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Joe-Pye weed (Eutrochium hybrid 'Phantom') |
Have Exposure - Sunny Exposure - Partial Sun/Shade Minnesota Native Planting Bed - Central Section - Central bed - Mercury 7 Soil - Neutral pH Preference Water - Twice a Week |
June 2, 2019: Obtained plant (Purchased from Bachman's on White Bear Lake avenue. Eupatorium 'Phantom' made with the store's label. Does not get higher than 36", considered a "dwarf" Joe-Pye Weed.) June 15, 2019: Transplanted (Put in the ground. Two plants.) May 8, 2020: Plant emerged (New, purple buds emerging from the old roots today.) May 16, 2020: Plant emerged (Both plants have buds that have emerged from the soil and are unfurling leaves.) |
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Wild Geranium (Geranium maculatum) |
Want (Love to have)ACQUIRE THIS Exposure - Shade Exposure - Partial Sun/Shade Minnesota Native Soil - Alkaline pH Preference |
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Virginia Waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum) |
Want (Love to have)ACQUIRE THIS Exposure - Shade Exposure - Partial Sun/Shade Minnesota Native |
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Winterberry (Ilex verticillata First Editions® Wildfire™) |
Have Exposure - Sunny Exposure - Partial Sun/Shade Minnesota Native Planting Bed - West Soil - Acidic pH Preference Water - Twice a Week |
Purchased three of the "Bailfire" females to go with one "Southern Gentleman" male plant. | June 3, 2019: Obtained plant (Acquired plant at Green Lake Nursery in Spicer, MN.) June 9, 2019 - May 3, 2020: Transplanted (Put in the ground. Three plants. At points of a square; the northwest point contains the male "Southern Gentleman" which should pollinate the females at the other points.) September 15, 2019: Fruit Ripened (A single berry appeared! I suspect that the plants were not pollinated in the way they were organized at the nursery.) May 5, 2020: Plant emerged (Noticed leaves coming out.) |
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Winterberry Holly (Ilex verticillata 'Southern Gentleman') |
Have Exposure - Sunny Exposure - Partial Sun/Shade Minnesota Native Planting Bed - West Soil - Acidic pH Preference Water - Twice a Week |
Planted in northwest corner, so prevailing winds can spread pollen to the females. | June 3, 2019: Obtained plant (Acquired plant at Green Lake Nursery in Spicer, MN.) June 9, 2019: Transplanted (Put in the ground. Nominally one plant, but I think there is a second stem in there I will tease out later.) May 5, 2020: Plant emerged (Noticed leaves today.) |
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Dotted gayfeather (Liatris punctata) |
Have Exposure - Sunny Exposure - Partial Sun/Shade Minnesota Native Planting Bed - East Water - Once a Fortnight |
I've realized I will need to undo this, and change the soil conditions or they will drown | May 22, 2020: Obtained plant (Acquired four plants from Mother Earth Gardens in Northeast Minneapolis, MN.) May 23, 2020: Transplanted (Planted four plants in East bed.) |
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Great Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica) |
Want (Absolute must-have)ACQUIRE THIS Exposure - Sunny Exposure - Partial Sun/Shade Minnesota Native Planting Bed - Central Section - Central bed - Hummingbird Soil - Neutral pH Preference Water - Twice a Week |
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Virginia Bluebells (Mertensia virginica) |
Want (Thinking about it)ACQUIRE THIS Blooms - April Blooms - May Blooms - June Exposure - Shade Exposure - Partial Sun/Shade Minnesota Native Soil - Acidic pH Preference Soil - Alkaline pH Preference Soil - Neutral pH Preference Spring Ephemerals Water - Twice a Week |
Usually found in wetlands. Height: 12" to 30". Spacing: 12" to 24". | |
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Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) |
Have Exposure - Sunny Exposure - Partial Sun/Shade Minnesota Native Planting Bed - Central Section - Central bed - Mercury 7 Soil - Neutral pH Preference Water - Once a Fortnight |
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Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa var. fistulosa) |
Have Minnesota Native Planting Bed - Central |
June 15, 2019: Transplanted (Put in the ground. Four plants.) April 7, 2020: Plant emerged (Noticed that all four plants had growth coming in on this date.) |
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Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) |
Have Exposure - Sunny Exposure - Partial Sun/Shade Minnesota Native Planting Bed - Central Section - Central bed - Grassland Soil - Neutral pH Preference Water - Once a Week |
May 2, 2019: Transplanted (Put in the ground. Four plants.) May 5, 2020: Miscellaneous Event (Noticed new leaves on at least one plant today.) |
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Switch Grass (Panicum virgatum 'Shenandoah') |
Have Exposure - Sunny Minnesota Native Planting Bed - Central Section - Central bed - Grassland Soil - Neutral pH Preference Water - Once a Week |
June 5, 2020: Obtained plant (Purchased from Mother Earth Gardens in northeast Minneapolis.) | |
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Large-flowered Beardtongue (Penstemon grandiflorus) |
Prev ACQUIRE THIS Exposure - Sunny Minnesota Native Planting Bed - Central Section - Central bed - Hummingbird Soil - Neutral pH Preference Water - Once a Fortnight |
Hasn't come back as of May, 2020. | |
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Wild Blue Phlox (Phlox divaricata) |
Have Exposure - Shade Exposure - Partial Sun/Shade Minnesota Native Planting Bed - East Soil - Neutral pH Preference Water - Once a Fortnight |
May 22, 2020: Obtained plant (Acquired three small plants from Mother Earth Gardens in Northeast Minneapolis, MN.) May 22, 2020: Transplanted (Planted in two groups in the East bed with the plants from Plant Place. One group is behind the water barrel, the other is against the basement wall behind taller plants.) |
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Wild Blue Phlox (Phlox divaricata 'Blue Moon') |
Have Exposure - Shade Exposure - Partial Sun/Shade Minnesota Native Planting Bed - East Water - Once a Fortnight |
I bought three large plants with blooms at a Cub Foods parking lot garden called Plant Place. | May 22, 2020: Obtained plant (Acquired three large plants from Plant Place at the Cub Foods parking lot in Roseville, MN.) May 22, 2020: Transplanted (Put into the ground in the East bed with plants from Mother Earth Gardens. One group is behind the water barrel; the other is against the wall behind taller flowers.) |
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Wild Sweet William (Phlox maculata) |
Want (Love to have)ACQUIRE THIS Exposure - Sunny Exposure - Partial Sun/Shade Minnesota Native Planting Bed - Central Section - Central bed - Hummingbird Soil - Neutral pH Preference Water - Twice a Week |
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Prairie phlox (Phlox pilosa) |
Want (Love to have)ACQUIRE THIS Exposure - Sunny Exposure - Partial Sun/Shade Minnesota Native Planting Bed - Central Section - Central bed - Hummingbird Soil - Neutral pH Preference Water - Once a Fortnight |
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American Red Pine (Pinus resinosa) |
Have Exposure - Sunny Minnesota Native Soil - Acidic pH Preference Water - Once a Fortnight Yard - North Side |
We have put Christmas lights on this during the cold months; it is in the front yard and provides some cheer in the dark. | |
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Pasqueflower (Pulsatilla patens subsp. patens) |
Want (Love to have)ACQUIRE THIS Exposure - Sunny Exposure - Partial Sun/Shade Minnesota Native Water - Once a Fortnight |
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Northern Red Oak (Quercus rubra) |
Have Minnesota Native Yard - North Side |
Deer have eaten this plant, causing it to be oddly pruned. It was acquired from a school Arbor Day activity. | May 5, 2020: Plant emerged (Noticed leaves emerging today.) |
