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cramsay's Frontyard garden

Garden Type: Frontyard | Sun: Full Sun | Soil: Clay I'm Organic!

Semi-formal front yard garden that I’ve been gradually planting with natives and letting it get a little overgrown. Two border gardens and a few specimen plantings with horrid unkempt lawn in between.

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  • Crocus "Cream Beauty" Day 65

    Crocus "Cream Beauty"

    Crocus chrysanthus

    Sown on 17 Sep 09

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  • Artichoke "Green Globe" Day 65

    Artichoke "Green Globe"

    Cynara scolymus

    Sown on 17 Sep 09 Planted in the space where I removed the dead r...

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  • Heuchera Frosted Violet Day 104

    Heuchera Frosted Violet

    Heuchera

    Purchased on 09 Aug 09 Just got it as a present, still trying to figur...

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  • Greek Oregano Day 223

    Greek Oregano

    Origanum vulgare subsp. hirtum

    Transplanted on 12 Apr 09

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  • Gaura 'Siskiyou Pink' Day 223

    Gaura 'Siskiyou Pink'

    Gaura lindheimeri

    Transplanted on 12 Apr 09 A beautiful and extremely hardy plant, everyone...

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  • French Tarragon Day 224

    French Tarragon

    Artemisia dracunculus

    Transplanted on 11 Apr 09

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  • Lavender, Wings of Night Day 279

    Lavender, Wings of Night

    Lavandula stoechas

    Established on 15 Feb 09 Was established in my garden when I moved in, b...

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  • Burgundy & Gold Bearded Iris Day 372

    Burgundy & Gold Bearded Iris

    Iris germanica

    Transplanted on 14 Nov 08 Cleared out a big clump in the back yard and mo...

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  • Mexican Feather Grass Day 395

    Mexican Feather Grass

    Stipa tenuissima

    Purchased on 22 Oct 08

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  • Wooly Thyme Day 395

    Wooly Thyme

    Thymus pseudolanuginosus

    Purchased on 22 Oct 08

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  • Goldenrod Day 395

    Goldenrod

    Solidago canadensis

    Purchased on 22 Oct 08 Native

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  • Narcissus "Kissproof" Day 395

    Narcissus "Kissproof"

    Narcissus

    Purchased on 22 Oct 08

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  • Daffodil 'Jetfire'

    Daffodil 'Jetfire'

    Narcissus

    Sown on 24 Oct 07 Pretty, early, blooms well.

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  • Sparaxis tricolor

    Sparaxis tricolor

    Sparaxis tricolor

    Sown on 22 Oct 07 Always keen to try new bulbs. Was recommended f...

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  • Alien Muscari

    Alien Muscari

    Muscari comosum

    Sown on 01 Oct 06 Oddball variety, had to have it. Very late bloo...

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  • Nigella

    Nigella

    Nigella damascena

    Sown on 13 May 05 White variety. Bought a single plant at mother-...

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  • Jupiter's Beard

    Jupiter's Beard

    Centranthus ruber

    Sown on 13 May 05 Escaped over the driveway from a planting in th...

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  • Oriental Poppy 'Allegro'

    Oriental Poppy 'Allegro'

    Papaver orientale

    Nice big red flowers, but they don't last very ...

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  • Heuchera 'Amethyst Mist'

    Heuchera 'Amethyst Mist'

    Heuchera

    Can't go wrong with this plant. Lovely deep col...

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  • Verbena Bonariensis

    Verbena Bonariensis

    Verbena bonariensis

    Excellent for border gardens - tall stems with ...

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  • Narcissus "Hawera"

    Narcissus "Hawera"

    Narcissus

    Very late, very petite daffodil.

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  • Variegated Figwort

    Variegated Figwort

    Scrophularia auriculata

    Another plant I bought because it had the most ...

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  • Dierama

    Dierama

    Dierama pulcherrimum

    A very graceful plant in bloom, clumpy grass-li...

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  • Daphne

    Daphne

    Daphne odora

    Two mature shrubs on either side of the steps t...

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  • Coreopsis 'Moonbeam'

    Coreopsis 'Moonbeam'

    Coreopsis verticillata

    Another "can't go wrong" plant.

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  • Miscanthus 'Rotsilber'

    Miscanthus 'Rotsilber'

    Miscanthus sinensis

    Needed something to put in a back corner of a b...

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  • Serviceberry

    Serviceberry

    Amelanchier

    Native. Specimen planting in the front yard. Pl...

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  • Power-Pole Rose

    Power-Pole Rose

    Rosa

    No idea of the cultivar, but it's very common i...

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  • Mock Orange

    Mock Orange

    Philadelphus lewisii

    Native. Specimen planting in the parking strip....

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  • Cornelian Cherry

    Cornelian Cherry

    Cornus mas

    I ordered this tree as a bare root from a catal...

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  • Winter Aconite

    Winter Aconite

    Eranthis hyemalis

    Visited Amsterdam in the early spring and these...

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  • Pennyroyal

    Pennyroyal

    Mentha pulegium

    Purchased two plants at a small nursery. Used m...

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  • Phlomis

    Phlomis

    Phlomis fruticosa

    I needed something big and beefy in my border n...

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    • Happy

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