I am a haphazard record keeper, and I am more likely to identify a plant as “granny’s evening primrose” than as Oenothera biennis. Still, it can be helpful to know what you are looking at. So here is a selection of the plants that I grow.
I am starting to identify which plants in my garden are native, and I am adding an * after the name of each native plant.
Early Spring (March – April)
Late Spring (May-mid June)
Geranium cantabrigiense Kalmia latifolia “Little Linda”* Baptisia “Blue Indigo”* Thalictrim “Black Stockings” Acanthus “Whitewater” Viburnum “Blue Muffin” Cotinus “Winecraft Gold” Verbena “Homestead Purple”
Summer (Late June – August)
Red raspberry “Caroline” Blackberry “Chester” Grape “Reliance” Caryopteris “Longwood Blue” Clematis “Jackmanii” Lonicera “Major Wheeler”*
Late Summer and Fall
A Gardener's Lot 