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Winterberry (Ilex verticillata First Editions® Wildfire™) |
Have Exposure - Sunny Exposure - Partial Sun/Shade Minnesota Native Planting Bed - West Soil - Acidic pH Preference Water - Twice a Week |
Purchased three of the "Bailfire" females to go with one "Southern Gentleman" male plant. | June 3, 2019: Obtained plant (Acquired plant at Green Lake Nursery in Spicer, MN.) June 9, 2019 - May 3, 2020: Transplanted (Put in the ground. Three plants. At points of a square; the northwest point contains the male "Southern Gentleman" which should pollinate the females at the other points.) September 15, 2019: Fruit Ripened (A single berry appeared! I suspect that the plants were not pollinated in the way they were organized at the nursery.) May 5, 2020: Plant emerged (Noticed leaves coming out.) |
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Winterberry Holly (Ilex verticillata 'Southern Gentleman') |
Have Exposure - Sunny Exposure - Partial Sun/Shade Minnesota Native Planting Bed - West Soil - Acidic pH Preference Water - Twice a Week |
Planted in northwest corner, so prevailing winds can spread pollen to the females. | June 3, 2019: Obtained plant (Acquired plant at Green Lake Nursery in Spicer, MN.) June 9, 2019: Transplanted (Put in the ground. Nominally one plant, but I think there is a second stem in there I will tease out later.) May 5, 2020: Plant emerged (Noticed leaves today.) |
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Dotted gayfeather (Liatris punctata) |
Have Exposure - Sunny Exposure - Partial Sun/Shade Minnesota Native Planting Bed - East Water - Once a Fortnight |
I've realized I will need to undo this, and change the soil conditions or they will drown | May 22, 2020: Obtained plant (Acquired four plants from Mother Earth Gardens in Northeast Minneapolis, MN.) May 23, 2020: Transplanted (Planted four plants in East bed.) |
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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". | |
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Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) |
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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Boston Fern (Nephrolepis exaltata) |
Have Exposure - Shade Exposure - Partial Sun/Shade Houseplant Water - Twice a Week |
June 1, 1985: Miscellaneous Event (This fern was one purchased by my dad. He had it before I entered high school. I don't know the exact date, of course.) October 22, 1991: Obtained plant (This is the date that my dad died. Sometime after this, we acquired this fern and had it in our own home. We didn't do much but water it until 2019.) July 8, 2019: Potted up (Repotted into a larger pot with fresh soil. Also trimmed out dead fronds.) |
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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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Wild Blue Phlox (Phlox divaricata) |
Have Exposure - Shade Exposure - Partial Sun/Shade Minnesota Native Planting Bed - East Soil - Neutral pH Preference Water - Once a Fortnight |
May 22, 2020: Obtained plant (Acquired three small plants from Mother Earth Gardens in Northeast Minneapolis, MN.) May 22, 2020: Transplanted (Planted in two groups in the East bed with the plants from Plant Place. One group is behind the water barrel, the other is against the basement wall behind taller plants.) |
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Wild Blue Phlox (Phlox divaricata 'Blue Moon') |
Have Exposure - Shade Exposure - Partial Sun/Shade Minnesota Native Planting Bed - East Water - Once a Fortnight |
I bought three large plants with blooms at a Cub Foods parking lot garden called Plant Place. | May 22, 2020: Obtained plant (Acquired three large plants from Plant Place at the Cub Foods parking lot in Roseville, MN.) May 22, 2020: Transplanted (Put into the ground in the East bed with plants from Mother Earth Gardens. One group is behind the water barrel; the other is against the wall behind taller flowers.) |
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Wild Sweet William (Phlox maculata) |
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 - Twice a Week |
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Prairie phlox (Phlox pilosa) |
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 Fortnight |
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Pasqueflower (Pulsatilla patens subsp. patens) |
Want (Love to have)ACQUIRE THIS Exposure - Sunny Exposure - Partial Sun/Shade Minnesota Native Water - Once a Fortnight |
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American Black Currant (Ribes americanum) |
Want (Like to have)ACQUIRE THIS Exposure - Sunny Exposure - Partial Sun/Shade Minnesota Native |
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Black Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta var. hirta) |
Have Trade as plant 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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Prairie willow (Salix humilis) |
Want (Thinking about it)ACQUIRE THIS Exposure - Sunny Exposure - Partial Sun/Shade Minnesota Native Soil - Acidic pH Preference |
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Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) |
Have ACQUIRE THIS Exposure - Sunny Exposure - Partial Sun/Shade Minnesota Native Planting Bed - Central Section - Central bed - Alkali Flats Section - Central bed - Grassland Soil - Alkaline pH Preference Soil - Neutral pH Preference Water - Once a Fortnight |
Would like to get one or two more of these. | June 2, 2019: Transplanted (Put in the ground. Two plants.) May 5, 2020: Plant emerged (Noticed new leaves today.) |
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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.) |
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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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Large-flowered Bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora) |
Want (Love to have)ACQUIRE THIS Exposure - Shade Exposure - Partial Sun/Shade Minnesota Native |
