I think I probably reference my website more than anyone else š and lately Iāve felt like there isnāt really a place for me to track what Iām learning and appreciating about plants (on my Gardening journey). So Iām adding this page to the database and tucking it in, just in case my notes are useful to others.
- References
- Books
- Tools
- Sourcing plants
- Rare and heirlooms
- Hellebores
- Flowers
- Annuals from seed
- Hardy āCool Flowersā
- Cut and come again flower varieties
- Flowers with a long vase life
- Flowers that you direct sow (instead of starting inside and transplanting)
- Flowers that grow well in shade
- Filler flowers
- Dried flowers
- North American drought tolerant natives for cut flower garden
- Misc:
- Stock
- South African Daisies
- Perennials
- Salvia
- Nepeta
- Monarda
- Lupine
- Yarrow
- Baptisia
- Geum
- Clematis
- Easy-grow standbys
- Lavender
- Grasses
- Verbena
- Sedum
- Bulbs
- Shrubs
- Spirea
- Aronia
- Hydrangeas
- Roses
- Fruits & Vegetables
- Garden accessories
- Greenhouses worth visiting
- Western Natives (optimized for pollinators/beneficial insects)
- Reminder: sometimes you have to deal with invasive plants :/
References
Books
Tools
Sourcing plants
Rare and heirlooms
Especially good for rare and heirlooms:
Hellebores
Impatient Gardener gets some seeds and plants from Select Seeds, e.g. purple bell vine (which didnāt germinate so she bought the plant).
Flowers
Annuals from seed
Hardy āCool Flowersā
šļø Note: whether you are direct seeding hardy annuals in the fall, or putting transplants in the ground, youāll want to put them outside at the same time (6-8 weeks before the first frost). That means that if you intend to start seeds indoors, youāll need to plant them many weeks earlier so that the seedlings have a chance to get established and hardened off before being transplanted into the garden.
Cut and come again flower varieties
Flowers with a long vase life
Flowers that you direct sow (instead of starting inside and transplanting)
Flowers that grow well in shade
Filler flowers
Dried flowers
North American drought tolerant natives for cut flower garden
Misc:
Stock
South African Daisies
Ornamental oregano
Bellisimo (impatient gardener fav) around 17min
Perennials
Garden Answer recommendations:
Dark Violet Skullcap (almost a ground cover) Rock 'N GrowĀ® 'Coraljade' Sedum 'Spot On' Lungwort Meant to Beeā¢ 'Royal Raspberry' Anise Hyssop Supremeā¢ Cantaloupe Echinacea
Salvia
Indiglo girls (Garden Answer)
Caradonna (PepperHarrowFarm)
Not smelly?
Blooms in the spring and again in the fall (smaller)
Dried flower (muted)
Nepeta
Catās pajamas (garden answer & impatient gardener) ā possibly the lowest growing varietal
Walkers low (floret)
Monarda
Monarda bradburiana (Floret)
Lambada (Lisa Mason Ziegler)
Lupine
(PepperHarrowFarm)
Yarrow
Summer Berries (PepperHarrowFarm)
Coronation Gold (PepperHarrowFarm)
Dried
Baptisia
(PepperHarrowFarm)
Greenery
Seed pods
Geum
Totally tangarine (PepperHarrowFarm)
Shorter
Clematis
Stand by me (bush type) (garden answer)
Easy-grow standbys
Easy-grow (impatient gardener):
- Big root geranium
- Nepeta (catās pajamas is lowest?)
- Ladyās mantle
- Hakonechloa macra - Japanese forest grass
- Hosta
Lavender
Grasses
Verbena
Sedum
Bulbs
Sourcing:
Colorblends: garden answer
Longfield gardens: impatient gardener & northlawn flower farm
Varieties:
Spring Flowering Bulbs
Small early bulbs:
Fall garden:
- Sedum - autumn joy?
- Crabapple
- Evereste (floret favorite)
- Note about crabapples: persistent type keeps fruit on the branches until new growth - less mess, food for birds, winter interest
- Seven suns flower - Heptacodium
Shrubs
Spirea
Aronia
Hydrangeas
Roses
Fruits & Vegetables
Garden accessories
I love the look of these āgarden fishā which look amazing in grasses but also around shrubs, but which might be perfect for stone streams in water conscious gardens.
Greenhouses worth visiting
Western Natives (optimized for pollinators/beneficial insects)
Reminder: sometimes you have to deal with invasive plants :/
Best resource for dealing with yellow starthistle
See also:
Plant Index