This is along the North side of the house, facing the road. There’s maybe 50 feet between the front door and the street. Shade comes from the house itself, and the ancient pine tree to the east, but it’s a very high and sparse tree, so makes negligible impact.
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really wild geranium
Geranium sanguineum
Transplanted on 20 Jun 09 These are a bit rangy and wild looking, but she...
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American Holly Hedge
Ilex opaca
Transplanted on 27 Mar 09 For a hedge separating the yard from the road. ...
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Scots Pines
Pinus sylvestris
Transplanted on 27 Mar 09 New pines to create more of a barrier between t...
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Geranium 'Violet'
Geranium sanguineum
Sown on 22 Mar 09
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Geranium 'Pink'
Geranium sanguineum
Sown on 22 Mar 09
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Columbine 'Ruby Port'
Aquilegia vulgaris var. plena
Sown on 09 Mar 09 from source: This heirloom columbine has dark ...
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Columbine 'Pink Bonnets'
Aquilegia
Sown on 09 Mar 09 from source: The double, pink and white flower...
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Alpine Columbune
Aquilegia alpina
Sown on 09 Mar 09 from source: This beautiful species has striki...
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Hyacinth - Lady Derby
Hyacinthus orientalis
Sown on 26 Oct 08 By front door. pink. 8x
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Hyacinth -City of Haarlem
Hyacinthus orientalis
Sown on 26 Oct 08 by front door. yellow 8x
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Daffodil 'Kate Heath'
Narcissus
Sown on 26 Oct 08 These are absolutely lovely. They are by far my...
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Clematis
Clematis
Planting Out on 17 Jul 08 One on each side of the front porch.
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Mock Orange
Philadelphus
Big and green with little white flowers. Maybe ...
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Barbie-Pink Peony
Paeonia officinalis
Well there was a big stand of goldenrod here in...
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Ancient Lilac
Syringa vulgaris
It's big. Really big. It's one of the reasons w...
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Ancient Yews
Taxus
Great bigguns. One on either side of the east d...
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Yard violets
Viola sororia
I suppose these are technically a weed, but I f...
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White snowberry
Symphoricarpos albus
The ones one the east side had white berries. T...
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pink snowberry
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
Foundations plantings part of the house when we...
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Forsythia
Forsythia x intermedia
Another plant that came with the house. On the ...
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Ancient pine
Pinus sylvestris
By the driveway on the north east. It's visible...
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