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Anise Hyssop (Agastache foeniculum) |
Have Exposure - Sunny Exposure - Partial Sun/Shade Minnesota Native Planting Bed - East Soil - Neutral pH Preference Water - Once a Fortnight |
May 22, 2020: Obtained plant (Acquired six plants from Plant Place at the Roseville, MN Cub parking lot.) May 22, 2020: Transplanted (Put in the East bed.) |
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Wood anemone (Anemone quinquefolia) |
Want (Thinking about it)ACQUIRE THIS Blooms - April Blooms - May Blooms - June Exposure - Shade Minnesota Native Soil - Acidic pH Preference Soil - Neutral pH Preference Spring Ephemerals Water - Once a Week |
Grows equally in wetlands and non-wetlands. Height: 4" to 8". Spacing: 6" to 10". Woodland habitat. | |
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Field Pussytoes (Antennaria neglecta) |
Want (Thinking about it)ACQUIRE THIS Minnesota Native Planting Bed - East Soil - Neutral pH Preference Water - Once a Fortnight |
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Eastern Red Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) |
Want (Love to have)ACQUIRE THIS Exposure - Sunny Exposure - Partial Sun/Shade Minnesota Native Planting Bed - Central Section - Central bed - Hummingbird Soil - Neutral pH Preference Water - Once a Week |
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Wild Ginger (Asarum canadense) |
Want (Love to have)ACQUIRE THIS Exposure - Shade Exposure - Partial Sun/Shade Minnesota Native Planting Bed - West Soil - Acidic pH Preference Soil - Neutral pH Preference |
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Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) |
Have Exposure - Sunny Exposure - Partial Sun/Shade Minnesota Native Planting Bed - Central Section - Central bed - Southern Exposure Soil - Acidic pH Preference Soil - Neutral pH Preference Water - Twice a Week |
May 13, 2020: Plant emerged (Noticed new growth at the base of the plant today. Shoots with leaves emerging from the taproot.) May 22, 2020: Transplanted (Put second Swamp Milkweed plant in the ground, Southern Exposure section, near the first.) May 22, 2020: Obtained plant (Acquired second plant at Mother Earth Gardens in northeast Minneapolis.) |
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Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) |
Have Exposure - Sunny Exposure - Partial Sun/Shade Minnesota Native Planting Bed - Driveway Soil - Neutral pH Preference Water - Once a Week |
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White Wild indigo (Baptisia alba) |
Have Exposure - Sunny Exposure - Partial Sun/Shade Minnesota Native Planting Bed - East Soil - Neutral pH Preference Water - Once a Week |
Minnesota DNR considers this to be B. lactea or B.leucantha, though they are listed as different plants here, and this entry has more details. | May 22, 2020: Obtained plant (Acquired five plants from Mother Earth Gardens in northeast Minneapolis, MN.) May 22, 2020: Transplanted (Put five plants in the East bed.) |
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Plains Wild Indigo (Baptisia bracteata) |
Want (Love to have)ACQUIRE THIS Exposure - Sunny Section - Central bed - Southern Exposure Soil - Neutral pH Preference Water - Once a Fortnight |
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Cutleaf Toothwort (Cardamine concatenata) |
Want (Thinking about it)ACQUIRE THIS Blooms - April Blooms - May Exposure - Partial Sun/Shade Minnesota Native Soil - Acidic pH Preference Soil - Alkaline pH Preference Soil - Neutral pH Preference Spring Ephemerals Water - Once a Week |
Grows in nonwetlands. Height: 8" to 16". Spacing: 6" to 12". | |
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Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica) |
Want (Thinking about it)ACQUIRE THIS Blooms - April Blooms - May Blooms - June Exposure - Sunny Exposure - Partial Sun/Shade Minnesota Native Planting Bed - West Soil - Acidic pH Preference Soil - Neutral pH Preference Spring Ephemerals Water - Once a Week |
Generally not found in wetlands. Height: 3" to 6". Spacing: 6" to 10". | |
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Red Twig Dogwood (Cornus sericea subsp. sericea Arctic Fire® Red) |
Have ACQUIRE THIS Exposure - Sunny Exposure - Partial Sun/Shade Minnesota Native Planting Bed - Dogwood Dogleg Section - Dogwood Dogleg bed - Downspout Soil - Neutral pH Preference Water - Twice a Week |
Get at least two more to expand from the single one I already have. | June 2, 2019: Obtained plant (Purchased at Bachman's on White Bear Lake avenue, one plant. A "Proven Winners" brand.) June 14, 2019: Transplanted (Put in the ground. Near a downspout, in order to help it stay moist.) January 14, 2020: Miscellaneous Event (Something ate the stems down to the snow level. I suspect deer.) May 5, 2020: Plant emerged (While deer ate this back to the two inches under the snow this winter, today I noticed a small shoot with new leaves.) |
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Dutchman's Breeches (Dicentra cucullaria) |
Want (Thinking about it)ACQUIRE THIS Blooms - April Blooms - May Exposure - Shade Exposure - Partial Sun/Shade Minnesota Native Soil - Alkaline pH Preference Soil - Neutral pH Preference Spring Ephemerals Water - Once a Week |
Not a wetlands plant. Height: 4" to 12". Spacing: 6" to 12". | |
![illustration [as Lonicera diervilla] by P. J. Redouté from Duham](/pics/2022-09-24/scvirginia/203b9c-175.jpg "illustration [as Lonicera diervilla] by P. J. Redouté from Duham") |
Northern Bush-Honeysuckle (Diervilla lonicera) |
Want (Love to have)ACQUIRE THIS Exposure - Shade Exposure - Sunny Exposure - Partial Sun/Shade Minnesota Native Soil - Acidic pH Preference Soil - Neutral pH Preference Water - Once a Week |
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Narrow-leaf Coneflower (Echinacea angustifolia) |
Have Exposure - Sunny Exposure - Partial Sun/Shade Minnesota Native Planting Bed - Central Section - Central bed - Mercury 7 Soil - Neutral pH Preference Water - Once a Fortnight |
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White Trout-Lily (Erythronium albidum) |
Want (Thinking about it)ACQUIRE THIS Blooms - April Blooms - May Exposure - Shade Exposure - Partial Sun/Shade Minnesota Native Soil - Acidic pH Preference Soil - Neutral pH Preference Spring Ephemerals Water - Once a Week |
Usually not found in wetlands. Height: 4" to 8". Spacing: 3" to 6". | |
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Trout Lily (Erythronium americanum) |
Want (Thinking about it)ACQUIRE THIS Blooms - April Blooms - May Exposure - Shade Exposure - Partial Sun/Shade Minnesota Native Soil - Acidic pH Preference Soil - Neutral pH Preference Spring Ephemerals Water - Once a Week |
Not found in wetlands. Height: 4" to 8". Spacing: 4" to 6". | |
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Joe-Pye weed (Eutrochium hybrid 'Phantom') |
Have Exposure - Sunny Exposure - Partial Sun/Shade Minnesota Native Planting Bed - Central Section - Central bed - Mercury 7 Soil - Neutral pH Preference Water - Twice a Week |
June 2, 2019: Obtained plant (Purchased from Bachman's on White Bear Lake avenue. Eupatorium 'Phantom' made with the store's label. Does not get higher than 36", considered a "dwarf" Joe-Pye Weed.) June 15, 2019: Transplanted (Put in the ground. Two plants.) May 8, 2020: Plant emerged (New, purple buds emerging from the old roots today.) May 16, 2020: Plant emerged (Both plants have buds that have emerged from the soil and are unfurling leaves.) |
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Great Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica) |
Want (Absolute must-have)ACQUIRE THIS Exposure - Sunny Exposure - Partial Sun/Shade Minnesota Native Planting Bed - Central Section - Central bed - Hummingbird Soil - Neutral pH Preference Water - Twice a Week |
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Virginia Bluebells (Mertensia virginica) |
Want (Thinking about it)ACQUIRE THIS Blooms - April Blooms - May Blooms - June Exposure - Shade Exposure - Partial Sun/Shade Minnesota Native Soil - Acidic pH Preference Soil - Alkaline pH Preference Soil - Neutral pH Preference Spring Ephemerals Water - Twice a Week |
Usually found in wetlands. Height: 12" to 30". Spacing: 12" to 24". |
