Nn-2021

Neela Nurseries tasks 2021

Keywords: To-Do keywords to do

This page a landing point for outstanding garden tasks. Need better organizing . . .

^ 2021 April 30 Friday

To-Do:

• [x] plant in ground MTB Dividing Line, with asters de Atkinson
• [ ] repot aloe maculata, original three in ~six gallon black pot
• [x] pot up aloe marlothii
• [x] pot last salvage TB iris from Cully house
• [x] locate in ground place for IB RE Halston
• [ ] locate/create in ground place for AB Syrian Moon
• [ ] plant seedlings of yellow form iris douglasiana
• [ ] plant mint plants in ground
• [x] plant PCI "Brevette" in ground
• [ ] clean up and cut downed limbs on back yard hillside

^ Pollinations

2021-06-06 Sunday

Notes here on pollinations . . .

(1) yellow flowering mammillaria x echinopsis oxygona de Terry N
(2) echinopsis oxygona x yellow flowering suspected mammillaria de Portland Nursery (diamond mesh thorn node pattern)

URL to a good cactus site: https://hscactus.org/resources/plants-of-the-month/echinopsis-2019/.

^ 2021-08-15 Sunday

• [x] repot aloe rietzii
  
• [x] pot last surviving Crawford Oaks willow twig from 2018
  
• [x] pot geraniums in one pot, sedums and agave seedling de 28th Street in another pot
  
• [x] pot cyclamen which are awakening in wood chips on first leveled area by blueberries
  
• [ ] plant single beargrass north of deck
  

• [ ] countersink larger potted beargrasses (lift helebor under pink rhododendron
  
• [x] move echinacea seedlings to spot under gumi berry
  

^ 2021-09-22 Wednesday

• [ ] build trays for agaves and cacti moving under rain covers
  
• [x] pot up ornamental smartweed
  
• [ ] find in ground location for "piggy back plant" tolmeii
  

• [x] give away extra iris
• [ ] plant AB "Oyez"
• [ ] plant AB "Vivid Dream"
• [x] set out for planting five of MTBs from Wildwood Gardens

^ 2021-10-11 Monday

• [ ] 2x4 foot covers for north front corner agaves
• [x] 2x3 foot cover for agave "Jaws"
• [ ] 2x3 foot cover for 28th street seedling agaves and yucca hesperaloes
• [ ] 4x6 foot cover for A. salmiana on backyard slope
• [x] 2x2 foot cover for latest A. salmiana on first terrace in backyard

• [ ] raised amended cover for large A. salmiana front and west
• [ ] min' 2x3 foot cover for largest A. ovatifolia

edit point 1 late 2021 planting ^

• [x] sedum lanceolata planted in ground
• [ ] lomatium martindelii planted in ground
• [x] IB Halston planted in ground
• [ ] kniphofia hirsuta in ground
• [ ] kniphofia seedling de ~2014, upright flower form to sunnier location in ground

• [x] Complete wood chips along strawberry patches
• [x] clean up about volunteer fuschia

edit point 2 backyard hilltop and north side task ^

• [ ] build gate at southeast corner, top of back hill
• [ ] clean behind red portion of fence, remove leaves and soil from bottom of fence

• [1/3] dig and give away hellibores under rhododendron (make space for beargrass)
• [ ] shore up mounds about native young sword ferns, southeast hillside

edit point 3 ^

• [x] plant iris tenax seed de Eugene
• [1/3] plant windmill palm seeds, two pots with multiple and one pot with one
• [ ] remove daphne
• [x] 2022-02-07 - lift and give away spirea along split rail fence, front and north side
2021-11-26
• [x] pot new seedlings of AB Hannah's Prayer x AB Desert Diamond (4 count)
• [1/n] plant arrowleaf seeds from 2021 May Dalles Mountain hike
• [3/n] plant yellow desert parsley seeds
• [x] pot last of salvaged Lily of the Nile from 57th street

^ 2021-12-03 - seeds to plant

Seeds planted:
• [x] sdlg (TB Alcazar x AB Turkish Plum) seeds, open pollinated 4 count - (4" round pot)
• [x] (sdlg TB "alcazar alba") x AB Kalifa's Robe, 16 count - (5" square pot)
• [x] Arrowleaf balsamroot, Dalles Mountain Road - (5" square pot)
• [x] I. aphylla x ?( AB Holy Moley Plum | AB Aril Skyline ) - (4" round pot)

^ 2021-12-04 Friday edit point

Seed planting:

• [x] plant unidentified wild lily seeds from Hamilton Mountain
  • [x] 2021-12-17 - unidentified wild lily from Hamilton Mountain
    
  • [x] 2021-12-17 - 2020 beargrass seed from Pinnacle Ridge, Mount Hood
    
  • [x] 2021-12-17 - 2018 TB Alcazar (OP) de Veris garden
    
  • [x] 2021-12-18 - milk vetch and arrowleaf balsamroot de Dalles Mountain
    
  • [x] 2021-12-18 - AB Perry Dyer x AB Aril Skyline

2022-01-26

Mostly north side tasks:
• [x] 2022-02-12 SAT - dig and pot Douglas fir by north gate
  
• [x] remove fuschia at northwest corner
  
• [x] 2022-02-07, 2022-02-13 SUN - dig and give away spirea douglasii, two locations
  
• [ ] remove birch trees from under deck
  
• [x] trim Hawthorne tree
  

2022-02-07 Monday

Some additional tasks:
• [ ] complete northeast corner first phase retaining wall
• [ ] move one bamboo clump to NE corner of this wall's base
• [ ] complete stone fireplace / barbecue outdoors
• [x] plant / transplant largest potted palm to fence line
• [ ] plant kiwis at fence posts
• [u] weed and clean up, rake smooth north leveled area
• [ ] create ramp from northeast part of yard up to first original terrace level

^ 2022-02-11 Friday edit point

• [x] pot saved TB Bruce Filardi seedling from 57th
• [x] pot salvaged AB Aztec Prince
• [x] plant columbine seeds, native Colorado state flower form
• [x] plant Mount Saint Helens Sheep Canyon access road lupine seeds
• [u] move Lady Friend AB seedlings from under big agave
• [x] repair path by north gate
• [x] pot fir tree near big agave
• [ ] revitalize pot with cultivated lewisia variety
• [x] clear way for east garage window replacements
• [x] clear way for kitchen window work
• [x] construct platform for front window work
• [ ] build gate SE corner

^ ease burden

• [ ] give away two trays worth of plants under a rain cover
• [ ] start a give away list of plants

^ 2022-02-14 - planting in situ

Planned native planting:

• [x] complete fill and mixing of soil, river sand out front
• [n - 1/n] plant Pasque occidentalis seedlings
• [3/n] plant between six and nine biscuit root seedlings
• [x] plant HCG penstimen as Pasque flower companions

Planned HCG planting:

• [4/6] locate planting places for agastache
  ( Consider one at corner near volunteer hardy fuschia. ) [x] clear and prepare northwest corner, fuschia corner for planting pasque flower, agastache, penstimon [ ] locate places for yucca flacida, two pots and three to four plant with dividing

[2/3] lift agapanthus along front walk, clear spaces for native planting
[x] box agapanthus for sale

[x] move compost bin away from house

More seedlings to locate and plant in ground:

• [5/n] arrowleaf balsam root
• [1/n] milk vetch
• [4/n] Saint Helens big leaf lupine
• [ ] bulbils de Catherine Creek ~2015, muddy trampled trail
• [ ] brodiea seedlings de Catherine Creek
• [ ] big head clover seedlings

• [5/6] delospermum ice cactus

Primary work as of mid-February is at north back slope, creating terraces and build retaining wall.

^ 2022-05-17 agaves and hotter weather moves

• [3/4] agaves salmiana 4 ct
• [1/2] agave ovatifolia, pup from largest plant de YuccaDo purchased cerca 2014
• [ ] agave montana de HPSO cerca 2016

^ 2022-02-28 - weeding and cover moves

• [x] move largest agave cover to backyard first terrace
• [ ] move 4x8 foot cover to upper slope, cover firewood
• [ ] locate place for TB iris seedlings three years in 1/2 gallon round pot, no id ruffled yellow x TB RE I'm Back
• [ ] construct fourth terrace, middle back yard under north most maple tree

• [u ~70%] weed dandelions in back
• [u ~10%] weed English violets
• [u ~30%] weed behind white fir

Misc . . .

• [x] build list of seedlings requiring potting up
• [ ] locate planting spaces for five sword ferns
• [ ] set bait at mole or no id animal holes south and north yard space

^ 2022-03-12 - seedlings to pot up

Agaves and natives . . .

• [1/2] agave montana:
• [x] de Rare Palm Seeds seed
• [ ] de southeast 28th street
• [x] agave sdlgs de Merges street - planted in ground
• [4/n 2 ct in ground] Gray's desert parsley
• [7/n 4 ct in ground] Columbia desert parsley
• [5/n 1 ct in ground] arrowleaf balsamroot de Dalles Mtn 2021
• [2/4] Cooper's aloe de 2020, planted 2021

white oaks . . .

• [ ] under 6x6' cover
• [ ] from behind kitchen
• [ ] mavericks at low, north end retaining wall at curb

^ 2022-03-12 - plants to dig and pot or move wet season

(1)
• [x] move lupine de Mischa from future walking point through concrete retaining wall
• [u] pot Pacific Madronas, all larger ones 25 cm and taller
• [u] three count three-gallon size trees potted 0313
• [u] one one-gallon size tree 0313
• [u ~80%] lift and box extra fescues out front
• [ ] move fescues at north side terrace project to middle hillside
• [u] pot remaining Douglas firs, back hill, near recycling bin, and from north end curb side retaining wall
Volunteer fir trees . . .
• [x] fir tree near recycling bin potted
  
• [x] one douglas fir under light creme rhododendron, north retaining wall potted
  
• [ ] four year old trees south back slope
• [x] hidden three year tree under light peach rhododendron
• [3/6] small one year firs near agave parryi
• [x] post doug firs for sale - posted 2022-05-14
• [x] sell extra fir trees
• [50%] dig, box bergenia originally from 57th street

(2)

• [x] move, pot, box Saint John's wort from strawberries along split rail fence
• [x] lift and remove raspberries by split rail fence
• [ ] move MTB Butterscotch Wine for soil removal from backyard near kitchen

(3)

• [7/7] tray up extra strawberries, post and sell
• [ ] dig and pot white oaks
[x] by garage door end of front walkway
[x] next to iris AB "Parable"
[ ] underneath and south of goumi berry
[1/3] by large potted apple tree from 57th street, on backyard slope

2022-04-22

Small tasks:

• [ ] dig and box iris foetidissinma south back slope
• [x] dig and pot Japanese maple near front north agave ovatifolia

Larger task to create level usable space behind kitchen, depends on smaller projects:

Project 0422-1 - all wood chips to back yard
• [ ] wood chips mulch out of driveway
• [ ] queue wood chips under cherry trees at south back fence
• [x] complete weeding on first terrace, locale holding bergenia de 57th street
• [ ] remove broken planter box with Sherrett street TB iris seedlings
• [ ] remove partly rusted metal shelving unit
• [x] remove two older planting tables
• [x] define spot to queue soil in driveway
• [1/n] move several fallen cherry tree rounds to lowest driveway point for soil queueing

Project 0422-2 - original bamboos potted and moved to corner of leveled area behind kitchen

• [ ] fescues near soil removal area to more south back slope
• [ ] MTB iris rehomed from soil removal area
• [ ] smaller bamboo to pots
• [ ] sufficient soil removed to locate larger bamboo in corner . . .

Next task after queueoing wood chips to spread them over hillside areas for weed control

Larger project to make front yard clean and usable:

Project 0422-3 - four by eight foot rain cover to middle top slope, to cover firewood
• [ ] Create paver pads for cover structure legs
• [ ] measure and mark cover structure ground contact footprint
• [ ] level footprints and smooth with fine gravel
• [ ] set flat pavers in place atop gravel
• [ ] perform reasonable leveling between rain cover ground contact points
• [ ] wood chips mulch between footprints
• [ ] set runners atop which to stack firewood
• [ ] move cover
• [ ] re-stack firewood
• [ ] ( placeholder )

Project 0422-4 - stone liner about front bed near chimney, along strawberry row ( plus ladder placement pads )

• [x] sparse stone layout for spacing visualization
• [ ] remove soil for gravel underlayment
• [ ] purchase and place stones

Project 0422-x:

• [ ] prune top of cherry tree closest to house
• [ ] prune cherry trees further up slope

Project 0422-y:

• [ ] temporary stairs to bergenia terrace

Project 0422-z:

• [ ] concrete retaining wall cut out by back door

^ 2022-04-20 - urgent

More urgent, cool weather dependent tasks:

• [7/n] pot larger madrona tree seedlings
• [u] dig Saint John's wort in long strawberry row
• [5/n] arrowleaf balsamroot seedlings to ground
• [u] remaining western Pasque flower seedlings to ground
• [1/2] pot up agave montana seedlings
• [ ] pot up agave de NE Merges street seedlings

• [3/n] pot up or move bleeding heart from base of large agave

Clean up:

• [~70%] along front yard rhododendrons
• [~10% around lilac
• [~80%] water catchment basin
• [~80%] between large agave and Japanese maple front bed

• [u] south of agaves on back hill

Plant:

• pasque flower, desert parsely, Saint Helens lupine about large hybrid lilies by chimney

2022-05-15

• find places to plant seedling beargrass in white pot
• pot dawn redwood tree seedlings

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