New England Aster

 

Name:   New England Aster
Variety:  Purple Dome
Type: perennial
Height: 24"
Sun: Full Sun
Flower color: purple 
Bloom Time: fall
Fragrance:  none
Location:  planted on the south side of gated arbor
Care: fertilize weekly in summer time.   In late fall, cut to ground after blooms have gone.

Front Porch

 

The front porch as never been more beautiful.   There are a few little changes I would make, for next year.

On Porch

Large pots:  Sun patience, grass.  I think I will get a bigger purple grass for next year

Calalily:  White in large pot, Gold Fever in medium pot, Millennial Queen small pot

Steps:

PW Super Bena, White Out

Side:  Pink Caladium  

Next year I have a tall thin pot and three different caladiums.   The pinks will go in the pots next to the bench.

Sugar Moon Rose

 

Name: Rose, Sugar Moon
Variety: Rosa, Hybrid Tea, Sugar Moon
Type: Shrub
Height: 3-4'
Light: Full sun
Color: White
Fragrance:  Citrus
Bloom Time: Summer
Location:  West of water fall 

Care:  Bayer once a month, fertilize two weeks later.  Prune to canes in winter and cover with burlap.  Mulch heavy.  Water well during summer.

Spray weekly with copper spray when leaves are out.  When in bud spray with soap spray for thrips.  Dead head as needed.  

Purchase May 2014 Sells.

New Purchase

Name:  Caladium

Variety: Caladium White Christmas
Type:  Tuber
Light:  Shade (does best on west side in shade)
Size:  12"
Bloom time:  None
Flower color:  None

Leaves:  Green with white highlights
Fragrance:  None

Plant location:  Tuber to plant in pot

Care:  plant in March indoors.  Take outside after frost.  Fertilize weekly.  

Purchase on ETSY.  Three bulbs came.  Will store in basement until next March.

Wisteria West Facing

Name:  Wisteriia Summer Cascade

Variety: Wisteria Macrostachya Summer Cascade
Type:  Vine
Light:  Full Sun
Size:  20'
Bloom time:  Jun-July
Flower color:  Lavender
Fragrance:  None

Plant location:  Back yard large arbor west facing

Care:  Fertilize stake in spring.  Prune to keep shapely

Bought this several years ago at plymouth nusery.  I don't like these as well as the other two facing south.  It does have a lot more foilage thought on the side, but it doesn't have the flowers.

Black Eyed Susan

Name:  Black Eyed Susan

Variety:  Rudbeckia fulgida Speciosa
Type:  Perennial
Light:  Full Sun
Size:  18" tall
Bloom time:  July-Aug
Flower color:  Yellow
Fragrance:  None

Plant location:  back yard waterfall hill east side

Care:  Fertilize weekly in summer.  Cut down in fall

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Coreopsis

Name: Coreopsis
Variety: Moonbeam
Type: Perennial
Height: 12"
Sun: Full Sun
Zone:  4
Flower color: yellow
Bloom Time: June to August
Fragrance:  No
Location: next to coral bells on hill side
Care:   Fertilize weekly in summer.  Cut to ground in fall.

Purchased at Sells

Bee Balm Bubblegum Blast

Name:   Bee Balm
Variety Monarda Bubblegum Blast
Type: perennial
Height: 24"
Sun: Full Sun
Flower color:  bubblegum 
Bloom Time:  mid to late summer
Fragrance:  none
Location:  planted on s side of gated arbor  next to cherry pops
Care:  fertilize weekly in summer with bloom booster

Fantastic Blooms

The Hope for Humanity is really doing great this year.

This is the best Arizona Sun we have every had

The tiny urchin sedum is in full flower.

Coneflower Sombrero Sangrita

Name: Coneflower
Variety: Echinacea Sombrero Sangrita
Type: Perennial
Height: 22"
Sun: Full Sun
Zone:  4
Flower color: red orange
Bloom Time: July
Fragrance: None
Location: north east on property back yard next to bridal spirea
Care:   bloom boost weekly in summer.  Cut down in fall after frost.

We purchase this on line at New Garden PLants.com.  There were two in quart containers very healthy.  Arrived today.

Beautiful Bloomers

We have had some wonderful blooming flowers this year.

Candy Tuft in the shade garden

Black Ajuga behind the waterfall

Bridal Spirea by the north side back yard.

Lamium south east side of deck by arborvitae.

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Ninebark Coppertina

Name: Ninebark
Variety: Physocarpus opulifolius  Coppertina
Type: Shrub
Height: 6'
Sun: Full Sun
Zone:  3
Flower color: white
Bloom Time: June
Fragrance:
Location: north east on property next to forsythia
Care:   fertilizer stake in spring

Purchased from Plymouth Nursery 2016.

Kahori Dianthus

Name: Dianthus
Variety: Dianthus Kahori
Type: Perennial
Height: 10"
Sun: Full Sun
Zone:  3
Flower color: cherry pink
Bloom Time: May to August
Fragrance:  No
 Location: Middle of perennial garden
Evergreen
Care:   Don't cut back in fall.   Fertilize weekly in summer with bloom boost

Purchased from Home Depot.  Purcahsed June 2019

New Purchase Hen and Chicks Silverine

Name:   Hen and Chicks Silverine
Variety:  Sempervivum Silverine
Type: Succulent
Height: 4"
Sun: Full Sun to shade
Flower color:  none
Bloom Time: none
Fragrance:  none
Location:  Behind the potentilla on s side waterfall
Care:  bloomboost weekly in summer. 

We purchase this a Banotai.  It was in a nice pot. 

New Purchase Strawberry

We purchased 5 strawberry plants at Lowes.  Doesn't have the variety, but only that it blooms all summer.  I will plant them south side upper box. 

Variety:  Fragaria x ananassa hybrids, but some are of the species Fragaria vesca.
Type:  Perennial
Sun:  Full
Flowers:  White
Bloom time:  ?  I'll find this out.   
Care:  Check weekly to trim back runners

Yew

Name:   Yew
Variety Taxus bacatta
Type: evergreen shrug
Height: 10-15'
Sun: Full Sun to shade
Flower color:  none
Bloom Time: none
Fragrance:  none
Location:  north east side of house
Care:  fertilize stakes in spring

There were three landscape items given us when they installed the grass--these yews, a pine tree that died and a deciduous tree for the parking strip.  The last two died but they did replace the tree.  We had to replace the pine tree ourselves.   They are really rangy, but do provide some plants on the north side of the house where we never go.

Juniper Blue Star

Name:   Juniper Blue Star
Variety Juniperus squamata blue star
Type: evergreen shrub
Height: 2'
Sun: Full Sun to shade
Flower color:  none
Bloom Time: none
Fragrance:  none
Location:  nw under bedroom window
Care:  fertilize stakes in spring

This was one of the first things we purchase for the back yard.  I have no record where

Lamb's Ear

Name:   Lamb's Ear
Variety stachys helen von stein
Type: perennial ground cover
Height: 8"
Sun: Full Sun
Flower color:  none
Bloom Time: none
Fragrance:  none
Location:  planted on the n side of the perennial garden
Care:  fertilize weekly in summer.   Have to keep this under control.

We purchased in Oct 17 from bluestone.com.

Sedum Tiny Urchin

Name:   Sedum
Variety Sedum Tiny Urchin
Type: perennial ground cover
Height: 6"
Sun: Full Sun
Flower color:  none
Bloom Time: none
Fragrance:  none
Location:  Planted on the south side of the potentilla
Care:  Keep the weeds out of them.   These run away and need to be thinned.

We purchased these with 6 other small hens and chicks but this is the only thing that survived.

Veronica Tidal Pool

Name:   Veronica
Variety veronica tidal pool
Type: perennial ground cover
Height: 6"
Sun: Full Sun
Flower color:  none
Bloom Time: spring
Fragrance:  none
Location:  planted nw corner of perennial garden
Care: fertilize weekly in summer


This was purchased in 2017 at bluestone.com.  It is doing really well although struggled the past two years.

Hen and Chicks Succulents Ruby Hearts

Name:   Hens and Chicks Ruby Hearts
Variety Sempervivum Ruby Hearts
Type: perennial ground cover
Height: 6"
Sun: Full Sun
Flower color:  none
Bloom Time: none
Fragrance:  none
Location:  Planted on the south side of the potentilla
Care:  Keep the weeds out of them

We purchased these are Meijers a couple of years ago.  I purchase other varieties, but they all died out.  These seem to be doing well.

Hilmond Pillar Barberry

Name:  Hilmond Pillar Barberry
Variety:  Berberis Thumbergii Helmond Pillar
Type: Shrub
Height: 3 ft x 1-2 ft
Sun: Full Sun
Flower color:  None
Bloom Time:  none
Fragrance:  none
Location:  front yard in front on arborviate on either side of perennials
care:  fertilize yearly with stakes.

Purcahsed at Lowes May 2017

New Purchases Switch Grass and Ajuga

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

Purchased at Arbor Farms stock from last year.  It was cropped.



Name:   Ajuga
Variety Black scallop
type: perennial ground cover
Height: 6"
Sun: Full Sun
Flower color:  purple 
Bloom Time:  ?
Fragrance:  none
Location:  in back of waterfall
care:  fertilize weekly with bloom booster.

Purchased on sale at meijers.  It was in good shape.

New Purchase--Topmix Dahlia

Name: Dahlia

Variety:  Topmix

Type:  tuber

Height:  12"

Sun:  sun

Color:  mixed 

Bloom Time: summer

Fragrance:  None

Location:  pot on the large table lower deck

Care:  Fertilize weekly throughout summer.  Bring tubers in each fall.

We purchase this at Lowes in their summer bulb section.   There were 4 tubers and not quite certain the colors.

New Purchase--Caladium

Name: Caladium

Variety:  Florida Cardinal

Type:  Bulb

Height:  18"

Sun:  Part sun

Color:  Red and green leaves 

Bloom Time: None

Fragrance:  None

Location:  Gray pot on gray step stool

Care:  Fertilize weekly throughout summer.  Bring bulbs in every fall.  

Purchased from Meijers in their annual bulb display.

New Purchases Astilbe and Hardy Geranium

Name: Astilbe

Variety:  Rheinland

Type:  Perennial

Height:  24"

Sun:  Shade

Flower Color:  Pink

Bloom Time: Summer

Fragrance:  None

Location:  North side of deck next to house by bleeding heart

Care:  Fertilize weekly throughout summer.   Cut back in fall

Purchased in April from Holland Bulb. Came as bare root.

Name: Geraniaceae

Variety:  Birch Double Cranesbill

Type:  Perennial

Height:  18"

Sun:  Partial Sun

Flower Color:  Fushia

Bloom Time: Summer to frost

Fragrance:  None

Location:  Perennial garden between iris and geranium

Care:  Fertilize weekly throughout summer.  Sheer back 1/3 after first bloom.   Cut to ground in fall

Purchased in April from Holland Bulb.  Came as bare root.

Order #HBF-292449

New Purchase Ring of Fire Rose

Name: Rosa

Variety:  Ring of Fire

Type:  Shrub 

Height:  5-6'

Sun:  Full Sun

Flower Color:  orange and coral

Bloom Time: Summer

Fragrance:  Slight

Location:  Rose garden--ne spot

Care:  Bayer once a month.  Fertilize with rose granuals twice a month not the bayer time.

This was purchased from Home Depot in April.  Planted last week of April.