Wednesday, April 29, 2026

New Plants 2026

 

Name:   arborvitae
Variety:  thuja occadentalis hetz mdge
Type: evergreen shrum
Height: 30x30"
Sun: Full Sun
Flower color: none
Bloom Time:  none
Fragrance:  none
Location:  south east of deck stairs
care:  fertilize yearly with stakes 

purchased 2 at Home Depot

Name:   yarrow

Variety:  achillea firefly diamond
Type: perennial 
Height: 24"
Sun: Full Sun
Flower color:  white
Bloom Time:  mid summer
Fragrance:  none
Location:  flower garden to the north next to garden
care:  fertilize monthly with bloom booster.  cut down to ground in fall

purchased at KBK Garden


Name:   clematis
Variety:  duchess of edinburgh
Type: vine
Height: 121'
Sun: morning sun, afternoon shade, shade roots
Flower color:  white
Bloom Time:  mid summer
Fragrance:  none
Location:  trellis on upper deck south east
care:  fertilize monthly with bloombooster.  type 2 plant.  Cut down in the late fall after dormant.  spray with neem oil for pests.


Purchased KBK Garden

Name:   hydrangea
Variety:  endless summer macrophylla
Type: perennial 
Height: 3' x 3'
Sun: morning sun afternoon shade
Flower color:  pink to blue
Bloom Time:  mid summer--rebloomer
Fragrance:  noneLocation:  north fence back yard between spirea and forsythia
Zone:  4
care:  fertilize with soil acidifier  bloom boost weekly during bloom time  do not prune  in fall mulch with pine bark mulch  remove blossoms in march

purcahsed Lowes.



Name:   ajuga
Variety:  princess nadia
Type: ground cover
Height: 8"
Sun: Full Sun
Flower color:  lavender
Bloom Time:  spring
Fragrance:  none
Location:  perennial garden next to veronica
care:  fertilize weekly with bloom booster

purchased at Jackon Perkins



Name:   Butterfly week
Variety:  asclepias tuberosa
Type: perennial 
Height: 24"
Sun: Full Sun
Flower color:  orange
Bloom Time: summer
Fragrance:  none
Location:  perennial garden next to yellow mellow butterfly weed
care:  fertilize monthly with bloom booster.  cut down to ground in fall

purchased at Plymouth Nursery

New Plants from 2025


Name:   Bee Balm
Variety:  Rockin Rapsberry
Type: perennial 
Height: 20"
Sun: Fu"ll Sun
Flower color:  rapsberry
Bloom Time:  mid summer
Fragrance:  none
Location:  south of the east arbor next to the other bee balme
care:  fertilize monthly with bloom booster.  cut down to ground in fall

Purchased at KBK Garden

Name:   lilac
Variety:  bloomerang ark purple dwarf
Type: shrub 
Height: 5' x 5'
Sun: Fu"ll Sun
Flower color:  dark purple
Bloom Time:  may
Fragrance:  lilac
Location:  south west corner of garage
care:  fertilize yearly with stakes

Purchased at KBK Garden

Name:   Salvia
Variety:  Color spires back to the fushia
Type: perennial 
Height: 24"
Sun: Full Sun
Flower color:  fushia
Bloom Time:  may
Fragrance:  none
Location:  center of flower garden next to garden
care:  fertilize monthly with bloom booster.  cut down to ground in fall

purchased at Plymouth Nursery



Name:   Lily
Variety:  Asiatic Summer Sky
Type: perennial 
Height: 24"
Sun: Full Sun
Flower color:  Pink with cream
Bloom Time:  summer
Fragrance:  none
Location:  south of garage in front of agarve
care:  fertilize in fall with bulb tone

purchased at Meijer



Monday, July 22, 2024

Switch Grass Shenandoah



Name:   Switch Grass
Variety:  Shenandoah
Type: perennial grass
Height: 3 ft
Sun: Full Sun
Flower color:  None
Bloom Time:  none
Fragrance:  none
Location:  planted south side at the east end of the garage
care:  fertilize monthly with bloom booster.  cut down to ground in fall


Purchased at Arbor Farms.  It was cropped.

Summer Sweet



Name: clethra alnifolia
Variety:  Ruby Spice
Type:  Shrub
Height:  6' x 6'
Zone: 3
Sun:  Partial Sun to Shade
Flower Color: light pink
Bloom Time: late summer
Fragrance:  yes
Location:  se back yard border north of vibernum
Care:  Fertilize with spikes in spring.   Dead head early spring.

Purchased at English Gardens

Monday, June 24, 2024

Vegetables

 1 pack yellow onions --Sells
1 Sweet 100 --Sells
1 grape tomato--Zwicki
1 large tomato glamour--zwicki
4 early girls --zwicki
+ 4 paper pots from our seeds

8 california wonder, green pepper--zwicki
4 zucchini--zwicki
4 red cabbage--zwicki--failed
4 red romain--swicki
4 celery--zwicki
1 cilantro--zwicki

Seeds:
gutter garden with black seed lettuce
10 snow peas
12 red onions
2 cucumbers
5 swiss chard
2 brussell sprouts
couple dill seeds 
3 long beans
6 green beans
2 rows medium long carrots
gutter garden bunching onions

Planted 2 pots marigolds around the green beans, 1 pot plus onions around the swiss chard, 2 pots plus pack of 4 around in front of the north side lot.   




Red Hot Poker

 


Name:  Kniphofia 
Variety:  Red Hot Poker Pyromania Hot and Cold
Type:  Perennial
Height:  36"
Sun:  sun
Flower:  varigated white to orange
Bloom:  early to mid summer
Fragrance:  no
Care:   Mulch in fall  Zone 5b.  Fertilize weekly in summer.  Dead head spent blooms

Friday, May 24, 2024

Geranium Bloodred Max Frei



 Geranium Bloodred Max Frei 


Name: Geranium sanguineum
Variety:  blood red max frei
Type:  perennial
Height:  6"
Zone: 4
Sun:  full sun
Flower Color: light to dark pink
Bloom Time: summer
Fragrance:  no
Location:  west side perennial garden middle between balloon flowers and sedum 
Care:  liquid fertilize weekly in summer.   cut to ground winter

Purchased Abbotts nursery