Goodness, is this out of date!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
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