<p>I’m back in my garden again, after a year of recouping from an artificial joint transplant, and the deterioration that made that necessary.
Since my entire yard is garden beds practically, ( I took out all the crappy grass out, about 6 years ago), it was a lot of work to get it back under control.( mostly pruning native shrubs, like ninebark, dogwood, and roses, and continually amending my sandy soil)</p>
<p>But, now I am ready to order more bulbs and things for spring.( some bulbs have been eaten, others dug up and perhaps planted too deep. (I also am preparing an area about 14" by 20 for grass seed- I thought H was going to help, but football…)</p>
<p>What garden sites do you frequent?
I’ll start.
This site is a terrific resource for the beginning & experienced gardener, listing landscape plants by common name or scientific name.
<a href=“Oregon State University”>Oregon State University;
<p>Islei nursery is for conifer enthusiasts.
Both dwarf and faster growing.
I love conifers for the structure and color they add to the garden year round.
<a href=“http://www.iselinursery.com”>http://www.iselinursery.com</a></p>
<p>Of course, none of us here are real gardeners
I buy bulbs, day lilies, and tree peonies from White Flower Farm in Connecticut. Got hooked when I lived in Massachusetts, but have been unable to match their quality at any stores here in Oregon on those three items.
I buy fruit trees from Raintree Nursery.
And I love Portland Nursery (here in Portland) for roses.</p>
<p>Here’s a nice, comprehensive plant encyclopedia. <a href=“Floridata”>Floridata. Floridata has a (beta) subsite for any (you choose) zone. You click on a plant- listed by botanical name and a subsite tells you a lot about it- sun/shade,season, conditions, height et al. Can increase number of plants per page at the bottom, small pictures on the right plus some other data.</p>
<p>I’m being patient for the weather to become cool enough to be outdoors for any period of time before I yank more old bushes and replace them. I miss my old zone 4 plants that won’t grow/thrive here but am discovering new ones. Still adjusting to summer/winter reversal of nice weather and when some plants thrive. Still have critter problems- the price one pays for being near woods.</p>
<p>PS- finally honing my copy/paste skills- http site only goes blue after posting and blue is lost during editing.</p>
<p>Another White Flower Farm fan here. I keep my plantings pretty simple, but everything I’ve bought from them over the last 20 years has been a winner with one exception. I bought some pots of dianthus from the Christmas catalog for kids’ art teacher and some others. Kept one for myself. UPS left the box on the front steps late one night and didn’t ring the bell. Discovered them the next morning and the foliage was fine, but they never bloomed. I called WFF a few weeks after Christmas and they refunded all my money, which was far more than I expected. It was probably more the fault of UPS than WFF, although they should have labeled the box as cold sensitive. They really stand behind what they sell.</p>
<p>Thanks for all the replies!
Since its toward the end of the season, I ended up going to a local nursery yesterday that had 30% off most everything & 50% off plants that were saddish looking.
( which is usually where I head first as I know what can be brought back to life /what is merely at the end of its flowering season)
I spent hundreds of dollars buying mostly ferns & heaths. Oh & I guess I got some perennials and oak leaf hydrangea too.
( for different spots in my yard)
Right now I am sitting in my car after I wrenched my hip getting the heavy & wet bags of potting soil & mulch into the Jeep from the big box store.
That’s the nice thing about the nursery, they load your car for you.
You pay for it though, one way or another.</p>
