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Nax's Perennial Border (formerly Areas 3-5) garden

Created on Thursday, 03 Jul 08

This is the border with my neighbor. Mostly perennials, sometimes I fill in with annuals. Sun all day.

Garden Type: Backyard | Sun: Full Sun | Soil: Combination

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  • Tulips Day 53

    Tulips

    Tulipa

    In the magnolia patch: * 5 T. 'Salmon Pearl' * 10 T. ...

    Planted on 10 Oct 08

    • 1 journals
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  • Daffodils Day 53

    Daffodils

    Narcissus

    at the apple tree

    Planted on 10 Oct 08

    • 1 journals
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  • Crocus Day 53

    Crocus

    Crocus chrysanthus

    Under the farthest south spirea: * 10 Zwanenburg * 10 Aubade ...

    Planted on 10 Oct 08

    • 1 journals
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  • Blue Mist "Janietta" Day 56

    Blue Mist "Janietta"

    Caryopteris x clandonensis

    Janietta's third Blue Mist. Gave up the magnolia patch to some pla...

    Planted on 07 Oct 08

    • 1 journals
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  • Purple Bugbane Day 57

    Purple Bugbane

    Cimicifuga

    Planted on 06 Oct 08

    • 1 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments

  • Boltonia "Snowbank" Day 57

    Boltonia "Snowbank"

    Boltonia asteroides var. asteroides

    One volunteer, one purchased

    Planted on 06 Oct 08

    • 2 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments

  • Heather "Robert Chapman" Day 57

    Heather "Robert Chapman"

    Calluna vulgaris

    Planted on 06 Oct 08

    • 1 journals
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  • Barberry Day 57

    Barberry

    Berberis thunbergii

    Planted on 06 Oct 08

    • 0 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments

  • sedum Day 202

    sedum

    My new neighbors are removing (!!!) the gorgeous 20-year-old garden...

    Planted on 14 May 08

    • 7 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments
    • Very Happy

  • Rose- Pope John Fish Memorial Day 216

    Rose- Pope John Fish Memorial

    Rosa

    See the story under Sedum in this garden. A couple of days after p...

    Planted in Apr 2008

    • 4 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments
    • Happy

  • Queen Anne's Lace

    Queen Anne's Lace

    Very invasive, but nice in areas that you don't want to pay too muc...

    Planted in 2002

    • 2 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments
    • Very Happy

  • Lupine

    Lupine

    Planted in 2002

    • 2 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments
    • Happy

  • Is it Boltonia or some sort of Fleabane?

    Is it Boltonia or some sort of Fleabane?

    Boltonia asteroides

    Also some by the new patio. A pink variety with dark red foliage, ...

    Planted in 1999

    • 5 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments
    • Happy

  • Spirea

    Spirea

    Spirea

    Planted in 1994

    • 2 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments
    • Very Happy

  • Bee Balm (Monarda)

    Bee Balm (Monarda)

    This is one of the original plants that I put in when I first built...

    Planted in 1988

    • 5 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments
    • Neutral

  • Iris

    Iris AVAILABLE FOR SWAP

    Planted in 1988

    • 2 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments
    • Happy

  • Liatris

    Liatris

    Liatris spicata

    Another plant that goes back twenty years, it has been moved, divid...

    Planted in 1987

    • 4 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments
    • Happy

  • Phlox

    Phlox

    From volunteers growing out in my alley. Another original planting...

    Planted in 1987

    • 3 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments
    • Neutral

  • Prairie coneflower

    Prairie coneflower AVAILABLE FOR SWAP

    Ratibida pinnata

    From my father's central Illinois yard; this is a wildflower as far...

    Planted in 1987

    • 2 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments
    • Happy

  • Tiger Lily

    Tiger Lily AVAILABLE FOR SWAP

    Lilium lancifolium

    I'm guessing it was in some exchange, likely from my dad's where I ...

    Planted in 1987

    • 4 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 2 comments
    • Very Happy

  • Canterbury bells

    Canterbury bells

    Campanula medium

    Divides beautifully. Mine grow unusually tall-- as high as 40".

    • 4 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments

  • Wild campanula

    Wild campanula

    • 2 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments
    • Very Happy

Name Added Garden Swaps Available
Elderberry Elderberry

Sambucus canadensis

 14 Sep 08 Perennial Border (formerly Areas 3-5) Garden Common Elderberry (0)
magnolia magnolia

Magnolia

 24 Jul 08 Perennial Border (formerly Areas 3-5) Garden Magnolia (0)
Mountain ash Mountain ash

Sorbus domestica

 14 Sep 08 Perennial Border (formerly Areas 3-5) Garden True Service Tree (0)
Painter's Palette Painter's Palette

Persicaria virginiana

 24 Jul 08 Perennial Border (formerly Areas 3-5) Garden Virginia knotweed (0)
Serviceberry Serviceberry

Amelanchier Laevis

 16 Sep 08 Perennial Border (formerly Areas 3-5) Garden Allegheny Serviceberry (0)

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