Goodness, is this out of date! Should I attempt to catch up now, or try again in 2018? Hmm…

Dates I first saw plants in my yard:

Plant	Leaves	Buds	Flowers
Columbine, wild	Apr 20
Coneflower, yellow	Apr 14
Creeping bellflower	Apr 4
Culver’s root
Cup plant	Feb 22*
Golden Alexanders	Apr 17
Goldenrod	Apr 4
Hepatica	Apr 13	Apr 13	Apr 23
Hyssop, purple giant	Apr 9
Iris	Apr 1
Jack-in-the-pulpit	Apr 20
Meadow rue, early	Apr 16	Apr 16
Pearly everlasting	Apr 4
Phlox	Apr 13
Rue anemone	Apr 20
Sedum, autumn joy	Feb 23
Spiderwort, cultivar	Mar 28
Spring beauty	Apr 4	Apr 4	Apr 23
Trillium sessile	Apr 8	Apr 20
Turtlehead, pink	Feb 22*
Turtlehead, white	Feb 21*
Violet, wood	Apr 5	Apr 20	Apr 23
Wild ginger	Apr 9	Apr 20	Apr 25

* Winter thaw; this growth died off.

Need to add:

Trillium, large-flowered
Violet, canada
Black-eyed susan, non-native
Black-eyed susan, native
Coneflower, orange
Coneflower, purple
Coneflower, white cultivar 1
Coneflower, white cultivar 2
Milkweed, common
Milkweed, butterflyweed
Vervain, blue
Spiderwort, native
Campion
Fleabane
Joe-pye weed
Evening primrose, cultivar
Geranium, purple giant
Geranium, wild
Coral bells

Newly planted:

Milkweed, poke
Milkweed, prairie
Milkweed, swamp
Milkweed, _____
Milkweed, whorled
Vervain, hoary
False indigo
Blazingstar, meadow
Blazingstar, dotted
Bishop’s cap