Instagram Gallery – Heronswood

Instagram Gallery

Our Instagram gallery is new, a great way to share photos of what is going on in the garden on a daily basis. This gallery will be curated by Ross Bayton, Heronswood’s Assistant Garden Director.

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Someone needs to work on their camouflage #treefro

Someone needs to work on their camouflage #treefrogs

We all need some sunshine right now. Here’s the

We all need some sunshine right now. Here’s the buttercup Ranunculus montanus ‘Miss Austria’ #buttercup

The first flowers on Whipplea modesta, wild collec

The first flowers on Whipplea modesta, wild collected in the Siskiyous last fall. Heronswood aims to collect all members of the Hydrangea family, even this modest American native #hydrangeaceae

Check out the sultry black eye of this pipevine fl

Check out the sultry black eye of this pipevine flower (Aristolochia kaempferi). Definitely a little alien in appearance! #aristolochia

Lesser celandine (Ficaria verna) is extremely weed

Lesser celandine (Ficaria verna) is extremely weedy. An invasive in many areas outside its native Europe, it’s leaves range from green to mottled to purple. The leaf coloration helps it blend in and avoid detection by gardeners. This double flowered form is also quite pretty, unfortunately.

This tulip, ‘Alba Coerulea Oculata’, has a ric

This tulip, ‘Alba Coerulea Oculata’, has a rich blue eye and only opens in the sunshine. I know how it feels #tulip

If you’re friends with any slugs, then please do

If you’re friends with any slugs, then please don’t share this post! Wild gingers like this Asarum sieboldii are ambrosia to slugs and snails so enjoy these weird blooms before they’re eaten! #asarum

Petal perfection from Camellia japonica ‘October

Petal perfection from Camellia japonica ‘October Affair’

Endemic to Oregon, this adderstongue (Scoliopus ha

Endemic to Oregon, this adderstongue (Scoliopus hallii) is quietly spreading through Heronswood’s Woodland Garden

We all need a little sunshine at the moment and Ha

We all need a little sunshine at the moment and Hacquetia epipactis is just what the doctor ordered

We’ve been drilling holes in stumps in our new R

We’ve been drilling holes in stumps in our new Renaissance Garden so we can plant ferns directly into the dead trees. Apparently, we now have a helper #woodpecker

Hellebore flowers have colorful sepals, rather tha

Hellebore flowers have colorful sepals, rather than petals. The true petals are modified into nectaries, as seen here. Join us tomorrow (Saturday 7th) for our Hellebores and More plant sale, 10am-3pm #helleboreappreciationsociety

Join us for our Hellebore and More Plant Sale this

Join us for our Hellebore and More Plant Sale this Saturday (Mar 7, 10am-3pm) and be the first to tour the garden in 2020. It’s not just hellebores, with many other plants looking fine, such as this Camellia

It’s Hellebore Season! Join us for the annual He

It’s Hellebore Season! Join us for the annual Heronswood Hellebore and More Sale, this Saturday, March 7th, 10am-3pm. Not only are there many exciting plants for sale, but the spring garden is looking great! #helleboreappreciationsociety

Harry Potter fans cover you ears! Our mandrake (Ma

Harry Potter fans cover you ears! Our mandrake (Mandragora sp.) is flowering, but we’re careful not to expose the root, whose screams can kill...#harrypotter

Our California pipevine (Aristolochia californica)

Our California pipevine (Aristolochia californica) is about to bloom. The snake-like flowers lure tiny gnats, which readily become trapped inside, emerging in a cloud if the flower is punctured

Spring is sprung! Well it has been for a few weeks

Spring is sprung! Well it has been for a few weeks here at Heronswood, but these fresh new peony shoots really make the point

Brrr! It’s cold here at Heronswood and even the

Brrr! It’s cold here at Heronswood and even the rhododendrons look like they’re shivering! Droopy leaves are nothing to worry about - with the ground frozen, water doesn’t reach the foliage, thus wilting #rhododendron

Scoliopus bigelovii is in bloom already, in true e

Scoliopus bigelovii is in bloom already, in true ephemeral style. The three reflexed petals along with the purple spotted leaves show the close relationship between this genus and the toad lilies.

Love the curious catkins of this Garrya; look clos

Love the curious catkins of this Garrya; look closely and you’ll see a succession of tubular bracts, each bearing a cluster of small flowers #garrya

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