{"id":108942,"date":"2026-04-27T15:18:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T19:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=108942"},"modified":"2026-04-27T15:18:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T19:18:47","slug":"some-april-pdx-gardens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=108942","title":{"rendered":"some April PDX gardens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

(\u201cOregon Route 6, known as the Wilson River Highway, is a scenic but treacherous 52-mile route connecting\u00a0Tillamook (U.S. 101) to the Portland metro area (U.S. 26) through the Tillamook State Forest<\/mark>. Completed in 1941, this critical coastal artery is notorious for steep grades, heavy winter rain\/snow, and constant slope erosion causing hazardous conditions.\u201d)\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Corsican hellebores line a path in Christine Weaver’s garden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Hardy Plant Society of Oregon helpfully arranged a “mini-tour” of gardens on Sunday April 19, a bright warmish day. For someone still grappling with issues of dormancy and spring emergence in this climate, I was determined to attend. The big obstacle as always is Highway 6, the essential highway to Portland from the coast. On a good day the two-lane highway is a challenge to drive. With road crews working on portions of the highway washed out over winter, the anticipated lengthy delays totaled maybe five minutes — great job, ODOT! The road conditions are very reminiscent of the continuous land movement issues of the Palos Verdes Peninsula’s coastal road in Southern California. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Weaver’s garden. Podophyllums were in every garden toured<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Weaver garden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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buttery tulips line a path in Weaver’s garden, possibly a form of Tulipa sylvestris<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A perennial spring-flowering sweet pea, possibly Lathhyrus vernus ‘Flaccidus’ with atypical narrow leaves. Grown in a container which it filled wall to wall — Weaver’s garden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Arbor and borders surround a small central lawn in Weaver’s garden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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peonies in Lisa Brauckmiller’s garden (Itoh?)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Brauckmiller’s garden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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a sweet rock-garden type daphne in the sidewalk raised planters of the Brauckmiller garden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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expanded view, daphne lower right, Brauckmiller garden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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more peonies to come, Brauckmiller garden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Broad swathe of Dicentra formosa in the Emel & Welch garden. Leaves appear in March. Summer dormant, Ms. Emel says she elevates pots of annuals over the area for summer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A hardy fuchsia in the Emel & Welch garden that didn’t miss a beat over the mild winter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

These were all smallish urban gardens showing decades of experience in plant selection to absorb — just the kind of gardens I want to see. The major distinction to my full-sun garden is that the majority of plantings were with woodland plants that cover the ground early in spring. Big thanks to the generous garden hosts — so glad I braved Highway 6 for the tour!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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