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Blue Star (Amsonia tabernaemontana 'Montana')
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Perennials
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Featured in a 2022 November program of Gardener's World, segment with Adam Frost interviewing a gardener with many beautiful fall plants including this one.

The common name of Butterfly Plant, because the leaf resembles th

Swallowtail Plant (Christia obcordata)
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(Love to have)Houseplants and Tropicals
Tender Perennial (Michigan)
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Incredible plant, needs high humidity. Does go dormant.

photo by: pethan

Naked Ladies (Colchicum bivonae)
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(Love to have)Bulbs, corms, tubers (fall)
New plants and seeds
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Red Pagoda (Shark tooth) Crassula capitella subsp. thyrsiflora

Red Pagoda (Crassula capitella subsp. thyrsiflora)
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Sedums and Succulents
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Somewhat delicate. Sensitive to too much water or rain. Have restarted plantlets indoors during winter 2022. January 24, 2022: Plant Ended (Removed, Died, Discarded, etc)

Cambridge, a big, robust, early bloomer.

Dahlia 'Cambridge'
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Dahlias
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This one is a winner! Bought in California, it has large, robust blooms, sturdy stems, interesting coloring. It is not a tall plant, but for that reason may be lovely in the landscape.

Lost this in spring sprout outs. The tuber rooted when "waking up" in 2023
April 19, 2022: Seeds sown (Tubers sown -- Laid tubers onto soil bed indoors in humidity dome) to "wake up" the dahlias. Purchased tubers at a store in SoCal with J.N.)
April 25, 2022: Plant emerged (Sprouts from tray "wake up" method)
July 22, 2022: Bloomed (Big, early blooms. A keeper! )
April 11, 2023: Potted up (Potted up on warm day, watered and put in greenhouse. Delayed planting due to nights in high 30s for two weeks of May.)
May 31, 2023: Transplanted (Planted sprouted plant at PG Johnson. Added to west end of first full row -- row one.)

A honey bee on a bloom of Hamilton Lillian dahlia #insects #polli

Dahlia 'Hamilton Lillian'
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(Love to have)Dahlias
Tender Perennial (Michigan)
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Flowering Crabapple (Malus Evereste®)
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(Love to have)Feature plant
Shrubs and Trees
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Listed in Floret Farm's Cut Flower Garden book...

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