum of their parts. Yucca rostrata, her favorites were repeated. But not one plant over powers the next. Like a great band. We went round the side of the house and by her parking spot, late morning so it was full sun. Unfortunately, my photos here are blasted. ...
