My stash of plants headed back with me to Washington! Boy, what a treat this all has been!

So, I just couldn't help myself. More plants were being offered for sale and I couldn't resist a great deal on a much sought after plant and then some....

Visiting the JC Raulston Arboretum was quite an experience. The clouds rolled it and it began to sprinkle and a gusty breeze made it difficult to really enjoy the experience, but the gardens and plant collections were superb!

To add to my collection of plants from the vendors and Plant Delights, I added the following to my haul:

SCHEFFLERA DELAVAYI!!!!!! Woot Woot..BOOM BOOM POW! $10.00 freakin' bucks for some really well grown plants in 4"!

Emmenopterys henryi

Cinnamomum chekiangensis

Persea species (it's labeled, but I can't remember it right now)

Gallardia aestivalis var. winkleri

Now, I think I'm completely screwed. I missed the post office time to ship these off and also, I'm still unclear if I need to get a phyto from the NC Department of Agriculture and get them inspected before I ship or bring them onto the plane!

I thought I had all this under control. ugh!

R

Plant Delights, oh baby!

Knowing I could get creative with how I pack my plants and bringing multiple boxes to ship them with. I made sure I would be coming home with selections I simply did not want to have to pay for to have packed and shipped when I could easily do it myself!

Plant Delights certainly lived up to my expectations and more so. With the help of my colleague, photographer David Perry, shot a video of my ranting on about the cool plants I saw in Tony Avent's Juniper Level Botanic Gardens.

Here's just a few things I picked up while I was there:

Woodwardia unigemmata (I pre-ordered these to make sure that they didn't sell out!)

Colocasia heterochroma 'Dark Shadows' (OMFG!, I hope lives for me)

Gloxinia namantanthodes 'Evita' (absolutely stunning color. I'll be posting photos I took of this plant on Flickr soon!)

Packed in a canvas bag I inherited from the trade exhibitions, I jammed it full along with an Aspidistra and a Edgeworthia I've been hoping to try in Seattle.

Off to the NC Farmers market, back to the convention for sessions and then an outing at famou JC Ralston Arboretum!

Sweating buckets having to rush and catch the bus,

Riz