here - Blithewold

Blithewold in bloom
Idea Garden
Achillea ‘Pink Grapefruit’
yarrow
perennial, Zones 5-8
sun
Asclepias tuberosa
butterfly weed
perennial, Zones 3-9
sun
reseeds
Chaenomeles speciosa
‘Contorta’
contorted quince
shrub, Zones 4-8
sun to part shade
Chamaemelum nobile
Roman chamomile
perennial, Zones 6-9
sun
spreads and reseeds
Echinacea purpurea cvs.
purple coneflower
perennial, Zones 3-8
sun
Iris domestica
blackberry lily
perennial, Zones 4-10
sun
Itea virginica
‘Little Henry’
Virginia sweetspire
shrub, Zones 5-9
sun to shade
Mentha spicata
‘Kentucky Colonel’ mint
perennial, Zones 5-9
sun
spreads
Rhus typhina ‘Bailtiger’
TIGER EYES sumac
shrub, Zones 4-8
sun to part shade
Salvia guaranitica
anise-scented sage
perennial, Zones 7-10
sun
Triteleia laxa ‘Rudy’
brodiaea
bulb (fall planted)
Zones 5-9
sun
Philadelphus
‘Manteau d’Hermine’
mock orange
shrub, Zones 5-10
sun to part shade
a.k.a. Belamcanda chinensis
Checkerboard bed, 2015
plant
Common name
plant type
comments
blooms June - September, pretty seedheads
Agastache foeniculum
anise hyssop
perennial
Anemonopsis macrophylla
false anemone
perennial
Aspidistra elatior
cast iron plant
tender
perennial
Astilboides tabularis
Rodgersia tabularis
perennial
Bergenia crassifolia
winter-blooming
bergenia
perennial
Bergenia 'Magic Giant'
pigsqueak
perennial
Boehmeria platanifolia
Sycamore-leaf false
nettle
perennial
Caladium 'Moonlight'
elephant ear
bulb
Caladium 'Peppermint'
elephant ear
bulb
Caladium 'Pink Splash'
elephant ear
bulb
Ceratostigma plumbaginoides
plumbago
Cleome hassleriana
spider flower
annual
Clerodendron trichotomum 'Carnival'
variegated
harlequin
shrub
Corydalis cheilanthifolia
fern-leaf corydalis
Cynara cardunculus
cardoon
biennial
purple flowers then seedheads atop grey foliage
Cynoglossum amabile 'Mystery Rose'
Chinese forget-menot
annual
pink flowers
Daphne 'Moonlight Sonata'
perennial
perennial
ground cover blooms in August/September
reseeds
ferny foliage, yellow flowers
shrub
Dicentra scandens
climbing bleeding
heart
Euonymus sachalinensis
spindle tree
Euphorbia epithymoides 'First Blush'
cushion spurge
perennial
variegated foliage
Euphorbia polychroma 'Bonfire'
cushion spurge
perennial
red foliage
Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola'
Hakonechloa macra 'Naomi'
Japanese forest
grass
Japanese forest
grass
perennial
tree
grass
yellow arching blades
grass
Heuchera 'Citronelle'
coral bells
perennial
Heuchera 'Dark Secret'
coral bells
perennial
Heuchera 'Encore'
coral bells
perennial
Heuchera 'Fire Alarm'
coral bells
perennial
Heuchera 'Southern Comfort'
coral bells
perennial
Hosta 'Blue Mouse Ears'
supposed to reseed
perennial
pink, silvery leaves
att
Checkerboard bed, 2015
plant
Common name
plant type
Hosta 'Fire Island'
perennial
Hosta 'Guacamole'
perennial
Hosta 'Liberty'
perennial
Hydrangea aspera 'Macrophylla'
shrub
Hydrangea 'Mountain Mania'
shrub
Hydrangea 'Mountain Mojo'
shrub
Hypericum x moseriana 'Tricolor'
Hypericum x moseriana 'Tricolor'
tricolor St. John's
wort
tricolor St. John's
wort
comments
zone 5, 10" black velvet leaves
perennial
perennial
variegated foliage
Illicium floridanum 'Zodiac'
Florida anise tree
shrub
Indigofera kirilowii
Chinese indigo
shrub
Isodon longitubus
trumpet spurflower
perennial
syn. Rabdosia longituba
Kniphofia 'Alcazar'
red hot poker
perennial
blooms in July
Kniphofia 'Toffee Nosed'
red hot poker
perennial
blooms in July
Lagerstroemia 'Little Chief Red'
crape myrtlette
perennial
Lespedeza thunbergii 'Edo Shibori'
bush clover
Lychnis sieboldii f. albiflora
white catchfly
perennial
Metasequoia glyptostroboides
dawn redwood
tree
Milium effusum aureum 'Flashlights'
golden millet grass
Myrrhis odorata
sweet cicely
perennial
Perscicaria polymorpha
giant fleece flower
perennial
Petasites japonicus 'Variegatus'
variegated butterbur
perennial
Peucedanum ostruthium 'Daphnis'
greater masterwort
perennial
variegated foliage, looks like Aegopodium
Plectranthus effusus var. longitubus
trumpet spurflower
perennial
very late blooming - October. a.k.a Rabdosia longituba
Ptelea trifoliata 'Aurea'
gold leaf water ash
shrub
Pulmonaria longifolia 'Diana Clare'
lungwort
perennial
Pulmonaria saccarata 'Mrs. Moon'
lungwort
perennial
Rhus typhina 'Bailbelle' TIGER EYES
tiger-eyes sumac
Sanguisorba armena
Spiraea thunbergii 'Ogon'
shrub
pink flowers June/July
blooms in September
hedge
grass
shrub
blooms June/July
spreads
in partial shade to keep foliage chartreuse
perennial
Mellow Yellow
spirea
shrub
chartreuse foliage
att
Checkerboard bed, 2015
plant
Common name
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis
blue porterweed
Stachytarpheta mutabilis
porterweed
Syneilesis aconitifolia
shredded umbrella
plant
Syringa vulgaris 'Aucubaefolia'
lilac
Trachelium caeruleum
blue throatwort
plant type
tender
perennial
tender
perennial
perennial
shrub
tender
perennial
comments
pink flowers
att
Herb Garden, 2015
plant
Common name
plant type
comments
Achillea millefolium 'Apricot Delight'
yarrow
perennial
Achillea 'Moonshine'
yarrow
perennial
Achillea 'Pink Grapefruit'
yarrow
perennial
Allium 'Pelham Hill'
ornamental onion
Allium schoenoprasum
chives
vegetable
Allium schoenoprasum PROFUSION
chives
perennial
Artemesia drancanculis
French tarragon
perennial
Borago officinalis
borage
annual
Borago officinalis 'Bianca'
Bianca borage
annual
Calendula officinalis 'Solar Flashback Mix'
calendula
annual
Calendula 'Oopsy Daisy'
calendula
annual
Calendula 'Pink Surprise'
calendula
annual
Chaenomelis speciosa 'Contorta'
contorted quince
shrub
Chamaemelum nobile
Roman chamomile
Chrysanthemum parthenium aureum
feverfew
annual
small white daisies, early summer
Dracocephalum moldavica
Moldavian balm
annual
dragonhead
Fragaria 'Tristan'
strawberry
perennial
Fragaria vesca 'Variegata'
variegated alpine
strawberry
perennial
Fragraria vesca ' Golden Alexandra'
strawberry
perennial
Galium odoratum
sweet woodruff
perennial
Helichrysum italicum microphyllum
curry - dwarf
perennial
Hemerocallis 'Lime Frost'
daylily
perennial
Hyssopus officinalis
blue hyssop
perennial
Lavandula angustifolia 'Platinum Blonde'
lavender
perennial
Lavandula 'Mini Blue'
lavender
perennial
Lettuce 'Beleah Rose'
red leaf lettuce
annual
Lettuce 'Flame'
red leaf lettuce
annual
Lettuce 'Skyphos'
butterhead lettuce
annual
Lettuce 'Slo Bolt'
green leaf lettuce
annual
bulb
blooms late summer
reseeds
perennial
white flowers May/June, spreading groundcover
white with green eye
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"New Big" bed (bamboo side), 2015
plant
Common name
plant type
×Pardancanda Dazzler series 'Petite Pastel'
candy lily
perennial
×Pardancanda norrisii
candy lily
perennial
×Pardancanda 'Sunset Tones'
candy lily
perennial
Agastache aurantiaca 'Tango'
Mexican giant
hyssop
perennial
Agastache 'Black Adder'
anise hyssop
perennial
Agastache foeniculum 'Golden Jubilee'
anise hyssop
perennial
Alstroemeria 'Mauve Magesty'
comments
3-4' tall, deep blue flowers
perennial
Anemone 'Loreley'
windflower
perennial
Angelica pachycarpa
angelica
perennial
Aucuba japonica 'Variegata'
gold-dust plant
Baptisia 'Starlite Prairieblues'
false indigo
perennial
Belamcanda flava var. Hello Yellow
blackberry lily
perennial
Campanula 'Pink Octopus'
bell flower
perennial
Cerinthe major 'Purple Belle'
honeywort
annual
Chamaemelum nobile
Roman chamomile
perennial
Cuphea cyanea 'Caribbean Sunset'
Mexican heather
tender
perennial
Cynara cardunculus
cardoon
shrub
biennial
zone 6-10
step-able
can reseed
tender
perennial
tender
perennial
tender
perennial
tender
perennial
tender
perennial
tender
perennial
Dahlia 'Daisy'
Dahlia 'Happy Single Flame'
Dahlia 'Happy Single Juliet'
Dahlia 'Happy Single Party'
Dahlia 'Little Beeswings'
Dahlia 'Micro Knockout'
Eryngium yuccafolium
perennial
reseeds
Eschscholzia californica
CA poppy
Gaura lindheimeri 'Whirling Butterflies
wand flower
Hibiscus trionum
flower-of-an-hour
annual
reseeds
Hordeum jubatum
foxtail barley
grass
reseeds
Ipomoea 'Baby Blue Sky'
morning glory
vine
annual
perennial
att
"New Big" bed (bamboo side), 2015
plant
Common name
plant type
comments
Iris domestica/Belamcanda chinensis
blackberry lily
perennial
Itea virginica 'Little Henry'
Virginia sweetspire
shrub
Leycesteria formosa
Himalayan
honeysuckle
shrub
Lunaria annua
honesty
biennial
reseeds
Malva sylvestris 'Zebrina'
French hollyhock
annual
reseeds
Mentha pulegium
pennyroyal
perennial
Nepeta 'Cat's Meow'
catmint
perennial
Nepeta 'Dropmore'
catmint
perennial
Nepeta 'Joanna Reed'
catmint
perennial
Nepeta 'Little Trudy'
catmint
perennial
tender
Nicotiana × sanderae 'Perfume Antique Lime' flowering tobacco
annual
Nicotiana ×sanderae 'Perfume Deep Purple'
flowering tobacco
annual
Nicotiana alata 'Lime Green'
flowering tobacco
annual
Ocimum 'Blue Spice'
blue spice basil
annual
reseeds
Orlaya grandiflora
white lace flower
annual
can reseed
Panicum elegans 'Frosted Explosion'
switch grass
grass
Papaver atlanticum
Atlantic poppy
Perilla frutescens
shiso
Perovskia atriplicifolia 'Crazy Blue'
Russian sage
perennial
Perovskia 'Filagran'
Russian sage
perennial
Phlox paniculata 'Shockwave'
summer phlox
perennial
Physocarpus opulifolius 'Mindia'
COPPERTINA
ninebark
shrub
Porteranthus trifoliatus
gillenia
perennial
Rheum palmatum
ornamental rhubarb
perennial
Salvia × jamensis 'Golden Girl'
salvia
tender
perennial
Salvia guaranitica 'Argentine Skies'
perennial
annual
orange, self sows
reseeds
perennial
Sanguisorba mensiesii 'Dali Marble'
variegated burnet
perennial
Sanguisorba menziesii
burnet
perennial
Sanguisorba officinalis 'Red Thunder'
great burnet
perennial
3' tall
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"New Big" bed (bamboo side), 2015
plant
Common name
plant type
comments
Sanuisorba 'Tanna'
burnet
perennial
Stachytarpheta mutabilis 'Variegata'
porterweed
tender
perennial
Talinum paniculatum
jewels of Opar
annual
reseeds
Talinum paniculatum 'Kingswood Gold'
jewels of Opar
annual
reseeds
Tetrapanax paperifer 'Steroidal Giant'
rice paper tree
shrub
large leaves, marginally hardy
att
Trough Garden, 2015
plant
Common name
plant type
comments
Acer palmatum
Japanese maple
tree
Ajuga 'Dixie Chip'
bugle
perennial
groundcover
Ajuga reptans 'Mahogany'
bugle
perennial
groundcover
Aquilegia vulgaris 'Clementine Dark Purple'
columbine
perennial
Aquilegia vulgaris 'Clementine Salmon Rose' columbine
perennial
Arabis 'Old Gold'
perennial
Armeria splendens
sea thrift
perennial
Aruncus ×' Guinea Fowl'
dwarf goatsbeard
perennial
Aster ageratoides 'Ezo Murasaki'
aster
perennial
Aster divaricatus 'Tiny Honey'
dwarf wood aster
perennial
Aurinia 'Summit'
perennial
Brodiaea coccinea
brodiaea
bulb
Brodiaea 'Pink Diamond'
brodiaea
bulb
Callihroe involucrata
purple poppy
mallow
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Blue Surprise'
Lawson cypress
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Bess'
dwarf hinoki
cypress
shrub
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Gemstone'
dwarf hinoki
tree
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Gold Shadow'
Hinoki cypress
tree
dwarf conifer
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Juiperoides Aurea'
Sawara cypress
tree
dwarf conifer
Chrysanthemum 'Hillside Sheffield Pink'
perennial
tree
perennial
Delosperma 'Fire Spinner'
ice plant
perennial
Delosperma MESA VERDE
ice plant
perennial
Dianthus × hybrida 'Bath's Pink'
pink
perennial
Dianthus 'Dynasty Pink Magic
pink
perennial
Dianthus gratianoplitanus 'Firewitch'
pink
perennial
Dianthus gratianopolitanus 'Bewitched'
pink
perennial
Dianthus 'Peppermint Star'
pink
perennial
Dianthus 'Peppermint Star'
pink
perennial
Dianthus 'Shooting Star'
pink
perennial
dwarf conifer
in trough
pink daisies in October/November
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Trough Garden, 2015
plant
Common name
plant type
comments
used in wedding containers then moved…
Dicentra spectabilis
bleeding heart
perennial
Echinacea purpurea 'Virgin'
coneflower
perennial
Eucomis comosa
pineapple lily
bulb
Eucomis comosa 'Sparkling Burgundy'
pineapple lily
bulb
Euphorbia 'Blackbird'
flowering spurge
Fritillaria acmopetala
fritillaria
Geranium phaeum 'Samobar'
cranesbill
Hakonechloa macra 'All Gold'
Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola'
Japanese forest
grass
Japanese forest
grass
perennial
bulb
perennial
deep red patch on leaves, burgundy flower
grass
grass
Heliotropium amplexicaule
clasping heliotrope
perennial
Hemerocallis 'Autumn Minaret'
daylily
perennial
Iris 'Dardanus'
Regeliocyclus iris
Kirengeshoma palmata
yellow wax bells
perennial
yellow - shade
Leptinella squalida 'Platt's Black'
Cotula squalida
'Platt's Black
perennial
rock garden/scree plant
Lychnis coronaria 'Alba'
white rose campion
Lychnis 'Lipstick'
Maltese cross
perennial
Metasequoia glyptostroboides
dawn redwood
tree
Nepeta racemosa 'Little Titch'
catmint
perennial
Orostachys furusei
Chinese dunce cap
succulent
Papaver atlanticum
Atlantic poppy
perennial
Papaver rhoeas 'Mother of Pearl'
Shirley poppy
perennial
Persicaria capitata 'Magic Carpet'
fleece flower
perennial
Phyteuma scheuchzeri
horned rampion
perennial
Picea abies 'Little Gem'
Norway spruce
shrub
Picea glauca 'Gold Tip'
Alberta spruce
tree
Rubus calcinoides
ornamental
raspberry
perennial
Sagina 'Aurea'
Scotch moss
perennial
Saxifraga arendsii 'Blood Carpet'
Saxifraga 'Highlander Rose Shades'
bulb
biennial
perennial
rockfoil
tall golden late
perennial
hedge
orange, self sows
marginally hardy
in trough
dwarf conifer
groundcover, native
in troughs
att
Trough Garden, 2015
plant
Common name
plant type
comments
Saxifraga umbrosa 'Elliot's Variety'
London pride/ St.
Patrick's cabbage
perennial
Sedum ×'Matrona'
stonecrop
succulent
Sedum 'Bertram Anderson'
stonecrop
succulent
in troughs
Sedum 'Cape-Blanco'
stonecrop
succulent
in troughs
Sedum cauticola 'Lidakense'
stonecrop
succulent
in troughs
Sedum dasyphyllum
stonecrop
succulent
tiny
Sedum 'Dazzleberry'
stonecrop
succulent
Sedum ewersii
stonecrop
perennial
in troughs
Sedum forsterianum 'Antique Grill'
stonecrop
succulent
in troughs
Sedum forsterianum 'Oracle'
stonecrop
succulent
in troughs
Sedum hakonense 'Chocolate Ball'
stonecrop
succulent
Sedum hakonense 'Makino'
stonecrop
succulent
Sedum 'Lime Zinger'
stonecrop
succulent
Sedum 'Mediovariegatum'
stonecrop
succulent
Sedum nevii
stonecrop
succulent
Sedum 'Pool Party'
stonecrop
succulent
Sedum seiboldii
stonecrop
succulent
Sedum spathulifolium
stonecrop
succulent
Sedum spurium 'Tricolor'
stonecrop
succulent
Sedum spurium 'Vera Jameson'
stonecrop
succulent
Sedum spurium 'Voodoo'
stonecrop
succulent
Sedum telephium 'Bon Bon'
stonecrop
succulent
Sedum 'Thundercloud'
stonecrop
succulent
Sedum 'Thundercloud'
stonecrop
succulent
Sempervivum 'Cobweb'
hens & chicks
succulent
Sempervivum 'Forest Frost'
hens & chicks
succulent
Sempervivum heuffelii 'Mistique'
hens & chicks
succulent
Sempervivum 'Red Cobweb'
hens & chicks
succulent
Sempervivum 'Rhodes Variety'
hens & chicks
succulent
in troughs?
perennial
in troughs
in troughs?
perennial
in troughs
in troughs
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Trough Garden, 2015
plant
Common name
plant type
Sempervivum 'Tederheid'
hens & chicks
succulent
Spigelia marilandica
Indian pink
perennial
Spiraea thunbergii 'Ogon'
Mellow Yellow
spirea
Stachys officinalis spp. 'Nana'
betony
perennial
Stokesia laevis
Stoke's aster
perennial
Thymus 'Caborn Wine and Roses'
thyme
perennial
Thymus 'Highland Cream'
thyme
perennial
Thymus pseudolanuginosus
wooly thyme
perennial
Thymus serpyllum
mother of thyme
perennial
Thymus serpyllum 'Pink Chintz
thyme
perennial
Triteleia laxa ' Corrina'
brodiaea
bulb
Triteleia laxa 'Rudy'
brodiaea
bulb
shrub
comments
chartreuse foliage
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