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xan's Perennial Border garden

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

This is the border with my neighbor. Mostly perennials, sometimes I fill in with annuals. Sun all day. It comprises old designations:
• Area 2- south of the Savory encompassing all three large sedums (second picture)
• Area 3- former Magnolia patch (berberis and blue mist)
• Area 4- wild flowers area, with CantBells, Phlox, Coneflower, tiger lilies (main picture)
• Area 5- spirea to left of gate

now Savory Walk: Area 1

now Narnia garden:
• Area 6- behind spirea, plus path
• Area 7- spirea and apple tree
• Area 8 and 9

Tag Orange flowerborderornamental

Photos

Plantings

  • Hollyhock Day 170

    Hollyhock

    Alcea rosea

    Sown on 22 May 09 Raspberry with dark veins and pale red edges

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  • Sweet potato vine marguerite Day 172

    Sweet potato vine marguerite

    Ipomoea batatas

    Sown on 20 May 09

    • 3 journals
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  • Tulips- "Dordogne" in Area 4 Day 394

    Tulips- "Dordogne" in Area 4

    Tulipa

    Sown on 10 Oct 08 Dug up and stashed 8 of these to relocate in fa...

    • 1 journals
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  • Tulips- "Salmon Pearl" in Area 4 Day 394

    Tulips- "Salmon Pearl" in Area 4

    Tulipa

    Sown on 10 Oct 08

    • 3 journals
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  • Blue Mist "Janietta" Day 397

    Blue Mist "Janietta"

    Caryopteris x clandonensis

    Sown on 07 Oct 08 Janietta's third Blue Mist. Gave up the magnol...

    • 2 journals
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  • Bugbane, Purple Day 398

    Bugbane, Purple

    Cimicifuga

    Sown on 06 Oct 08

    • 2 journals
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  • Sedum

    Sedum

    Sown on 14 May 08 My new neighbors are removing (!!!) the gorgeou...

    • 12 journals
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    • Very Happy

  • Rose- Pope John Fish Memorial

    Rose- Pope John Fish Memorial

    Rosa

    Sown in May 2008 See the story under Sedum in this garden. A co...

    • 7 journals
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    • Happy

  • Angelonia

    Angelonia

    Angelonia

    Transplanted on 03 Jul 07 Planting date is a guess. Definitely didn't pu...

    • 0 journals
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  • Hardy Geranium

    Hardy Geranium AVAILABLE FOR SWAP

    Sown in 2006 See the sad story of my neighbor's gorgeous gar...

    • 4 journals
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    • Very Happy

  • Russian sage

    Russian sage

    Perovskia atriplicifolia

    Sown in 2006 Moved 1 of 4 from Savory.

    • 1 journals
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  • Queen Anne's Lace

    Queen Anne's Lace

    Established in 2002 Very invasive, but nice in areas that you don't...

    • 4 journals
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    • Very Happy

  • Boltonia or Fleabane?

    Boltonia or Fleabane?

    Boltonia asteroides

    Sown in 1999 Also some by the new patio. A pink variety wit...

    • 6 journals
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    • Happy

  • Spirea, border

    Spirea, border

    Spirea

    Sown in 1994

    • 4 journals
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    • Very Happy

  • Phlox

    Phlox

    Sown in 1988 From volunteers growing out in my alley. Anoth...

    • 7 journals
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  • Prairie coneflower

    Prairie coneflower AVAILABLE FOR SWAP

    Ratibida pinnata

    Sown in 1988 From my father's central Illinois yard; this is...

    • 4 journals
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    • Happy

  • Tiger Lily

    Tiger Lily AVAILABLE FOR SWAP

    Lilium lancifolium

    Sown in 1988 I'm guessing it was in some exchange, likely fr...

    • 6 journals
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    • 3 comments
    • Very Happy

  • Bee Balm (Monarda)

    Bee Balm (Monarda)

    Monarda didyma

    Planting Out in 1987 This is one of the original plants that I put i...

    • 8 journals
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    • Neutral

  • Liatris

    Liatris

    Liatris spicata

    Sown in 1987 Another plant that goes back twenty years, it h...

    • 8 journals
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    • Happy

  • Canterbury bells

    Canterbury bells

    Campanula medium

    Divides beautifully. Mine grow unusually tall-...

    • 7 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 1 comments

  • Wild campanula

    Wild campanula

    • 5 journals
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    • Very Happy

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