Clockwise: Alstroemeria, Asiatic Lily, Oak Leaf Hydrangea, Dwarf Zinnias, Late-blooming Astilbe, Malva, Gladiolus
Photos by: Carlotta Lucas
Today in the Garden
Wildflower
Joanie Knitscher wrote: We got these seeds from along the highway at Lake Shastina, California. It’s potentially a weed, but for our pollinator garden we are willing to let it in, until it totally misbehaves!
Pollination Place Tour
Kristina Lefever, President of the Rogue Valley Pollinator Project & Ashland Garden Club Member.
Kristina gives us another tour of the native pollinator frontscape in progress at the Pollination Place, 312 N. Main, Phoenix, OR.
AGC Gardeners
Gardening continues even in a pandemic! Ashland Garden Club members are still weeding and caring for the Heirloom Garden at North Mountain Park. It’s easy to social distance in the garden.
Jeanne Arago, Allison Koenig, Kristina Lefever, Michael Dawkins, & Alison Chandler. And, taking the picture: Viki Ashford, Heirloom Garden Coordinator
Horticulture Report: Physocarpus capitatus (Pacific/Western Ninebark)
Plant Name: Physocarpus capitatus
Common name: Pacific/Western Ninebark
Plant Type: Deciduous Shrub
Plant Height: 5’ – 20’
Spread: 8’
Bloom Time: Late Spring – Late April – July
Flower Color: White Flowers with Red Tip Stamens/Reddish to Brown Fruit
Exposure: Sun to Part Shade
Soil Requirements: Acidic
Water Needs: Medium – ( best with summer watering)
Attributes: Flaking/Peeling Bark; Attracts Pollinator Insects; Deer Resistant; 3″-5″ Clusters of white flowers.
Uses: Hedge, Woodland Gardens, Native Gardens, Along streams
Native to: British Columbia to California & east to Montana
Oregon Native: YES
USDA Hardiness Zone: 3 – 8
Report by: Viki Ashford, AGC Member & Master Gardener
Photo Credit: Oregon State University https://landscapeplants.oregonstate.edu/plants/physocarpus-capitatus
Today in the Garden
Hulthemia Rose ‘Raspberry Kiss’, Daylilly, Red Annual flower, Verbascum ‘Southern Charm’, Gladiolus,
Photos by: Carlotta Lucas