| As
many of you know, the Butterfield Cottage flower gardens
are planted and tended by volunteers from the Sou'Wester
Garden Club. For several years it has been my garden club
assignment to head and coordinate committee of workers.
Now, I thought perhaps it was time to share some information
about the garden with the museum membership. In each newsletter,
I will try to write something about what's happening in
the garden, but please remember that reading about a garden
is never as good as visiting one so consider this as invitation
to stop by and smell the roses. We have three outstanding
additions to the Butterfield Cottage garden this spring
and they are all planted along the front picket fence across
from the porch.
First, we have a rambling rose, Veilchenblau. Rose growers
describe it as being as close to a blue rose as you will
ever find. First grown by Schmidt in 1909, it is almost
thornless. This one was donated by Doris Snodgrass. She
found it growing on an abandoned hillside in Elsie, took
a cutting, got it started and has shared it with us.
Second, we have a pink rambler donated by Carol Carney in
memory of Danette Hutton. Danette's great grandparents brought
it across the country in a wagon train in approximately
1860 and Danette had it in her garden in Warrenton. From
there, Carol Carney was given a start and now has generously
planted it in the museum's garden. We will attempt to identify
this one when it blooms so please let me know if you recognize
it.
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third, but certainly not least, we have a start from Nancy
and Rex Anderson of a Matilija poppy (Romneya coulteri)
from their cottage in Gearhart. So far I find no written
or oral account on how or when this poppy came to the north
coast, but it grows in several of the older gardens in this
area and loves our sandy soil because it is a native of
So.California's canyons and dry riverbeds. This plant is
persnickety about being transplanted but so far ours looks
healthy. Hopefully we will have some of those big "fried
egg" blooms this summer for all to enjoy. |
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