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Apparently I trimmed this back last year but I don't recall (or ever knew) what it is. I'm trying to decide if I keep it or make room for someone new.

I’m trying to decide on an ornamental cherry to eventually serve as canopy for a dogwood. I’ve sort of narrowed it down to Yoshino, Okame, or Shiro-Fugen. Main requirements are that it be in the 15’ to 20’ range, tolerant of heat, the space has good drainage, summer water isn’t a huge problem, and I’d actually prefer some fruit (for the birds). My info source is https://www.epicgardening.com/flowering-cherry-trees/.

I have never dealt with this before. My tree is about 3 years old, so it is still young. I’ve noticed the leaves curling and some areas turning red/calloused.

What do I need to know about this and what do I need to do? I love this little tree and want to help it be healthy!

I planted a Japanese Maple in late February and this week I noticed all the leaves are drooping and about a third of the branches seem to be on their way out. I’m pretty sure it’s root rot? (Thanks to google.) I have high clay soil but it’s well amended. Can this tree be saved? It’s grown over six inches so far so it thrived for awhile.

Sitting outside Slow Pour on 13th, in Sellwood.

There are 4 segments.

Looks like it was the previous tenants interior decorations. They look beautiful!

Confirmed with crew that it's headed to recycling and is available to claim.

probably an impossible ask but on the off chance anyone knows what these little sprouts are popping up all over my new community garden plot.....can you tell me?

was going to wait for true leaves before ripping them out (what if i like them?) but the way they are proliferating makes me think they can't be good.

bless you

Hey Folks!

Located in Sellwood, I put my greenhouse out on the street on 21st Ave, between Rex and Knapp with veggie starts for the community. This weekend, it will be up on Sat/Sun at about noon each day (to beat the cold).

I'm back, this week with tomatoes (and a couple extra peppers, herbs, etc that are filling up my racks). I've got Egg from Phuket (adaptive seeds), Purple Cherokee (territorial seeds), Dwarf Confetti (adaptive), Perfect Rouge (adaptive), and Indigo Blueberry (territorial). 

Two weeks ago, I gave out 36 herb starts, and the week before I gave away about 20 peppers. Starting Saturday I'll have fifty tomato plants out, and on Sunday I'll be putting out a lot of my spare peps. Jalepeno, Sugar Rush Peach, Lightning Limon, Padron, Buffy, and Prik Cha Fa. 

Plants are first-come-first-serve, but I ask that you limit yourself to 2 plants to let the wealth go around. Venmo donations for the soil/containers/fert/my time are of course accepted :).

Growing conditions are completely organic and filled with love.

Drop on by saturday or sunday and grab some plants! I will probably only do one more weekend giveaway, in a couple weeks when I need to pot up again. But if you have any special requests for starts you'd like to see next month or next year, feel free to suggest! 

And I'd just like to say many thank yous to the mods here and the community here for letting me do these giveaways and for everyone coming to grab plants!

and what can i do to stop them? my first year in the community garden, methods must be organic. my neighbor's plot is the only one plumb full of weeds, worried it could be a snail/slug haven. beer? copper? seashell grit? any insightt/advice greatly appreciated 🙏

Hey gardeners. On the second Saturday of the month, I host a plant pickup + open garden + plant nerd hang out at my place in outer NE Portland. I have a backyard nursery with mostly natives, and invite local growers to set up to sell their goodies here. Also welcome anyone who wants to table about their plant/garden related service.

DM me if you are interested.

I bought my house 1.5 years ago and found all these roots buried kind of deep. I removed a lot of the dirt so the tops were sort of just lightly covered and waited to see what might happen. Anyway, peonies happened! Complete with ant guardians.