Friday, September 26, 2014

Far Reaches Farm...Finally!

Last week I finally made it to Far Reaches Farm in Port Townsend, WA for the very first time.  I was completely determined to go this year before they closed for the season.  Their selection of plants is mind-boggling.  Like Plant Delights Nursery in North Carolina or Cistus Nursery in Oregon, this is a horticultural hotspot.  And being the horticultural hotspot that it is, I did manage to pick up a few plants:

Top row (from left):
Eucryphia moorei - It's only hardy to Zone 9 but that's why pots exist.  I couldn't resist the pinnate evergreen foliage.
Iris japonica CR038 - This iris gets tall and forms purple "trunks".  Supposedly evergreen.
Sarcococca hookeriana ex G-W&P# - Interested to see how this differs from S. confusa.
Magnolia macrophylla subsp. ashei - A dwarf version of the big leaf magnolia.

Middle row:
Eucomis 'Rhode Island Red' - This gets huge and completely exudes the tropical look.
Woodwardia unigemmata - Giant, evergeen fern with the new growth a brilliant coppery-bronze.
Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Edge of Night' - Black mondo grass with a thin white strip along the edges.
Dryopteris championii - It was simply an evergreen fern that I didn't have.
Asarum maximum 'Shell Shocked' - Ridiculously huge leaves for a wild ginger.

Front:
Ozothamnus 'Sussex Silver' - Another silver plant to add to the collection.
Eucomis pole-evansii 'Purpurea' - I'm hoping it will be darker than 'Sparkling Burgundy'.

Also:
Clematis finetiana CDHM 14683 - Rare, evergreen, hardy clematis.

Clematis finetiana CDHM 14683
And:
Cautleya spicata 'Robusta'

Cautleya spicata 'Robusta'

6 comments:

  1. Nice job with the purchases, I can't believe you haven't been there before. Now tell us what you didn't buy but wish you would have...

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    1. Way too much good stuff. Someday I intend to win the lottery and then just buy the whole nursery.

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  2. Nice haul, and that clematis looks very delicate and tactile. Yes do tell more about the ones you saw but didn't get...

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    1. There were actually a few more hedychiums and roscoeas I wanted to get but they will have to wait. At least it's only a ferry ride away!

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  3. After seeing it growing at Plant Delights, Woodwardia unigemmata is at the top of my must-have list. I had to resist buying one when I was there in August, because it's probably marginally hardy in my climate and best planted in spring, and I have nowhere to keep it over the winter.

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  4. Nice!! Glad you finally made it up there. Kelly and Sue are wonderful! You'll love that Cautleya!

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