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spring days of the year and the surprise
March snowstorm, I caught my first real
gardening bug of the year. 1 pulled out my
sledgehammer, got butch-out on an over­
sized garden shed in my new back yard, pulled out
the rose bushes and started tackling the black­
berries and English ivy.
1 will tell you that no matter what, there is
always way more to haul away than you first think.
Don’t get me wrong; I did the socially responsible
thing. I took the shrubbery to the yard debris dump
to be turned into compost, took good wood to the
Rebuilding Center and reused some lumber myself,
unusual plants, it’s easy to get overwhelmed, but
but there was still a truck or two to just throw away.
luckily the folks working there know their stuff and
From where 1 live, the dump can be a big temp­
are always happy to lend a hand.
tation. There is that big green gate, the St. Johns
If you haven’t been out to Cistus yet, make this
Bridge, and if I get across it and take a right, there
year the one to go. Give yourself a few hours to
is one place 1 usually wind up: Cistus Nursery on
stroll around the gardens, which, by the way, are
Sauvie Island.
only 2 1/2 years old! ®
1 have to say that Cistus is one of my favorite
places to go spend my pink dollars on plants, and
C istus N ursery is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
with a new house 1 know that this trip will be the
daily
at 22711 N.W. Gillihan Road on Sauvie Island.
first of many for me this year. Started in 1998 by
partners Parker Sanderson and Sean Hogan, Cistus
To reach D1RTY D an , who will answer any and all of
has become one of the Northwest’s more cutting-
edge nurseries specializing in the more unusual of your gardening questions, simply e-mail
dirtydthegardener@yahoo . com.
plant life. If by now you haven’t been, pulling into
the driveway is an experience in -itself. Lushly
planted borders, full of plants that 15 years ago no
one even knew grew here, brush past your car win­
dows. It’s almost like going on a plant safari visiting
the far corners of the world with only having to
drive a half-hour.
Inside, fences divide the plants into groups with
fun names like Aboriginal “home of the left coast
native,” Zonial Denial, the nursery’s catchphrase,
and Fetish for the truly nerdy plant people. The
sections are laid out by a plant’s cultural needs and
where they are roughly native.
While 1 was talking with Hogan, he confessed
to being a complete texture junkie. This is very
apparent in the plants at the nursery. The giant
leaves of hardy bananas, Tetrapanax, Cannas and
palms make you feel like you aren’t in Oregon any­
more. Exotic and hardy evergreens clue you in to
the fact that this isn’t the nursery where your
grandma bought her petunias. With so many Wintering over plants await spring gardeners.
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Cherry blossoms welcome visitors to Cistus Nursery on Sauvie Island.