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Garlic (Allium sativum 'Music') |
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MIg - 2022 SN 2024 - nice large cloves Hardneck Making a stop in Canada prior to making its journey to us here in the United States, Music is a hard-neck variety that originated from Italy. This heirloom variety has weathered even the toughest winter conditions making it particularly suitable for the northern states, specifically in the Pacific Northwest Region as well as widely grown in most of Canada. Although hard-neck garlic is not known for its storage capabilities, Music can maintain its vitality longer than most! Once harvested, this variety will take you through the winter into early spring. This porcelain variety has a robust and pungent flavor and aroma. The bulbs will produce 4-7 large cloves that are wrapped in soft white paper that is easy to peel. Once you begin fertilization, fertilize the garlic every three weeks. Days to Maturity: Garlic can take up to 210 days to mature. Harvesting: Harvest garlic when green leaves have turned brown and fallen over. |
October 21, 2022: Seeds sown (Planted 7 cloves in Garden One.) March 2, 2023: Plant emerged (Made it through the winter so far.) |
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Garlic (Allium sativum 'Nootka Rose') |
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MIg - 2022 The beauty of Nootka Rose was originally cultivated in the San Juan Islands off of the Washington State coast. As a part of the silverskin cultivar, Nootka Rose is one of the longest storing heirloom garlic varieties. When stored in proper conditions it's been known to surpass a year of storage without losing its vitality! Keeping garlic in a cool area out of the direct sunlight ensures that you will have garlic even past your next successions sowing. The paper of these cloves has a dark pink hue, close to a dusty rose, that will give way to a pristine white bulb. The flavor is strong and is maintained through storage as well. Nootka Rose is the perfect garlic for all climates! It grows well in northern and southern states. Each medium-sized bulb has about 6 - 24 cloves with a strong garlic flavor. Days To Maturity: About 90 days. |
October 21, 2022: Seeds sown (Planted 8 cloves in Garden One.) March 2, 2023: Plant emerged (Made it through the winter so far.) |
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Chives (Allium schoenoprasum) |
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2021 Chicagoland Annual Plant Swap - luvtogarden Anne Texas 2022 |
May 15, 2021: Obtained plant (2021 Chicagoland Annual Plant Swap) May 20, 2021: Transplanted (Into Garden one) |
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Chives (Allium schoenoprasum 'Pink Feathers') |
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| Chives (Allium schoenoprasum 'Staro') |
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Drumsticks (Allium sphaerocephalon) |
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2021 Chicagoland Annual Plant Swap | May 15, 2021: Obtained plant (2021 Chicagoland Annual Plant Swap) |
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Ramp (Allium tricoccum) |
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twf - 2022 a.k.a. Ramps. A perennial wild onion is native to much of North America. Plants bear small, scallion-like bulbs with a unique, strong garlic and onion flavor. The bulbs are seeing increasing use in gourmet restaurants and are popular in certain local cuisine, both in the southern U.S., as well as Quebec. A short plant, growing to just 12-18". Freeze hardy. Ramp plants grow best in USDA Hardiness Zones 3 through 7 and will grow in the same cool and damp conditions as wildflowers such as trout lilies, trillium, or ginseng. It is best to plant them after the early springtime or during late summer or early fall. Zones 3 - 7. |
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Garlic Chives (Allium tuberosum) |
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Purchased fm 2022 fsp 2023 A delightful perennial is often grown both for its ornamental appeal and its edible leaves, which have an aromatic, slightly garlicky flavor. It is a low-lying perennial with elongated leaves that spread from the base. 1-2ft tall flower stalks are borne in summer yielding ornamental, white flowers that smell like violets. Hardy to well below freezing, can be grown in most climates. Zones 3-9. |
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Bear's Garlic (Allium ursinum) |
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February 26, 2021: Seeds sown (WS 40 seeds.) |
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Egyptian Walking Onion (Allium x proliferum) |
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2021 Chicagoland Annual Plant Swap - Jasmine 2021 Chicagoland Annual Plant Swap - luvtogarden 2022 Chicagoland annual plant swap - Jasmine Allium x proliferum is a cross between Allium cepa, the cultivated onion, and Allium fistulosum, the Welsh onion. Zones 3-10. |
May 15, 2021: Obtained plant (2021 Chicagoland Annual Plant Swap 2021 Chicagoland Annual Plant Swap) May 20, 2021: Transplanted (Into Garden one) |
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Palm-Leaf Marshmallow (Althaea cannabina) |
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DND's All Seeds Swap #9 (2022) - poisondartfrog - 2022 harvest Althaea cannabina is a PERENNIAL growing to 1.8 m (6ft) by 1.5 m (5ft). Is not frost-tender. It is in flower from July to September. The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs) and is pollinated by Bees. The plant is self-fertile. Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy), and heavy (clay) soils. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral, and basic (mildly alkaline) soils. It cannot grow in the shade. It prefers dry or moist soil. USDA hardiness zones 4-8. |
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Marsh Mallow (Althaea officinalis) |
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N.S. UK 2021 EARLY SPRING SEED EXTRAVAGANZA #1 - 2024 - Mimistime - Outsidepride 2023 African native. The original source of an Egyptian confection that evolved into today's marshmallows. The roots and velvety leaves have been eaten as a vegetable for centuries, often fried with onion and garlic. 3-4 foot stems of 1-2 inch, white-to-pink flowers are reminiscent of hollyhocks, to which this plant is related. Also renowned in various folk cultures for its medicinal properties. Not sure if it returned this spring 2022. Zones 3-9. |
April 23, 2021: Seeds sown (In unheated greenhouse. Plug flat one row 13.) May 1, 2021: Plant emerged |
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Grecian Windflower (Anemone blanda) |
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Anemone blanda, commonly called Grecian windflower, is a spreading, tuberous-rooted perennial that is native from southeastern Europe (including of course Greece) to the Caucausus and Turkey. It blooms in early spring. Plants typically grow to only 4-8" tall and feature attractive daisy-like, dark blue flowers, each of which contains 9-14 showy petal-like sepals, but no petals (apetalous). Tubers are knobby in appearance. Foliage is deeply cut and fern-like. Plants spread out to form a carpet of flowers in spring. Zones 4-8. |
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Columbines (Aquilegia) |
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Received in trade from N.H. Middle River Maryland 9-2020. Purple - From STSTS Swap 2-2021 3 Pink & Yellow Bi-color in Sun Garden Two 2022 3 tiny Pink & Yellow Bi-color in a pot 2022 3 Dark Purple I grew from seed in 2021 in Sun Garden Two 2022 1 Yellow that showed up in the shade garden by the pond with the Pink & Yellow Bi-color that I transplanted there 2023 Pink - 2023 Chicagoland Annual Plant Swap - Bethtrees Columbine Aquilegia Blue & White - EARLY SPRING SEED EXTRAVAGANZA #1 - 2024 - colcol - 2023 seed |
May 13, 2022: Transplanted (Pink & Yellow Bi-color into sun garden 2.) June 1, 2023: Transplanted (Pink one from Bethtrees into shade garden by the pond.) |
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Columbine (Aquilegia 'McKana's Giant') |
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6th Annual NFTSRSS - kywheeler - 2021 6th Annual NFTSRSS - ishareflowers - 2021 Will flower all summer if dead-headed. Self-seeds fairly easily. All America Selections winner in 1955. It is a hybrid with large flowers and long spurs. Flower colors include blue, pink, red, violet, white and yellow. Zones: 3 - 9. |
March 30, 2021: Seeds sown (WS - Jug 49) May 3, 2021: Plant emerged |
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Columbine (Aquilegia buergeriana) |
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DND's All Seeds Swap #9 (2022) - bxncbx - GeoSeed, 2020 This dwarf selection features bicolored flowers of dusky plum-purple and soft creamy yellow, over a mound of ferny light-green foliage. A western native columbine with extra-large fragrant flowers. Zones: 5-9. |
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Eastern Red Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) |
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From pm 2022 Aquilegia canadensis, the Canadian or Canada columbine, eastern red columbine, or wild columbine, is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae. It is an herbaceous perennial native to woodland and rocky slopes in eastern North America, prized for its red and yellow flowers. Zones: 3 - 8. |
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Sweet-Scented Columbine (Aquilegia fragrans) |
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EARLY SPRING SEED EXTRAVAGANZA #1 - 2024 - PlantMatt - No scent from these, pure white color. 2022. | |
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European Columbine (Aquilegia vulgaris 'Blue Star') |
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EARLY SPRING SEED EXTRAVAGANZA #1 - 2024 - Hortaholic - 2024 Burpee Zones 3 to 9. |
