A Tree Garden

My Shady Situation in the Pacific Northwest

Plant Graveyard

Sometimes things don’t work out. This will be helpful for the future for myself, and maybe it will help you too. This page is in progress – there are many more dead plants on the way (yay?).

Ceanothus ‘Diamond Heights’

Ceanothus griseus var. horizontalis 'Diamond Heights'

Reason:

Died one winter, likely due to freezing temps.

Compact Giant Papyrus

Cyperus Percamenthus

Reason:

Killed by a weed-wacker during fall cleanup.

Dwarf Fetterbush

Leucothoe fontanesiana 'Nana'

Reason:

One of my first plants. Being a beginning gardener I think I failed to properly open and water the compacted rootball.

Emperor Japanese Maple

Emperor I Japanese Maple

Acer palmatum 'Emperor I'

Reason:

This beautiful tree up and died back to within 3 inches of the soil line. I don’t know why, but just in case I replaced it with a completely different tree, a Tricolor birch.

Forever Goldy Cedar

Thuja occidentalis 'Forever Goldy'

Reason:

This was in a big pot that I decided weighed too much to go back up on the deck after the remodel. It was also a little rangy, not getting enough sun to maintain an attractive shape. So it went into the compost heap!

Shredded Umbrella Plant

Syneilesis palmata

Reason: --