Image | Plant | Status | Notes | Events |
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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. | ||
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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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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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". | ||
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". | ||
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". | ||
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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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". | ||
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". | ||
Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) |
Have Exposure - Sunny Exposure - Partial Sun/Shade Minnesota Native Planting Bed - Central Section - Central bed - Grassland Soil - Neutral pH Preference Water - Once a Week |
May 2, 2019: Transplanted (Put in the ground. Four plants.) May 5, 2020: Miscellaneous Event (Noticed new leaves on at least one plant today.) |
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Switch Grass (Panicum virgatum 'Shenandoah') |
Have Exposure - Sunny Minnesota Native Planting Bed - Central Section - Central bed - Grassland Soil - Neutral pH Preference Water - Once a Week |
June 5, 2020: Obtained plant (Purchased from Mother Earth Gardens in northeast Minneapolis.) | ||
Prairie Dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis) |
Have Exposure - Sunny Exposure - Partial Sun/Shade Minnesota Native Planting Bed - Central Section - Central bed - Grassland Soil - Neutral pH Preference Water - Once a Week |
Greenery seems to emerge quickly from dried leaves in the spring. | June 2, 2019: Transplanted (Put in the ground. Six plants.) | |
New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae) |
Have Exposure - Sunny Exposure - Partial Sun/Shade Minnesota Native Planting Bed - East Soil - Neutral pH Preference Water - Once a Week |
In the spring, when new greenery comes up, the old stems can be pulled off and set into a brush pile. | September 16, 2017: Obtained plant (Plant was an extra left-over from Noah Frese's Eagle Scout service project on this date.) April 7, 2020: Plant emerged (Somewhere around here I noticed new growth in a picture. It is somewhat obscured by the dried out old growth from last year. I did eventually prune that away in order to make a brush pile.) May 22, 2020: Obtained plant (Bought one leggy plant at Mother Earth Gardens in northeast Minneapolis, MN.) May 22, 2020: Transplanted (Added new plant next to existing one in East bed.) |
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Western Spiderwort (Tradescantia occidentalis) |
Want (Thinking about it)ACQUIRE THIS Blooms - May Blooms - June Blooms - July Blooms - August Blooms - September Planting Bed - West Soil - Acidic pH Preference Soil - Neutral pH Preference Water - Once a Week |