Yesterday's Yardening

Proof I did indeed work outside today!



Cornus s. ‘Kelseyii’ is a dwarf cultivar of red osier dogwood, Cornus Sericea (sometimes Stolonifera), which grows much larger and suckers like mad. The species is native to the northern and western US and much of Canada, and is often near streams. The new twigs are bright yellow, orange, or red, depending on the cultivar. This one only grows 3’ high.

The bed also has Oregon Figwort, Little Woods Rose (rosa gymnocarpa), Western Columbine, False Lily-of-the-Valley, Oxalis, Spiny Wood Fern, and another deciduous fern I’m not 100% certain of (fragilis, maybe?) found in my yard — all of which are native to the Pacific Northwest. I don’t know of any shade-tolerant small evergreens that are native, though, so there’s also a (sadly-bedraggled) hellebore and two himalayan sweetbox (sarcococca).



You can hardly see the new shrubs, but they're there! In the background you can see black twinberry (native), vine maple (native) and lilac (decidedly not). And lots of leaves off the very-not-native and really-quite-invasive but still-huge-and-cool Norway Maple in the center of the yarden. Oh, and my neighbor’s house. Ignore that. We don’t like them.

Taken from a different angle, this is what this corner looked like when I moved in:


The string is marking where the future (current) will be (is). So I've certainly effected some change, at least. :P

Yesterday's Yardening

Proof I did indeed work outside today!



Cornus s. ‘Kelseyii’ is a dwarf cultivar of red osier dogwood, Cornus Sericea (sometimes Stolonifera), which grows much larger and suckers like mad. The species is native to the northern and western US and much of Canada, and is often near streams. The new twigs are bright yellow, orange, or red, depending on the cultivar. This one only grows 3’ high.

The bed also has Oregon Figwort, Little Woods Rose (rosa gymnocarpa), Western Columbine, False Lily-of-the-Valley, Oxalis, Spiny Wood Fern, and another deciduous fern I’m not 100% certain of (fragilis, maybe?) found in my yard — all of which are native to the Pacific Northwest. I don’t know of any shade-tolerant small evergreens that are native, though, so there’s also a (sadly-bedraggled) hellebore and two himalayan sweetbox (sarcococca).



You can hardly see the new shrubs, but they're there! In the background you can see black twinberry (native), vine maple (native) and lilac (decidedly not). And lots of leaves off the very-not-native and really-quite-invasive but still-huge-and-cool Norway Maple in the center of the yarden. Oh, and my neighbor’s house. Ignore that. We don’t like them.

Taken from a different angle, this is what this corner looked like when I moved in:


The string is marking where the future (current) will be (is). So I've certainly effected some change, at least. :P