Plant Lists

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)

Clematis Montana
Epimedium grandiflora
Viburnam carlesii
Daffodil Thalia
Crab apple Hewes
Tulip Sarah Raven
Cercis canadensis “Forest Pansy”*
Zizia aurea*
Leucojum aestivum

Late Spring (May-mid June)

Baptisia Lemon Meringue*
Penstemon Digitalis*
Achillea millefolium*
Sambucus (Elderberry)*
Virginia Sweetspire*
Lonicera Sempervirens*

Calycanthus*
Verbena bonariensis
Hydrangea arborescens*

Monarda didyma*
Campsis radicans (Trumpet Creeper)*

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