A huge clump of sword ferns and another big clump of Tellima (Fringecups). With each of these I separated out each plant and potted them up. There were four big fern plants, and about 11 smaller ones! And almost as many of the Tellima. I have already seen a lot of baby Tellima in my garden from the ones I planted last year, so it looks like they self-sow. Next year maybe I'll be passing it along.
I also got several nice clumps of Carex Ice Dancer.
Some baby Hellebores (it'll be a few years before I know what the flowers look like, but I'm told it's a mix of purple and white)
Some false Lily of the Valley (Maianthemum dilatatum), a native wildflower
It's a lot of fun to get together with other gardeners, they are always so generous and fun to talk to!
On Sunday, my husband and I went to a plant sale at the Bloedel Reserve on Bainbridge Island. We drove up the Kitsap Peninsula to get there (there's a bridge), and came home by way of the ferry.
What an amazing place! I took about 150 photos. I'll be doing a blog post about it.
And it was an interesting sale. There were plants there that I haven't seen at any nurseries or at any of the other sales I've been to this Spring.
Here are the plants I bought.
Vanilla leaf/Achlys triphylla (a native) -- I bought one of these last year, and it died immediately. I hope this one does better.
2 Cow parsnip/Heracleum lanatum -- I've wanted to grow this plant ever since my first visit to Washington state several years ago. They're small now, but will get very big, with big leaves.
Aralia californica -- another big native, I wish I'd known it was only Zone 8 hardy (I'm in zone 7 -- maybe it will survive)
Hepatica transylvanica 'Elison Spence' -- looking forward to seeing this bloom
Epimedium 'Purple Pixie' -- I seem to be on an Epimedium quest this Spring, I didn't realize until I saw all the many varieties available at the sale.
Epimedium rubrum -- This is the one I had in Massachusetts, and I loved it!
Epimedium 'Fire Dragon' -- See the closeup below!
I have lots of seedlings coming along too, but it is still too cold, and most of them are still way too small to plant out.
Tomatoes, a few peppers, leeks and basil
More peppers, parsley, Zinnias, hardy Geraniums, and Verbascum
Lots of Dahlias
Tithonia 'Torch' and one zucchini plant
Hope these babies grow up big and strong!
These seeds came from Catherine at A Gardener in Progress
Looks like there's lots more planting in my future! Just when I thought I was caught up.