Few things excite me more than new plants. Just finished a trip to Tree of Life nursery and brought back the next batch of native plants to round out our landscape plan. Today's finds were:
- Juncus Patens
- Satureja douglasii
- Dudleya Brittonii
- Dudleya Hassei
- Ceanothus Julia Phelps
- Archillea Millefolium
- Festuca Idahoensis
- Baccharis Emoryi
We had a good lesson in patience and thinking out of the box today. Many of our native wish list plants were not available. Sometimes the nursery has propagation failures or the plants are not rooted well enough to put out into the nursery for sale. This was the case for many of the plants on the list. That's okay, as we plan to do this project in layers and who doesn't like repeat trips to get more plants.
Also, we discovered that there are many different Ceanothus varieties. We were ultimately looking for a Joyce Coulter which is lower growing with a greater spread. We decided to try a Julia Phelps which is a bit more upright. Our plan is to train this plant into a larger spread with careful staking and weighting of the branches.
All of this is a reminder to remain flexible, do plenty of research and be open to alternatives and other ideas. The world of natives can be a tricky when it comes to sourcing. There are far fewer nursery's specializing in these plants and therefore they can be more challenging to obtain.
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