The Classical Chinese Garden is a scholars garden located in Portland’s old town district. The garden occupies a full city block and the design provides quiet seclusion in the midst of a bustling city. The teahouse provides beverages and light dinning. The hours are daily from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Prices are adults $8.50,seniors $7.50 and children $6.50. Photo: Portland, Or 3/16/2007
Chinese Witch Hazel “Hamamelis mollis” Perennial, shrub 10-15″ tall and wide, a very early bloomer with bright yellow flowers and very fragrant. Photo: Elk Rock, the Garden of the Bishop’s Close, 11800 SW Military Lane, Portland, OR 1/10/2010
Cherry blossom at the Chinese Garden. The backlighting was too much to pass up. Spring is a ways away but it is worth waiting for. Photo: Chinese Garden in Portland, Or 3/16/2007
Flowers and leaf color change with the season. Light changes day to day and at times from hour to hour. The garden occupies a full city block and the design provides quiet seclusion in the midst of a bustling city. The hours are open daily from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Prices are adults $8.50,seniors $7.50 and children $6.50. The teahouse provides beverages and light dinning. I want to go there when it is raining to hear the sounds of water gushing off the roof. Photo: Portland, Or 4/20/2009
The sunlight featured this blossom on a yellow magnolia. Beauty is where you find it and this garden is an excellent place to experience it. Photo: Portland,, Or 4/30/2009
Enjoy the flowers whether they are in a bulb farm, public garden or your neighbors garden. Photo: Holland America Bulb Farms, Woodland, WA 4/25/2009
Chinese Witch Hazel “Hamamelis mollis” shrub 10-15″ tall and wide and early blooming yellow flowers are very fragrant. Photo; 2/06/2009 
Witch Hazel “Hamamelis x intermedia” variety ‘Jelena’. This is a cross between the Chinese Witch Hazel “Hamamelis mollis” and the Japanese Witch Hazel “Hamamelis japonica”. Shrub 15-20′ tall. Early blooming orange flowers (note seedpod). Photo 2/06/2009
Coast Silk Tassel “Garrya-elliptica” Silk-Tassel Family (Garryaceae) Shrub up to 20′ tall, evergreen leaves are leathery and dark green, male plants have 6″ catkins, female plants have 4″ catkins and produce dark purple berry-like fruits. Blooms early spring in the hills of S.W. Oregon. Photo 2/06/2009