Bonehead's Plant List

A note from Bonehead
I am located in north Snohomish County, Washington, Zone 8b, a temperate rain foresty region. I rarely get snow, extreme cold, or extreme heat. Global warming, however, is changing the last one and we now get summer temps that are uncomfortably hot for me (anything over 30 C). I use this feature as a mini-database of my plants - both those within my tended beds/yard and those in my wild areas. The dates for plant events (budding, flowering, etc.) are ranges, not necessarily inclusive on both ends.

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Kousa Dogwood (Cornus kousa subsp. chinensis 'Satomi')
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Dead Zone
Not positive re ID. Front field 2012. Charlie. This is all but dead 2015 but leaving it in place to see if it survives. Lack of water, plus dry winter. It was quite a beauty.

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Dogwood (Cornus sanguinea Arctic Sun™)
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Shrub
2011 outcropping left and right. Classic

Breaks dormancy mid Mar
Blooms late May
Leaves butter yellow late Aug - late Sep
Leaves turn orange yellow early Oct - mid Nov

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Bloodtwig Dogwood (Cornus sanguinea 'Midwinter Fire')
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Shrub
2015 outcropping left. The Plant Farm

Breaking dormancy

Red Twig Dogwood (Cornus sericea)
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Native
2008 big island, 2011 hillside right, 2017 500 live stakes planted by SCCD along creek. Sky Native Plants & NW Natives

Breaks dormancy mid Mar


Variegated Yellowtwig Dogwood (Cornus sericea 'Variegata')
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Red Twig Dogwood (Cornus sericea subsp. sericea 'Kelseyi')
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Shrub
2014 side forest. The Plant Farm.

Breaks dormancy mid Mar


Winter Hazel (Corylopsis glabrescens)
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Shrub
2012 back corner. This half-died from lack of water 2013, seems to be making a comeback 2015, but was again seriously water deprived. See if it survives. Charlie

Breaks dormancy mid Mar

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Buttercup Winterhazel (Corylopsis pauciflora)
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Corkscrew Hazel (Corylus avellana 'Contorta')
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Feed in spring prior to new growth. Remove broken or damaged limbs. May snip off every 3rd leaf to accentuate form in the summer. Deck 2009. Died 2015 from that disease they get. Not worth the bother.

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Beaked Hazelnut (Corylus cornuta)
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Native
Back woods and side forest

Smokebush # 225 nn; LHB p. 626, 110-2-1; MBG, "Genus name comes f

Smoketrees (Cotinus coggygria)
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Shrub
Driveway border.

Breaks dormancy late Mar

Tiny tiny button flowers

Creeping Gold Buttons (Cotula 'Tiffindell Gold')
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Perennial
2017. Good in gravel. In front of rubber wheel by barn mints. Pistil (Mary)

Photo courtesy of Santa Rosa Gardens. Used with permission.

New Zealand Brass Buttons (Cotula squalida)
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Perennial
Ground cover

New Zealand native Groundcover

Brass Buttons (Cotula squalida 'Platt's Black')
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Perennial
2019 between cracks in back patio under deck.

Fall Color

Black Hawthorn (Crataegus douglasii)
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Tree
Check to see if there is any out back - this one has a much more rounded leaf without deep lobes.

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Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna)
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Tree
Native
Here and there at forest edges

Breaks dormancy mid Mar
Blooms early May
Haws early Sep - late Sep

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Smooth Hawksbeard (Crepis capillaris)
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Annual
Invasive
Invasive weed from Europe. This shows up mid-summer throughout the beds and in the cracks of the patio. Easy to pull, has a short taproot.

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Crocosmia 'Lucifer'
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Perennial
Herb border, rockery, under deck, pond. Self sows and corms multiply. Keep it trimmed back so it doesn't flop. Try strong plants in front of it. Laur

Emerges mid Mar
Blooms late Jun - late Jul
Cut back leaners as soon as blooms open, be ruthless
Deadhead and clean up early August
Leaves turn golden brown late August
Cut back or leave standing over winter

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Fall Crocus (Crocus speciosus)
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Perennial
Base of willow.

Emerges early Mar

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Spring Crocus (Crocus vernus)
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Perennial
Jolly in winter, especially when blooms through the snow, but ends up with messy foliage. Here and there.

Blooms mid Feb - mid Mar

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