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Windcliff Revisited
Monday, 10th March 2008
Dan Hinkley and Robert Jones, founders of Heronswood Nursery ( now closed ) began their second garden in 2000, purchasing 5 acres of land atop a Pugest Sound bluff near the village of Indianola, WA on the Kitsap Peninsula. The land had originally been gardened for nearly 40 years with an existing framework of mature ornamental and native trees and shrubs, though the majority of the acreage was maintained as mown turf. While Jones, an architect, designed an Arts and Crafts style home ( construction completed in March 2004 ) Hinkley began replacing the turf with a wide range of drought tolerant plants. . He chose to plant directly into the existing sod after having killed it by repeated applications of undistilled vinegar ( applied when the ambient air temperature rises above 75F) After four years, the successes are beginning to reveal themselves. The following plant species and selections were those covered by Hinkley during his recent talk at the 2008 Northwest Flower and Garden Show.
1. Agapanthus campanulatus
2. Agapanthus ‘Blue Leap’
3. Agapanthus inapterus ‘Graskop’
4. Agapanthus ‘Loch Hope’
5. Kniphofia caulescens
6. Eucomia comosa
7. Eucomia pole-evansii
8. Gladiolus saundersii
9. Schizostylis coccinea
10. Melianthus major ‘Antanow’s Blue’
11. Aloe polyphylla
12. Aloe striatula
13. Dierama pulcherrima
14. Rhodocoma capensis ( a Restio )
15. Thamnochortus cinereus
16. . Acacia pravissima
17. Grevillea victoriae
18. Phormium tenax
19. Pseudopanax crassifolius
20. Olearia mollis
21. Cortaderia fulvida ( C. richardii )
22. Chionochloa conspicua
23. Embothrium coccineum
24. Lobelia tupa
25. Fabiana imbricata
26. Tropaeolum polyphyllum
27. Gunnera chilensis
28. Dyckia ‘Cherry Coke’
29. Fasicularia bicolor
30. Opuntia polyrhiza
31. Opuntia imbricata
32. Yucca aloifolia Variegata
33. Schefflera taiwanaia
34. Musa basjoo
35. Stachyurus salicifolia
Windcliff is a private garden and not open for visitation. The house and garden is, however, periodically opened for local benefits; stay tuned to DanielJHinkley.com for announcements regarding upcoming events.