Re: perennials DIGEST V3 #878
- To: perennials-digest@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: perennials DIGEST V3 #878
- From: S*@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 23:26:41 EDT
In a message dated 6/13/00 9:04:12 PM, perennials-owner@mallorn.com writes:
>From: Christopher Lindsey <lindsey@mallorn.com>
>Subject: Re: plants in flower
>
>> What is just
>> beginning to bloom in your gardens? these join about 19 other varieties
>> that are blooming now.
Blooming now or within the last 2-3 weeks:
In the front beds:
Bugleweed ..... Ajuga pyramidalis 'Metallica Crispa'
Hostas ..... H. marginata (HUGE!!) and H. fortunei
Azalea ..... A white one.... ?? scientific name
Sweet William ..... Dianthus berbatum
Various dianthus species (I have many!) including D. gratianopolitanus
'Cheddar Pink', 'White Imperial'
Euphorbia ..... We have srtarted "collecting" these and have several, many
sizes-- icnluding E. martinii and E. wulfenii, and E. ,marginata 'Snow on the
Mountain', E. griffithi
Columbine ..... Aquilegia chrysantha 'Yellow Queen', A. vulgaris 'Black
Barlow'
Shasta daisy ..... Chrysanthemum maximum 'Esther Reed'
Tasmanian violet ..... Viola hederacea
Miniature roses-- yellow and white
Forget-Me-Not ..... Myositis scopiodes
California poppy ..... Eschscholzia californica
White rhodedendron ..... ?? scientific name
Viburnum davidii
In the pacific Northwest native/wild corner:
Columbine ..... Aquilegia canadensis
Star-flowered false Solomon's seal ..... Smilacina stellata
Common foxglove .....Digitalis purpurea
Siberian miner's lettuce ..... Claytonia sibirica
St. Brigid's anemone ..... 'Windflower' ?? scientific name
Western Trillium (finished about a month ago, actually) ..... Trillium ovatum
Oregon Grape ..... Mahonia aquifolium
Common red paintbrush ..... Castilleja mineata
Wild lupine ..... Lupinus latifolius
Bleeding heart ..... Dicentra formosa (Had D. alba and D. cucillaria
'Dutchman's Breeches' but they're done now)
Nootka rose ..... Rosa nutkana
Black-eyed Susan..... Rudbeckia hirta
In the herb border:
Thyme ..... Thymus vulgaris 'English Thyme'
Creeping thyme ..... Thymus porlock
Hall's woolly thyme ..... Thymus paecox arctic 'Thyme Hall's Wooley'
Wooley thyme ..... Thymus pseudolanuginosus
Rosemary ..... Rosmarinum officianalis
Red saxifrage ..... Saifraga umbrosa
St. John's wort ..... Hypericum perforatum
Pot marigold ..... Calendula officianalis
Feverfew ..... Chrysanthemum parthenium
Sweet woodruff ..... Gallium odoratum
Chives ..... Allium schoenoprasum
Lamb's ears ..... Stachys byzantina
Bee balm ..... Monarda didyma (just getting ready to bloom!)
Chamomile ..... chamaemelum nobile
Lavender ..... Lavendula intermedia (I also have L. augustofolia 'Hidcote'
but it's not blooming yet)
Oregano ..... Origanum vulgare
Sage ..... Salvia officianalis
Valerian ..... Valeriana officianlis 'Garden Heliotrope'
Wood sorrel (Shamrock) ..... Oxalis acetosella
In the "formal" flower bed:
Columbine ..... Aquilegia 'Crimson Star', A. alpina,
Pinchusion flower ..... Scabiosa columbaria 'Butterfly Blue' and S. caucasica
More dianthus!
Johnny Jump-Up ..... Viola tricolor (Actually a self-seeding annual??)
Star Jasmine..... Trachelospermum jasminoides
Poppy ..... Papaver alpinum, P. nudicale, P. somniferum (opium poppy)
Coreopsis lanceolata 'Baby Sun'
In various spots:
'Improved Meyer' lemon (in a pot on the deck)
Bachelor's Button ..... Centaurea cyanis
More foxglove ..... 'Apricot'
Various grasses, and one really cool shrub we picked off of the nursery's
"mercy" table and haven't yet figured out what it is!
Dandelions, damn them!
Sue P, from the wonderful Willamette Valley near Portland, Oregon
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