Image | Plant | Status | Notes | Events |
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Motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca) |
Have Perennial Medicinal |
2014 bitch corner. Emerges early Mar |
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Shasta Daisy (Leucanthemum maximum) |
Have Perennial |
Front bed, herb border, under deck. Flops if not supported, give it the Chelsea chop. Ruth Emerges mid Feb Chelsea chop early Jun Blooms mid Jun - mid Jul Deadhead to ground to save a fall step |
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Lovage (Levisticum officinale) |
Have Perennial Medicinal Edible |
2006 tallboy herbs. Digestion. White Picket Fence Emerges late Feb - early Mar Blooms early Jun - late Jun Deadhead seed stalks to 3' late Jun |
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Ligularia 'The Rocket' |
Have Perennial |
2009 barn bed. Slug patrol often, not as bad as other ligularias. Laur Emerges early Mar Blooms late Jun - mid Jul |
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Bigleaf Ligularia (Ligularia dentata 'Othello') |
Have Perennial |
Slugs destroy this one, moved 2014 to east barn bed, give it a slug collar. From Lauri | ||
Lilies (Lilium) |
Have Perennial |
Orange and yellow plain-Janes Blooms early Jun - mid Jun |
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Sea Lavender (Limonium platyphyllum) |
Have Perennial |
2010 back corner. Slugs. Laur Emerges mid Feb Blooms late May |
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Purple Toadflax (Linaria purpurea) |
Have Perennial Invasive |
This is listed as an invasive species, pull it when it shows up. It's not a bad weed, has a pretty little lilac bloom. Blooms early Jun - mid Jun |
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Blue Flax (Linum perenne) |
Prev Perennial Dead Zone |
2013 medicinal herbs, 2014 added second one, 2015 both winter killed, 2016 replaced. Christianson's. This has been a difficult plant for me, but I love the light airy look to it. Replaced 2019 with 'Blue Sapphire' Blooms late May - mid Jun |
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Lupine (Lupinus hybridus) |
Have Perennial |
2017 (x6). Small seedlings of plain purple 'thug' set in mole hills along dog trail down the hill. Pistil (Mary) | ||
Yellow Skunk Cabbage (Lysichiton americanus) |
Have Perennial Native Aromatic |
Back wetlands Blooms mid April - late May |
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Fringed Loosestrife (Lysimachia ciliata 'Firecracker') |
Have Perennial |
2014 herb border. Laur Emerges mid-Mar Blooms late Jun - mid Jul |
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Creeping Jenny (Lysimachia nummularia) |
Have Perennial |
Ground cover, self sows or otherwise spreads. Not a problem to just pull it when it gets too thick, it will grow back and makes a nice green carpet with bright yellow flowers. | ||
False Lily of the Valley (Maianthemum dilatatum) |
Have Perennial |
Native, ground cover, self sows, goes dormant mid-summer |
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False Solomon's Seal (Maianthemum racemosum) |
Want Perennial |
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Starry False Solomon's Seal (Maianthemum stellatum) |
Want Perennial |
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Mallow (Malva sylvestris 'Mystic Merlin') |
Want Perennial |
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Mallow (Malva sylvestris 'Zebrina') |
Have Perennial |
Herb border 2012. From Lauri | ||
Horehound (Marrubium vulgare) |
Have Perennial Aromatic Medicinal |
Medicinal herbs 2015. Christianson's. Infuse for cough syrup. Fall: Cut to 6" |
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Lemon Balm (Melissa officinalis) |
Have Perennial Aromatic Medicinal |
Self-sows freely. Poultice for wounds and insect bites. Tea for heart, insomnia, melancholy, colds, flu, menstrual cramps. Eating one leaf per day may prevent migraines. Herb border and aromatic herbs. Emerges mid Jan - early Mar Chelsea chop Blooms |