- Allium – Millenium – 2017 – Summer
- Allium stellatum – Fall Glade Onion – 2017 N
- Amsonia tabernaemontana – Eastern Blue Star – 2017 N – Spring
- Anemone hupehensis var. japonica – Japanese Anemone – 2016 – Late Summer
- Antennaria – Pussy Toes – 2017 N – Host for Painted Lady butterfly
- Aquilegia canadensis – Columbine – 2017 N – Spring
- Artemisia ludoviciana – White Sage, Wormwood – 2021 – 36″ – can spread. Put in back.
- Asclepias curassavica – Annual Milkweed – all asclepias are host for Monarch butterfly.
- Asclepias hirtella – Tall Green Milkweed – 2017 N
- Asclepias incarnata – Swamp Milkweed – 2017 N – likes wet feet – grows to 48″
- Asclepias purpurascens – Purple Milkweed – 2017 N, Sun to medium shade, Moisture: Dry to average, grow close together for pollination. Likes poor dryish soils – Mobot. Another source says it likes moist areas which drain well.?
- Asclepias tuberosa – Butterfly Weed – 2017 N
- Asclepias virdis – Spider Milkweed – 2021
- Baptisia australis – Blue Wild Indigo – 2017 N – Spring- died out?
- Baptisia hybrid – Sparking Sapphires – 2022
- Berlandiera texana – Texas Green Eyes 2020 – 48″
- Blephilia ciliata – Ohio Horse Mint – 2017 N
- Bohermia cylindrica – False Nettle – 2017 – host for Red Admiral butterfly
- Calamintha nepeta – Calamint – N – early summer
- Calamintha nepeta ‘Montrose White’ – 2018 – blooms all summer
- Callirhoe involucrata – Purple Poppy Mallow – 2020 N – 6″ tall, space 2′,
- Campanula rotundifolia – Harebell, N
- Ceratostigma plumbaginoides – Plumbago– Ground cover – Blooming November 5th – Good nectar plant – try under the oak tree.-2016
- Chamaecrista fasciculata – Partridge Pea – N – annual – reseeds.
- Cleome serrulata – N – annual – host for Cabbage White – Reseeds itself.
- Clinopodium arkansanum – 2019 N, space 12″. height 12″
- Coreopsis grandiflora – Large-flowered Coreopsis – 2017 N
- Coreopsis lanceolata – 2017 N – reseeds – summer
- Coreopsis palmata – Prairie Coreopsis – 2017 N – Flops over – few blooms.
- Coreopsis pubescens – 2021 – Star Tickseed – 36″ – sun to med shade
- Coreopsis verticillata ‘Zagreb’ – 2018 – Greenscape
- Cunila origanoides – Dittany N – 2020 – shade – fall bloom
- Dalea purpurea – Purple Prairie Clover – 2020 N, ht 24″,
- Downy Skullcap (Scutellaria incana) – 2017 N – long bloom time – tallish
- Echinacea paradoxa – Yellow Coneflower – 2017 N
- Echnacea purprea – Purple coneflower – 2017 N – summer – shade tolerant.
- Echinacea simulata – Glade Coneflower – 2017 – sun and good drainage
- Echinops – Globe Thistle – 2016
- Erigeron pulchellus – Robin’s Plantain 2019 N, space 12″ – fills in well. Ground cover after blooming.
- Eupatorium rugosum – White Snake Root – blew in 2021
- Fern Maidenhair – Maidenhair Fern – 2021
- Foeniculum vulgare – Bronze Fennel – 2017 – tall – host plant for Black Swallowtails
- Gentiana andrewsii – Closed Bottle Gentian 2020
- Geranium hardy – Geranium × cantabrigiense ‘Karmina’
- Geranium hardy – Max Frei – sun to part shade.
- Geranium maculatum – Wild Geranium – 2020 N – space 12″ – height 22″,
- Glandularia canadensis – Rose Verbena 2019 N – Low growing – summer
- Helenium flexuosum – Purple-headed Sneezeweed – 2021 – 36″ – put toward back – CC
- Helianthus occidentalis -Western Sunflower – 2021 – 4′ – Full Sun
- Helianthus silphioides – Silphium Sunflower – 2020 N
- Heliopsis helianthoides – Ox-eye Sunflower – 2021- 72″ – CC – September bloomer Also False Sunflower.
- Heuchera parviflora – Littleflower Alumroot -2020
- Hibiscus lasiocarpos – Rose Mallow – 2020 – N – Summer
- Hydrangea arborescens – Wild Hydrangea 2019 N
- Iris fulva – Copper Iris – 2021 N – 3′ – Sun to part shade
- Iris virginica – Southern Blue Flag – 2021 – 36″ – wet
- Lantana – Miss Huff or Star Landing – perennial in this garden. Blooms until frost.
- Leucanthemum x superbum ‘Becky’ Shasta Daisy – 2017 – summer
- Liatris aspera – Rough Blazing Star 2019 N
- Liatris pycnostachya – Prairie Blazing Star – 2021 – 48″
- Liatris scariosa – Eastern Blazing Star N
- Liatris spicata – Blazing Star – 2017 N
- Lindera benzoin – Spice Bush – 2017 N
- Lobelia cardinalis – Cardinal Flower – 2017 N – sun, prefers a wet spot.
- Lobelia siphilitica – Blue Lobelia – 2020
- Lychnis chalcedonica – Maltese Cross – 2017 – cut back for 2nd bloom
- Mertensia virginica – Virginia Bluebells – 2017 N – shade – spring
- Monatda fistulosa – Wild Bergamot – Beebalm
- Monarda bradburiana – Bee Balm – Horsemint
- New England Aster – smaller versions – 2018 – not doing well.
- New England Aster – native – 2020 – CC – CC
- New England Aster – Believer – purple – Greenscape – fall 2018
- Oligoneuron album – White goldenrod – 2021 – low growing – 2′
- Oligoneuron rigidum – Rigid Goldenrod- Height: 30 to 48 inches
- Packera aurea – Golden Ragwort 2022
- Packera obovata – Roundleaf Groundsel – 2017 N – Squaw-weed (Senecio obovatus) – good ground cover in shade.
- Penstemon cobaea – Purple Beardtongue – 2017 – Spring
- Penstemon tubaeflorus – Prairie Beardtongue – 2021- white.
- Perovskia atriplicifolia ‘Baby Jean Baby’ – 2018 – Greenscape
- Phlox bifida – Sand Phlox – 2020 –
- Phlox divaricata – Wild Sweet William -N- Spring – blooms a long time.
- Phlox paniculata – Garden Phlox – 2017 N – summer – long bloomer
- Physocarpus opulifolius – Ninebark 2018 N – golden fall color. Vigorous grower.
- Polemonium reptans – Jacob’s Ladder – N – 2020 – space at 14″
- Poppy – annual from seed. 2019
- Ratibida pinnata – Grayhead Coneflower – 2022 tallish
- Rudbeckia fulgida – Black Eyed Susan – N
- Rudbeckia fulgida fulgida – 2018
- Rudbeckia missouriensis – Missouri Coneflower 2022
- Ruellia humilis – Wild Petunia 2021
- Salix humilis – Prairie Willow 2021
- Salvia azurea – Blue Sage – tall – trim in spring
- Salvia – purple – perennial – 2017
- Salvia – annual – Lady in Red – 2017 – fall color. Reseeds.
- Salvia – Black/Blue – up against foundation. – 2018
- Schizachyrium scoparium – Little Bluestem – 2021 – grass – 48″
- Sedum – large – 2017
- Senna marilandica – Wild Senna – 2017 – N – Host for Sulphur butterflies
- Silene regia – Royal Catchfly – 2017 N – Summer
- Silene virginica – Fire Pink – 2020 N, Sun, ht 16″, short-lived, seeds need cold stratification.
- Solidago buckleyi – Buckley’s Goldenrod – 2021
- Solidago drummondii – Cliff Goldenrod – 2021 – 3′ – Full Sun
- Solidago rigida or Oligoneuron rigidum – Rigid Goldenrod – 2020 – 6′ tall – cut back during summer.
- Spigelia marilandica – Indian Pink – 2017 – N
- Sporobolus heterolepis – Prairie Dropseed – 2022
- Stachys byzantina – Lambs Ear -2016
- Stylophorum diphyllum – Celandine Poppy – 2019 N
- Symphyotrichyum oblongifolium – Aromatic Aster – 2019 N – Fall
- Talinum calycinum – Fame Flower – Rock pink 2021
- Thyme – Tom from seed
- Tradescantia ohiensis – Ohio Spiderwort 2022
- Verbena bonareinsis – 2017 – Reseeds – tall – great pollinator plant
- Vernonia p. Ironweed – 2017 – N – CC – cut off seeds – reseeds vigorously.
- Veronica – Speedwell – 2017 – cut back when it stops blooming – will rebloom.
- Zizia aurea – Golden Alexander – 2017 – N – reseeds – host for Black Swallowtail
Notes
Railing area is 70′ x 16′
Used approximately 2 yards of mulch in 2017 – May 2nd – 5 hours work.
Cleanup – March 7, 2021 – takes 5 hours.
Water emergency turnoff is in the kitchen ceiling.
CC = Chelsea Chop – cut back by half around May 15th.
N = Native
Irrigation is turned on 4 AM Tue, Thur, Sat.
2021 – 10 bags mulch from Sherwood’s Forest for walkway – added 2 bags of Milorganite on September 19th
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