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
- Myth busting
- Books
- Tools
- Planning
- Soil testing and prep
- Seed starting
- 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
- Cut flower perennials
- 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
- Foundation Shrubs (evergreen, low maintenance)
- Shrubs for a cut flower garden
- Spirea
- Aronia
- Juniper
- Hydrangeas
- Roses
- Lilac
- Fruits & Vegetables
- Succulents
- Pests
- Garden accessories
- Greenhouses worth visiting
- Western Natives (optimized for pollinators/beneficial insects)
- Dry shade plants (e.g. under trees)
- Reminder: sometimes you have to deal with invasive plants :/
References
Myth busting
Books
Tools
Planning
Soil testing and prep
Seed starting
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).
Rabbit Resistant
Incidental report:
Here they donāt eat daffodils, snowdrops, bluebells, lily of the valley, martagon lilies, and they seem to ignore many local wildflowers like buttercup, red and white campions, dandelions and hawkbit, vetches and veronicas.
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
Cut flower perennials
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 16min
Kent Beauty (flowers earlier than bellisimo?)
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)
Playinā the blues (garden answer fav, only hardy to zone 7)
Nepeta
Catās pajamas (garden answer & impatient gardener) ā possibly the lowest growing varietal
Walkers low (floret)
Monarda
Monarda bradburiana (Floret)
Lambada (Lisa Mason Ziegler & northwest flower farm ā grown as an annual)
Lupine
(PepperHarrowFarm)
Yarrow
Summer Berries (PepperHarrowFarm)
Coronation Gold (PepperHarrowFarm)
Dried
Baptisia
(PepperHarrowFarm)
Greenery
Seed pods
Geum
Totally tangarine (PepperHarrowFarm)
Shorter
mai tai?
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
Sweet Potato vine (chartreuse)
21:50 sweetheart lime (garden answer favoriteāmounds)
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
Foundation Shrubs (evergreen, low maintenance)
Shrubs for a cut flower garden
Spirea
Aronia
Juniper
Hydrangeas
Roses
Lilac
Arborvitae
Spring Grove is more airy: 
Garden Answer September Garden Tour - Part Two! šæšš„° /// Garden Answer (16min in)
Fruits & Vegetables
Succulents
Pests
Garden accessories
I love the vibe of these āgarden fishā which look amazing in grasses or around shrubs, but which might be perfect for stone streams in water conscious gardens.
Iāve seen more reasonably priced koi like this on Costcoās website, but they donāt have quite the same movement as these fish.
Greenhouses worth visiting
Western Natives (optimized for pollinators/beneficial insects)
Dry shade plants (e.g. under trees)
Reminder: sometimes you have to deal with invasive plants :/
Best resource for dealing with yellow starthistle
See also:
Plant Index