Yesterday, we took a 3-hour (or more) tour of the greenhouses and gardens of some friends of ours up here on C Highway. We went over there to pick up some fishing pole bamboo and some thornless blackberry canes. We took Sis with us, and the Blazer was so full of plants on the way home, she was almost crowded out of the back seat. We came home with two old homestead cherry trees. These are pie cherries but not too sour, he said. We've tried other kinds of cherry trees from different nurseries but never had much luck with them. They have several of these trees in their yard, though, and they are prolific in this area. Hopefully, they will do the same for us.
We also came home with a bunch more cabbage plants, which he immediately started putting in one of his new raised beds he built for vegetables. We also got some Wisteria (which I've missed). We just have to figure out a place to plant it where it can grow up something. Maybe the old wedding arbor can be fixed, but I guess we'll have to see about that. We also brought home a lemon-colored philodendron that we didn't have, some caladium, some old homestead day lilies, all kinds of things. On top of all that, we forgot the blackberry canes. We did get the fishing pole bamboo, though.
He went back this morning to take them a few helpful things and pick up the blackberry canes. He brought back some violas and apple mint and 50-75 thornless blackberry root stocks. These particular friends have a 2-story main greenhouse and several smaller ones that he called "quonset huts" around the property, along with cold frames, flowered planting areas, and beautiful landscaped areas. Their gardens and planting areas are exquisitely beautiful with paths, retaining walls, rocked areas, a little pond for water lilies, even a sundial on a rock pedestal. The greenhouses are packed full with all different kinds of cacti, succulents, so many plants I could not even begin to name them all! I greatly enjoyed the 3-hour tour, although I am definitely taking it easy today.
I love plant sharing. Landscaping a yard out of a bulldozer pad becomes a whole lot easier that way. We have some things that we had set out in the yard over at the trailer that he's already harvesting starts from for the yard here at the house. It'll really be beautiful when it's done. Of course, sometimes it seems that finding pretty things to plant is never really done.
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