Cistus Nursery: Part III

In my last two posts, Cistus Nursery: Part I and Cistus Nursery: Part II,  we explored this amazing nursery outside of Portland, OR. We also explored the scientific naming or classification of plants.

The nursery has a great deal of Mediterranean and tropical flora and is set up into sections. This section called Araucana refers to the South American chicken with connotations of the tropicals from the Southern Hemisphere.

Located in the Araucana section is a protective enclosure.

Restio Tertraphyllus – tassel cord rush – Restionaceae. Restionaceae, also called restios or restiads, is a family of flowering perennials, with rush-like flowering plants. This is a striking specimen with a very unique look and is a native of Australia.

Azara mycrophylla ‘Variegata’ – variegated boxleaf azara – Salicaceae. Evergreen shrubs and small trees from the Salicaceae family are also known as the willow family. The genus Azara is found in the Southern Hemisphere.

Coprosma ‘Beatson’s Gold’ – Rubiaceae. Family Rubiaceae is also known as the coffee family, madder family or bedstraw family and contains Coprosma one of thousands of species in this family. Coprosma is commonly known as ‘Australian Mirror Bush.’

Pittosporum tenuifolium ‘Silver Ruffles’ – ruffled kohuhu – Pittosporaceae. Pittosporum is a genus under the Pittosporaceae family and are small trees or large shrubs and are found in Australia, New Zealand and parts of Asia mostly grown for their foliage.

Fatsia japonica – japanese aralia – Araliaceae. Broad leaf evergreen that is very shade tolerant. The Araliaceae family contains tropical shrubs and trees. Fatsia is a small genus of three species of evergreens found in Japan and Taiwan.

Magnolia macrophylla var. ashei – Magnoliaceae. Magnoliaceae is the magnolia family and ashei, also known as ashe magnolia, is found in the Florida Panhandle. Macrophylla, macro for large and phylla for foliage, defines the large leaves of this specimen.

This is the thid of three posts for the Cistus Nursery. To find out more about Cistus Nursery you can visit their site by clicking here.

I used the following sites to research the names and species of plants in this post: Wiki (Restionaceae), Canada Plants (Restionaceae), Plant Lust (Azara Microphylla), Digging Dog Nursery (Azara Microphylla), Princeton University (Rubiaceae), Digging Dog Nursery (Caprosma), Botany.com (Pittosporum), Wiki (Fatsia), University of Hawaii (Araliaceae), Floridata (Magnoliaceae)