Helleborus Harlequin Gem

Purchased this Hellebore from Northwest Garden Nursery while at the annual Hardy Plant Society of Oregon meeting. Marietta & Ernie O'Byrne of Northwest Garden Nursery presented a slide show and spoke of the many plants, shrubs, & trees that are planted at their home which is also the nursery. The meeting was held with great flair, a display table of plant material that is in bloom, silent auctions, raffle give-aways, plants for sale, beverages, and snacks. I personally want to give a huge shout out to the Hardy Plant Society of Oregon for throwing another outstanding party. Its kinda like a party........people having lots of fun, meeting up with friends and making new ones.

HARLEQUIN GEM
"WINTER JEWELS VARIETY"

Hellebores are awesome plants and should never be over looked. Most of the ones planted here at Beech Street Gardens start blooming in January and will continue into April. Thats a lot of bloom time for a plant. They are drought tolerant, trouble free such as pest, and long lived. Its a perfect plant.............

USDA hardiness zone 4 to zone 9

St. Patrick's Day Plants?????

WELL THEY ARE GREEN!

SEDUM

EUPHORBIA
Glacier Blue

SEDUM


MANZANITA


MANZANITA SHRUB

SPECIES PEONY
okay its not green now

SEDUM

TREE PEONY

ERYTHRONIUM
Trout Lilies

VIOLETS

SORREL

FORSYTHIA

PERIS

PULMONARIA ANGUSTIFOLIA

Blue Lungwort

HELLEBORE

Winter Glow of the Chief Joseph Pine

Pinus contorta var. latifolia

'Chief Joseph'

This variety of the Lodgepole Pine is a coniferous, evergreen, dwarf tree with a compact tight shape bearing needles in bundles of two. Discovered by Doug Will in the Wallowa Mountains of Eastern Oregon, and named for the famous Nez Perce Indian leader Chief Joseph. Most of the year the needles are colored light green, but in the winter they morph into a spectacular, shocking squash gold! Grows best in full sun but will take part shade, growth rate is slow at about 2" to 4" a year. Full height is 8' to 12' and a 4' to 5' spread. The fact that it is an Oregon native is it classified as drought tolerant and works perfectly in a rock garden.

This was a wonderful birthday present I received last year from a gardening couple that I am lucky to have as neighbors, friends, and gardening cohorts of crime. I get to prune the pine this Spring, removing the large prominent dark green top to which the Chief Joseph has been grafted to. As you can see in the photograph the grafting tape is starting to peel away.

USDA hardiness zone 5 to zone 9