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Neela Nurseries tasks 2021

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April 30 Friday

To-Do:

    • [ ] plant in ground MTB Dividing Line, with asters de Atkinson
    • [ ] repot aloe maculata
    • [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
    • [ ] 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

  • [ ] repot aloe rietzii
  • [x] pot last surviving Crawford Oaks willow twig from 2018
  • [ ] pot geraniums with sedums and agave seedlings de 28th Street
  • [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
  • [ ] weed front bed along curb at foot of retaining wall

^ 2021-09-22 Wednesday

  • [ ] pot and sell extra strawberries
  • [ ] 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"
  • [ ] 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
  • [ ] Complete wood chips along strawberry patches
  • [ ] 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
  • [ ] 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
  • [ ] plant windmill palm seeds
  • [ ] remove daphne
  • [ ] lift and give away spirea along split rail fence, front and north side
  • [ ] pot up larger white oaks in effort to save them, start tracking their health once potted
    2021-11-21 - one three year oak from front near lilac
    2021-11-26 - one three year oak from front near lilac

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
  • [ ] pot last of salvaged Lily of the Nile from 57th street


^ 2021-12-03

Seeds planted:

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


^ 2021-12-04

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


2022-01-26

  • [x] 2022-02-12 SAT - dig and pot Douglas fir by north gate
  • [ ] dig and pot white oaks
  • [ ] dig and pot 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
  • [ ] trim Hawthorne tree
  • [ ] dig and pot volunteer gleditsia at water catchment point by front yard rhododendron
  • [ ] tray up extra strawberries, post and sell
  • [ ] pot Pacific madronas

2022-02-07 Monday

  • [ ] complete northeast corner first phase retaining wall
  • [ ] move one bamboo clump to NE corner of this wall's base
  • [ ] complete stone fireplace / barbecue outdoors
  • [ ] plant / transplant largest potted palm to fence line
  • [ ] plant kiwis at fence posts
  • [ ] 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
  • [ ] plant columbine seeds
  • [ ] plant Mount Saint Helens Sheep Canyon access road lupine seeds
  • [ ] move Lady Friend AB seedlings from under big agave
  • [ ] move MTB Butterscotch Wine for soil removal from backyard near kitchen
  • [ ] repair path by north gate
  • [ ] cover space behind compost bin
  • [ ] pot fir tree near big agave
  • [ ] revitalize pot with cultivated lewisia variety
  • [ ] give away two trays worth of plants under a rain cover
  • [ ] clear way for east garage window replacements
  • [ ] clear way for kitchen window work
  • [ ] construct platform for front window work
  • [ ] build gate SE corner

2022-02-14

Planned native planting:

  • [ ] complete fill and mixing of soil, river sand out front
  • [ ] plant Pasque occidentalis seedlings
  • [ ] plant between six and nine biscuit root seedlings
  • [ ] plant MCG penstimen as Pasque flower companions

Planned HCG planting:

  • [ ] locate planting places for drought tolerant mint family plant with late summer orange and pink flowers


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