Last month the entire CobraHead family had the opportunity to visit several of the stunning gardens and nurseries of the Portland, Oregon region while attending the annual Garden Writers of America symposium. When I say family I don’t mean it in the figurative sense. In case you don’t know, we are a Mother-Father-Son-Daughter operation
My interests tend towards edible and medicinal plants, but the collection of Japanese maples and conifers at Iseli Nursery deeply impressed me. Iseli only wholesales their trees, but kindly provided all of us with a sampling of dwarf conifers that I potted up as soon as I got back to Austin.
Pictured above: Picea glauca “Jean’s Dilly”-Dwarf Alberta Spruce, Chamaecyparis obtusa “Nana Gracilis”- Hinoki Falsecypress, Chamaecyparis pisifera “Cumulus”- Sawara Falsecypress, Picea glauca “Pixie Dust’-Dwarf Alberta Spruce, and Pinus mugo “Donna’s Mini”- Mugo Pine. All of these varieties only grow one to three inches per year.
Another shot of the Pinus mugo:
My front porch has up to this point served as a holding area for plants destined for other parts of the yard. This container helps me slowly add to a more intentional design.