A SUCCESSFUL DAY AT THE NURSERY

Saturday, 03 May 08 (posted about 7 months ago) Cloudy 11°C / 51°F

Well I had intended to garden all day today but the rain returned to drown out the fun. Oh well, the plants are happy I suppose.

Early this morning however I went out to the Farmer’s market to look at what was new and beautiful ….then over to Fred Meyers garden center . OMG.. Freddies had a huge sale on a brand new shipment of perennials and annuals. I couldn’t resist purchasing some goodies for my giant purple pots . The other pix are of the overall color palette which includes the purple I will picture later

BLACK
WHITE
ORANGE
PURPLE
COBALT
CHARTREUSE

Yep…bright and cheery and way over the top. My studio window looks out onto this garden and it really is a nice happy place to work. My home interior is the same basic colors so it feels like bringing the indoors…out

I’ll update with photos of the newly planted pots as soon as it stops raining long enough for me to plant them up.

I purchased stunning orange pansies with plum whiskers
Deep blue trailing lobelia
Shocking orange huge flowered tuberous begonias
Tall violet new Guinea impatiens
white impatiens

Should be a shocker to say the least. My orange umbrella arrived for my bistro table today too..Woo HOo!!!

Have a wonderful weekend
Sandra

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Startide Rising wrote:
Is this the famous Portland “Saturday Market”? We did not get a chance to visit this when we were in Portland last weekend. We opted for Multnomah Falls instead.

Posted on 04 May 08 (about 7 months ago)
Lucykate wrote:
I got rained out of gardening for most of the day as well. However, the plants enjoyed the drink and gardens always look so beautiful after the rain! I did enjoy some relaxing time in my garden during the afternoon though so all was not lost.

All your new plant purchases sound wonderful..please post pictures once they are planted!

Posted on 04 May 08 (about 7 months ago)
Graffiti wrote:
Yes Startide Rising…actually this market was the food and flower market (famous too) You might be thinking of the huge craft and food market under the bridge. Definately worth going to next time you in town.!!! If you come back this summer let me know and I can meet you there for coffee. My hubby and I go for walks on the waterfront every weekend.

Lucykate….yeah the rain is so good that I can’t complain (but I do when it’s the weekend..lol!) I passed up a great wine tasting with Steve in town to spend the day gardening. OH well…I did have a good relaxing day with my pups!!!

Garden on!!!!

Posted on 04 May 08 (about 7 months ago)