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madmblue

madmblue's Backyard garden

Garden Type: Backyard | Sun: Full Sun | Soil: Combination I'm Organic!

I got tired of looking at a small, flat boring, crabgrass-ridden backyard which was mainly used as a walkway. So I started filling it in this spring (‘08).
We’ll see where the plants take me.

Plantings

  • Purple Birch

    Purple Birch

    Betula populifolia 'whitespire' x betula 'crimson frost'

    Planting Out on 13 Jul 08 Two clumps of birch, planted now so they get so...

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  • East Friesland Sage

    East Friesland Sage

    Salvia x sylvestris

    Planting Out on 01 Jul 08 Planted it in the border, along with the Meadow...

    • 1 journals
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  • Red Fox Speedwell

    Red Fox Speedwell

    Veronica spicata

    Planting Out on 01 Jul 08 Planted near the sage. Looks sorta sage-y, even...

    • 1 journals
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  • Concord Grape

    Concord Grape

    Vitis labrusca

    Planting Out on 01 Jul 08

    • 1 journals
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  • Dwarf Lupines

    Dwarf Lupines

    Lupinus polyphyllus

    Planting Out on 30 Jun 08 These are planted along with the Russell's Hybr...

    • 1 journals
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  • Edelweiss Grapes

    Edelweiss Grapes

    Vitis vinifera

    Planting Out on 30 Jun 08 Three grapevines growing along a new screen blo...

    • 1 journals
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  • Winnipeg Rose

    Winnipeg Rose

    Rosa

    Purchased on 26 Jun 08 Haven't decided where to put him yet, so it's i...

    • 1 journals
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  • Lupine

    Lupine

    Lupinus

    Planting Out on 21 Jun 08

    • 1 journals
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  • Meadow Sage

    Meadow Sage

    Salvia x superba

    Planting Out on 04 Jun 08 Like the Russian sage... I like "purple" and "s...

    • 1 journals
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  • Butterfly Bush (2)

    Butterfly Bush (2)

    Buddleja

    Transplanted on 04 Jun 08 I have two of these blue butterfly bushes, plan...

    • 1 journals
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  • Spirea

    Spirea

    Spirea x cineria

    Planting Out on 04 Jun 08 Just thought the little shrub with all of the w...

    • 1 journals
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  • Mugo Pine

    Mugo Pine

    Pinus mugo

    Planting Out on 04 Jun 08 They are just neat-looking little pines!! So I ...

    • 1 journals
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  • Variegated Wiegela

    Variegated Wiegela

    Weigela florida

    Planting Out on 03 Jun 08 John liked it. Stripey leaves. He's right; it *...

    • 1 journals
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  • Compact American Cranberry

    Compact American Cranberry

    Viburnum trilobum

    Planting Out on 03 Jun 08 This is going to be a gorgeous big shrub someda...

    • 1 journals
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  • Lavender English Rose

    Lavender English Rose

    Rosa

    Planting Out on 03 Jun 08 I hope this one makes it; it smells wonderful e...

    • 1 journals
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  • Rainbow "Knockout" Rose

    Rainbow "Knockout" Rose

    Rosa

    Planting Out on 03 Jun 08 Rosa x "Radcolor" Really pretty pink and yel...

    • 1 journals
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  • White Coneflower

    White Coneflower

    Echinacea purpurea

    Planting Out on 03 Jun 08

    • 1 journals
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  • Purple Coneflower

    Purple Coneflower

    Echinacea purpurea

    Planting Out on 03 Jun 08

    • 1 journals
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  • William Baffin Rose

    William Baffin Rose

    Rosa

    Planting Out on 02 Jun 08 Billy Baffin is supposed to be a climber, so he...

    • 1 journals
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  • Russian Sage

    Russian Sage

    Perovskia atriplicifolia

    Transplanted on 02 Jun 08 I love purple. I like spiky.

    • 1 journals
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  • Lilac

    Lilac

    Syringa vulgaris

    I sorta have to share this with the next-door n...

    • 0 journals
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  • Golden Glow Sunflowers

    Golden Glow Sunflowers

    Rudbeckia laciniata

    • 0 journals
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  • Wild Roses

    Wild Roses

    Rosa rugosa

    These are "wild roses". They are probably rugos...

    • 2 journals
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    • Very Happy

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