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Araucaria angustifolia... now about 9&1/2' tall. Possibly the largest one north of Gold Beach, Oregon. I wish there were a better way to photograph it but it is kind of in there with some other things.

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Beschorneria septentrionalis, thriving in all day dappled shade. I planted a number of xeric plants here that I thought might be more shade tolerant.... this one and Fascicularia pitcairnifolia have done the best. The bamboo (top left) is Thamnocalamus spathiflorus, a very beautiful plant but too crowded to photograph it. The trunk at right is pacific madrone (Arbutus menziesii)

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An Eryngium species previously offered by Woodlanders... this one has TALL flowers to 7' or more!!

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Eucalyptus triflora is a rare species that should be very hardy, and develops a thin, flat topped crown with many trunks. In the wild it grows in cracks in rocks.... but mine is now doing pretty well on clay!!

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Grevillea 'Poorinda Constance' still blooming and constantly defended by hummingbirds.

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This is Grevillea 'Poorinda Royal Mantle', a very cool groundcover hybrid that grows into a flat, dense mat. Deep red-purple flowers occur over a long period but my plant is too small to produce a lot of them yet.

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Grevillea victoriae completely loaded with buds this year (much more so than usual). That's Kniphofia linearifolia at left.

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Inula ensifolia

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A sort of jungly mess where I planted everything too close together (and it is too close because there are other plants you can't see that are crowded out) ..... Musa sikkimensis, Phyllostachys rubromarginata, Clematis tangutica, Clerodendrum bungei, Sambucus sp. and Vitis coignetiae are all in there somewhere. And the ones you can't see are Trachycarpus takil, Cordyline indivisa, Fuchsia hatschbachii and Bomarea hirtella. And maybe some other things... LOL

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You know summer is here when oleander actually blooms in the PNW... this is my 'hardy red', the first time it has ever bloomed.

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Olearia x haastii, a very compact and sturdy daisy shrub from NZ.

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Olearia aviceniifolia.