Smack in the middle of our Vashon Island garden tour, Peter The Outlaw Gardener, Tom and I stopped at Dig Nursery, a marvelously funky place that I have posted about in the past. I visited two years ago. (
Click here to read about my visit.)
The nursery is still encircled by enormous gabions connected by wire fence, and with a gravel "floor," but now has a much more established air to it, as well as some marvelous new, large features such as a greenhouse and a wire pavilion. The gravel now has plants growing in it too.
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| This adorable little cat statue was situated right in front of a Nigella seedpod, which was growing in the gravel, looking rather like he was sniffing it. Since I love cats, and my husband's name is Nigel, I had to get a picture of it. In fact, it's now my profile picture on Facebook. |
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| A murder of crows |
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| Mexican feather grass and a variety of sedums have been allowed to grow in the gravel. |
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| I love the carpet of sedum at the feet of this bench |
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| The new wire pavilion |
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| I took a photo of these stacked file drawers two years ago! Not long after, I bought some metal file drawers to make my own little succulent "Digette.' I really should get on that. |
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| The nursery is divided into rooms with fun names! |
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| These terra cotta planters are the best! |
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| An enormous pot on its side was filled with water and water plants |
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| These concrete culvert pools connected by a girder river were there two years ago too. Some day I've got to try some Sarracenias. |
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| Orange poppy, so bright and cheerful! |
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| Peony blossoms floating in a birdbath |
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| This rose has such sunny colors! |
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| The owner's dog seems to spend most of her time napping and lounging in the nursery on her own bench. |
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| Forget terrariums under glass, how about a water garden under glass? |
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| I love these stripey containers, they just scream the Southwest to me. |
So....what did I buy there? Well, most of them have already been planted, so I can't do my usual trick of lining the suspects up on my patio like a bunch of would-be criminals. (Also, I can't remember all of them, they're out there in the garden somewhere.)
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| This amazing Arisaema was in glorious flower when I bought it. Now, well, I don't think I'll say what that flower reminds me of. |
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| I bought two of this cute little Pelargonium sidoides there. It hasn't started flowering yet, but when it does, the flower should be burgundy, a great contrast with that leaf. |
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| I also bought two of this cool Nasturtium 'Flamethrower Orange' there, which ended up being planted in cheapo bird cages and hung on my front porch (I posted about that here.) |
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| My favorite purchase at Dig wasn't a plant, it was this stand-out gardening hat! This thing caught my eye the second I entered the little register hut at Dig. I've worn it a few times already. That brim is enormous, and shades the back of my neck perfectly. |
I hope you enjoyed this visit to Dig! Peter also posted about this nursery, you can read his post and see the pictures he took
here.
