Image | Plant | Status | Notes | Events |
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Species Iris (Iris x germanica) |
Have iris |
1-Tall, grape scented purple one from Pinetree Camp 2-Wabash? PBF from neighborhood 3-Purple ruffley one via Jill and FSK Swap 4- Peach from Jill 5- Medium purple one from Lucy 6- 'Heirloom' small lavendar flower 7- Heirloom Mom's dusty rose 'Indian Chief?' 8- Tall pale yellow, listed on its own as Alice Harding Noid, fragrant |
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Rush (Juncus inflexus 'Blue Arrows') |
Have |
Got two as part of clearance pots from Lowes Oct 2018 Doing just OK 2019, look great with dusty miller next to it 2023- I've found it hard to divide with success, and hard to divide period! |
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Flapjacks (Kalanchoe luciae) |
Have potted tropicals |
got as cutting labeled K. thyrsiflora, but Geoff says that is much rarer. Also, red edge absent and flowers yellow on thrys. From Donna, 2016 | ||
Lettuces (Lactuca sativa) |
Have vegetables |
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Bleeding Heart (Lamprocapnos spectabilis) |
Have |
Have white and pink. Pink shows some red color in stem. Near the magnolia. Pink was big in corner but chickens scratched it all out. | ||
English Pea (Lathyrus oleraceus 'Alderman') |
Have vegetables |
planted 2020, as Tall Telephone from Pinetree. Fertilized early with N per Dillard. So far so good, getting big, has been a cool wet April. June 10 have started picking, am up to 7 ounces of shelled peas, pods have 5-8 per pod. No bending over to pick them! | ||
Highland Doghobble (Leucothoe fontanesiana) |
Want (Thinking about it) |
Huge patch in Oregon ridge park w F and B fall 2021 |
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Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis) |
Have wild flowers and weeds |
Found 2016 seeds from Muddy and tossed them on the side where I have had blue loebelia and have Chelone. | ||
Great Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica) |
Have wild flowers and weeds |
Had a good one on moist side. Moved to garage and damaged it. Possible babies located spring 2018 by garage. Also took seed heads to the head of the creek at that little park in Pasadena. and the woods by CatNorth. | ||
Coral Honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens) |
Have |
got from critter, 2014? in shade few years, move to sun 2018 2019, it is still in shade on the mailbox post, doing well 2023 May, huge and loaded w bloom |
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Chinese Witch Hazel (Loropetalum chinense var. rubrum 'Suzanne') |
Have |
Had been struggling for a few years, due to my lack of knowing the best site. Gorgeous leaves when healthy. Dead, or likely so due to summer drought 2019. | ||
Scarlet Pimpernel (Lysimachia arvensis) |
Have wild flowers and weeds |
pending good ID, I found this looking just like chickweed but orange, next to deck steps. 6-9-22 | ||
Leatherleaf Mahonia (Mahonia bealei) |
Have |
I've had one of these since maybe 2007, cannot remember how I got it but most likely a free swap. See comments in DB. | ||
Indian Cucumber Root (Medeola virginiana) |
Want (Thinking about it) |
native species seen in park on Quarterfield Rd 2015 | ||
Apple Mint (Mentha suaveolens) |
Have |
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Triandrus Daffodil (Narcissus 'Hawera') |
Have |
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Large-Cupped Daffodil (Narcissus 'Ice Follies') |
Have |
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Daffodil (Narcissus 'Tete-a-Tete') |
Have |
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Orchid (Oncidesa Gower Ramsey) |
Have potted tropicals |
got some years back and unsure of cv but this seems common. Usually bloooms yealry, I had divided but will now try to keep it growing. This year buds started to open about Jan 8, and I just brought it back home from the library as they are dropping as of March 3. Two months of display. People loved it. 2023 transferred to water base, big bloom stalk March |
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Prickly Pears (Opuntia) |
Have |
Eastern PP, humifusa, from David or Chantel. One all yellow, one has red center. One more elongated pads. Texas PP from trip to San Antonio. All are hardy next to fireplace southern exposure. 4-2021- dug out again to reduce it, had gotten big over the years, had periodically broken back pads to control it. Potted a couple pads to root. . Now will have space for Plumeria in this corner this year, see how that goes. |