OREGON S LGBTQ NEWSMAGAZINE
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JUNE 17. 2011
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BOTANICA
Landscape Design
Landscape Gardening
CISTUS NURSERY
David K. Gerald
22711 NW Gl UI HAN RD
SAUVI1; ISLAND, OR 97251
503 . 313.0476
davidkgerald@nisn.com
place there in the immediate, and a larger
Echinaceas drop the drab and pick up
pride of the garden’s place in the world and
the fab new colors.
on this planet. It was lovely.
If you’re tempted to use that Miracle-Gro possibly the drag queen of the coleus world.
to boost your plants, brush and weed killer Yes, we were truly being marketed to. I
to eradicate a few pesky weeds, think about bought it hook, line and sinker. I have a
the big picture, and what you may be rob­ lovely row of coleus “Gay’s Delight” in my
bing your garden of. A garden is full of life backyard. If only the area had more sun, I’d
beyond ourselves, and once I realized that, I add Red Hot Poker and an August bloom­
was a little humbled—for the birds, the rab­ ing Gayfeather to the party.
bits, the bugs and the bees.
Part 3: Good breeding
Part 2: Gay coleus
I love a good coleus. Coleus “Kong,” the
one with the monster leaves, was a favorite
in my garden last summer. I adore that they
named it “Kong.” Formerly only partial to
shade, coleus in the past years has been bred
to withstand sun, and now you can grow
these outrageously colored foliage annuals
in sun, part sun or shade. Be still my beating
heart.
Scrounging the coleus selection at my lo­
cal Fred Meyer, I had to contain my squeal
of joy upon finding my recent addition to
the annual coleus collection: “Gay’s De­
light.” Are we a target market for this coleus?
Are they summoning up quaint old words
for happiness? Or was this coleus truly as
fabulous—or should I say, delightful—as it
sounded? Neon green with dark purple var­
iegation, it was flamboyant, outrageous and
Formerly only available in their mainstay
colors of purple and dusty mauve, Echina­
ceas, commonly known as coneflowers, have
been busting onto the scene in all kinds of
new colors. In the past five years, this heat-
and drought-tolerant plant (great for, say,
the month of August) has shown up in col­
ors ranging from hot pink to deep red to
even a lime green. Look for the lovely colors
of Proven W inners’ Big Sky After Midnight
(what a great name, huh?) or other Big Sky
varieties in fuchsia and red to brighten up
those mid-to-late summer flowerbeds and
attract the hummingbirds to your garden.
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