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redloon's Group Backyard Project garden

Garden Type: Backyard | Sun: Dappled Sun | Soil: Don't Know I'm Organic!

My apartment building (a 3-story house with a separate apartment on each floor) has a mostly shaded strip of land behind it (15ft x 30ft), which used to be entirely inhabited by invasive plants and tended to collect trash and waste from neighborhood dogs.

In 2009 my downstairs neighbors and I converted it into a much more pleasant space! I dug up all of the weeds, and spread compost and topsoil over the lead-contaminated soil, and put in a bunch of new plants. My neighbors put in the brick patio, table & chairs, and grill.

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  • Stella de Oro Daylily Day 66

    Stella de Oro Daylily

    Hemerocallis

    Purchased on 18 Sep 09 Stella de Oro daylilies are herbaceous root pla...

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  • Dutch White Clover Day 72

    Dutch White Clover

    Trifolium repens

    Sown on 12 Sep 09 Planted along side strip. --- "Before the wid...

    • 3 journals
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  • Pulmonaria Day 104

    Pulmonaria

    Pulmonaria cevennensis

    Transplanted on 11 Aug 09

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  • Vinca Day 104

    Vinca

    Vinca minor

    Transplanted on 11 Aug 09

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  • Pachysandra Day 104

    Pachysandra

    Pachysandra

    Transplanted on 11 Aug 09

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  • Hostas Day 104

    Hostas

    Daphne odora

    Transplanted on 11 Aug 09

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  • Ferns Day 135

    Ferns

    Onoclea sensibilis

    Transplanted on 11 Jul 09 My mom has a ton of ferns that keep making more...

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  • Spotted Deadnettle 'Shell Pink' Day 162

    Spotted Deadnettle 'Shell Pink'

    Lamium maculatum

    Transplanted on 14 Jun 09 Spreading plant displays green leaves with a li...

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  • Legume: Dutch White Clover Day 162

    Legume: Dutch White Clover

    Trifolium repens

    Sown on 14 Jun 09 Purchased two 1/2 pound bags of seed. Planted ...

    • 4 journals
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  • Emperor Runner Beans Day 162

    Emperor Runner Beans

    Phaseolus coccineus

    Sown on 14 Jun 09 I created a bamboo trellis using 6 wimpy pieces...

    • 4 journals
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  • Moss Day 165

    Moss

    Bryophyta bryopsida

    Transplanted on 11 Jun 09 Brought from her family's yard by one of my dow...

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  • Christmas Ferns Day 170

    Christmas Ferns

    Polystichum acostichoides

    Purchased on 06 Jun 09 Birthday present from my in-laws. :)

    • 1 journals
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  • Sensitive Fern Day 170

    Sensitive Fern

    Onoclea sensibilis

    Purchased on 06 Jun 09 Birthday present from my in-laws. :)

    • 1 journals
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  • Vinca minor 'Atropurpurea' Day 170

    Vinca minor 'Atropurpurea'

    Vinca minor

    Purchased on 06 Jun 09 Gift from my in-laws. :) "Richly colored (la...

    • 1 journals
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  • Geranium 'Sue Crug' Day 170

    Geranium 'Sue Crug'

    Geranium

    Purchased on 06 Jun 09 Gift from my in-laws. :) "Cup-shaped flowers...

    • 1 journals
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  • Marigolds (6-pack) Day 170

    Marigolds (6-pack)

    Tagetes tenuifolia

    Purchased on 06 Jun 09 Gift from my in-laws. :) Orange, red, yellow...

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  • Veronicastrum virginicum (purple flowers) Day 177

    Veronicastrum virginicum (purple flowers)

    Veronicastrum virginicum

    Purchased on 30 May 09

    • 1 journals
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  • Thyme 'Pink Chintz' Day 178

    Thyme 'Pink Chintz'

    Thymus serpyllum

    Purchased on 29 May 09 Wonderfully fragrant foliage provides a treat f...

    • 1 journals
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  • Heuchera 'Ruby Bells' Day 178

    Heuchera 'Ruby Bells'

    Heuchera sanguinea

    Purchased on 29 May 09 Mounding perennial. Part sun. Blooms in s...

    • 1 journals
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  • Hosta 'Elegans' Day 178

    Hosta 'Elegans'

    Hosta sieboldiana

    Purchased on 29 May 09 Elegant, mound-forming perennial. Wide, steel-...

    • 1 journals
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  • Foxglove 'Dalmation White' Day 178

    Foxglove 'Dalmation White'

    Digitalis purpurea

    Purchased on 29 May 09 Part Sun. Pure white flowers. Upright, compac...

    • 4 journals
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  • Yarrow 'Summer Wine' Day 178

    Yarrow 'Summer Wine'

    Achillea

    Purchased on 29 May 09 Upright perennial. Dark purple blooms in the s...

    • 3 journals
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  • Dwarf Coreopsis Day 178

    Dwarf Coreopsis

    Coreopsis auriculata

    Purchased on 29 May 09 Mounding perennial. Bright golden flowers from...

    • 1 journals
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  • Spinulose Wood Fern Day 192

    Spinulose Wood Fern

    Dryopteris austriaca

    Transplanted on 15 May 09 Purchased at the Loring-Greenough House fundrai...

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  • Anise Hyssop Day 192

    Anise Hyssop

    Agastache foeniculum

    Transplanted on 15 May 09 Purchased at the Loring-Greenough House fundraiser

    • 1 journals
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  • Hostas Day 192

    Hostas

    Hosta

    Transplanted on 15 May 09 Acquired for free at the Spring 2009 BNAN Peren...

    • 2 journals
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  • Black-Eyed Suzies Day 192

    Black-Eyed Suzies

    Rudbeckia fulgida

    Transplanted on 15 May 09 Acquired for free at the Spring 2009 BNAN Peren...

    • 0 journals
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  • Sedum 'Autumn Joy' Day 192

    Sedum 'Autumn Joy'

    Sedum

    Transplanted on 15 May 09 Acquired for free at the Spring 2009 BNAN Peren...

    • 0 journals
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  • Butterfly Bush Day 193

    Butterfly Bush

    Buddleja davidii

    Transplanted on 14 May 09 Purchased and planted by my downstairs neighbors.

    • 0 journals
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  • Creeping Phlox: 'Snowflake' Day 195

    Creeping Phlox: 'Snowflake'

    Phlox subulata

    Transplanted on 12 May 09 One of my community garden neighbors had a larg...

    • 1 journals
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  • Bleeding Heart Day 199

    Bleeding Heart

    Dicentra spectabilis

    Transplanted on 08 May 09 Purchased the first from Russell's on 5/9/09, p...

    • 1 journals
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  • Side Garden: White Wood Aster (native) Day 202

    Side Garden: White Wood Aster (native)

    Established on 05 May 09 For more info about this plant, you can read mo...

    • 1 journals
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  • Edible Flowers: Nasturtium 'Double Dwarf Jewel Mix' Day 203

    Edible Flowers: Nasturtium 'Double Dwarf Jewel Mix'

    Tropaeolum minus

    Sown on 04 May 09 Sown indoors on 5/5, transplanted outdoors (loo...

    • 3 journals
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  • Sweet Woodruff Day 205

    Sweet Woodruff

    Galium odoratum

    Planting Out on 02 May 09 One 5/3 I helped my next-door neighbor transpla...

    • 1 journals
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  • Side Garden: Veronica 'Waterperry Blue' Day 205

    Side Garden: Veronica 'Waterperry Blue'

    Veronica umbrosa

    Planting Out on 02 May 09 I helped my next-door neighbor transplant some ...

    • 1 journals
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  • Side Garden: Ajuga 'Chocolate Chip' Day 205

    Side Garden: Ajuga 'Chocolate Chip'

    Ajuga reptans

    Transplanted on 02 May 09 I helped my next-door neighbor transplant some ...

    • 1 journals
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  • White Clover 'New Zealand' Day 206

    White Clover 'New Zealand'

    Trifolium repens

    Sown on 01 May 09 Photo is from Day 43.

    • 2 journals
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  • Catmint Day 212

    Catmint

    Nepeta x faassenii

    Transplanted on 25 Apr 09 This mint doesn't taste very good, but it has b...

    • 3 journals
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  • Daylily Day 254

    Daylily

    Hemerocallis

    Established on 14 Mar 09 The only plants I spared when digging up the ba...

    • 4 journals
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  • Bee Balm 'Lavender Bergamot' Day 258

    Bee Balm 'Lavender Bergamot'

    Monarda fistulosa

    Sown on 10 Mar 09 Grown from seed - initially part of my winterso...

    • 2 journals
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  • Dwarf Lady's Mantle

    Dwarf Lady's Mantle

    Alchemilla erythropoda

    Transplanted on 28 May 08 Purchased and planted into the Front Apartment ...

    • 3 journals
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  • Astilbe 'Vision in Red'

    Astilbe 'Vision in Red'

    Astilbe

    Planting Out on 28 May 08 Purchased and planted in the Front Apartment ga...

    • 4 journals
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  • Coreopsis

    Coreopsis

    Coreopsis

    Planting Out on 24 May 08 Purchased and planted into my community garden ...

    • 4 journals
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  • Lavender

    Lavender

    Lavandula angustifolia

    Transplanted on 25 Apr 08 I inherited this plant from the community plot ...

    • 1 journals
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  • Greater Celandine (Mildly Invasive)

    Greater Celandine (Mildly Invasive)

    Chelidonium majus

    An excellent photo and botanical drawing of thi...

    • 1 journals
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  • Japanese Knotweed (Evil Invasive)

    Japanese Knotweed (Evil Invasive)

    Polygonum cuspidatum

    Japanese Knotweed is an invasive species in the...

    • 1 journals
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  • Garlic Mustard (Evil Invasive)

    Garlic Mustard (Evil Invasive)

    Alliaria petiolata

    Wikipedia has an excellent article on this scar...

    • 1 journals
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