Thanks, very attractive and interesting plantings.

Thank you for the tour. Compared to our November garden, yours looks absolutely lush. While I normally wouldn’t have the courage to post November pics, for geographic comparison, here are a few shots. If it weren’t for conifers, I’d have no winter garden at all. Gloom, despair, and agony on me. ;)

Nice fall tours. Thanks.

tj

After the other night, I might need this disclaimer.

'WARNING: Some people may find these pictures offensive.' lol

Actually, after 2" of rain and 1" of snow on the backside of the storm, we had silver frost covering the flora this morning with some fog.

:-)

BillMN, cool pic and description. Maackia, all gardens are intersting anytime of the year. My front yard is all conifers. Here's a few more pics of backyard and patio taken today.

Incredible variety of evergreens!

@zephyrgal pacific nw, very tranquil view🌲I like the stone path.

@BillMN-z4a, I envy the snow❄️ we haven’t had a decent one for years

zephyrgal - Pic number 5 in your OP, the BLE wall shrub resembles Crinodendron patagua (a species I'm growing in my garden) but are those flowers? They seem impossibly large, perfect and late. My plant has not bloomed in its first three years.

artinnature, hello. Plant you refer to is Correa 'Ivory Bells'. A recent transplant from a container to that spot in the patio. A nice Australian plant. I noted you live somewhere in the Willamette Valley, I'm located on the north coast in the Nehalem area.

Ah yes, Correa. I think we saw some of those in the Mendocino Coast Botanical Garden, or nearby, last month. I have not grown it. I'm in Dallas, Oregon - NWWV, where it has been 20F-24F for six mornings in a row.

Beautiful and very peaceful.

@zephyrgal pacific nw How do you get your photos to display in line, instead of thumbnails you have to click on?

SeniorBalloon, I don't know what magic I have, I simply unload the photos from my phone to my computer and then upload the photos from there to Houzz.

Interesting. Same thing I do. Houzz is a cuckoo place. :0)

Your garden looks great even in fall.

I'm impressed by the Correa. I've tried it a couple of times but it never wintered over.

I am still accumulating BLE's to fill out my very new, all-container garden. It all looks pretty naked at the moment :-) I am surprised that I still have nasturtiums and cuphea flowering and one last remaining flower on my Black and Blue salvia.

I only wish I had the front yard of conifers. Somehow I found myself with an acre of almost all deciduous trees - but DH loved the house and really wanted it. He's helpful of keeping things neat and clean, in fact he mowed some lawn just yesterday in between showers but more to vacuum it than reduce any length.

My plants that thrived just a few blocks away are struggling still, more mature tree root competition, more clay.

I'm seeing some nice stairs above. That was one thing I'd planned to hire out and have finished by this last Fall and didn't make it. I have some that are vintage railroad tie and while I'm not worried about them at my weight or the weight of the deer that use them with pounds distributed over 4 hooves, I am concerned a man could sprain or even break an ankle on them, a couple have clearly seen better days. First thing when weather allows late winter or early Spring, it's on my calendar and I've budgeted for it. It's just not a job either of us feel like tackling ourselves - steep and will be heavy lifting.

morz8, my conifer front yard was planted by me after the retaining wall was built. It won't be long before some culling and major trimming will have to be done. Where are you on the Washington coast?

Grays Harbor and close to the beach. Our lot is very steep in back.

@zephyrgal pacific nw Is that a Clematis Armandii on that railing? And is it all growing from one root clump? It's very long. I'll bet it is a beauty when in bloom. We have tried growing them here, but it is too cold. :(

SeniorBalloon, yes, it is a Clematis Armandii and growing from a single root. It's very vigorous and it's been hammered by hail and brutal freezing weather.

Clematis armandii is a big, very vigorous vine. Can easily reach 20-25 (or more) feet once established. It is hardy to at least zone 7 so should be OK in your location, Brian. Like many BLE's in this area, it can experience some winter cold damage to the foliage but new spring growth will rapidly cover and disguise it. I'd certainly try it again.

The late winter/early spring flowers are a fragrant joy!!

@gardengal48 (PNW Z8/9) I may just give it another try. After reading your comment I thought about where it had been planted. When planted it was a pretty sunny spot, but the Japanese maples have grown so much that it's quite shady. I have already moved a rose out of this area. The armandii never did very well in this spot, even when it was sunnier. We have late frosts and the few times it put out buds they froze. It always died back to the root and grew poorly and then a few years ago didn't come back at all.

Maybe think about a more protected location.........perhaps an east facing wall? Somewhere out of any direct wind. While this vine is perfectly happy being grow in full sun, it is also one of the more shade tolerant types of clematis (open or light shade) so an eastern facing aspect should work well.

It is also a Great Plant Pick, so generally considered suitable for any maritime PNW climate.

re: my armandii, was planted 4 years ago, facing east, so protected from the trees by noon. It endured the hard freeze we had last year that lasted 3 days. Surprisingly, all my plantings survived in the brutal east, icy winds. Mine, unfortunately, isn't very fragrant. I think it's Snowdrift.