"You collected so many plants!" You're right PJ, but it took all of you that donated the plants and seeds to make it happen :). I went yesterday just to take a look at the site since we had rain the night before, and it was pretty muddy. Hopefully we'll be able to get back in to do some work on the beds early next week. There's rain in our forecast for the next few days so we'll have to see how that goes. The tall cannas and the vines will go a long way towards covering up that rickety fence. Although I helped it along with the bobcat, it seems like everytime you touch the fence, a board falls off! It seems that I am adding to the plant list everyday as well. Yesterday, I went out to prune a salvia gregii that is trying to smother a daylily and I was able to pot up a good rooted section that I had removed. I also have tons of liriope here that I will dig. When the wind broke part of the flame acanthus, I was able to root them and I am rooting some lavender hyssop as well. I have a hardy hibiscus that was supposed to be a dwarf that has grown as tall as the house that I am going to donate too. For some reason, it is also getting hit hard by grasshoppers while the compact one next to it is fine as well as the Texas Star. The grasshoppers aren't nearly as bad in town as they are out here, so it should do well there. I think with all of the sweet potato vine I've potted we'll have a great start on some good ground cover too :). I know it's about to take over the entire bed I've got it in, LOL! I cut off little pieces with roolets on them when I did it, but in the next day or two I'm going to have to go out there and whack big hunks off of it to tame it down a little bit, so we'll have even more to put in gallon sized pots this time. I'll also be digging some kwanzo daylily babies here in the next day or two. I think we'll be able to present a pretty well established garden to these ladies when it comes time for them to begin using the facility. I'll be posting some before and during pics in the next couple of days as well. You all take care, I gotta get out there and start mowing before the rains hit again today :). Kristi

AUGUST***** Pennsylvania - salvias, especially red ones; black-eyed susans (though the rudbeckia goldstrum are done); chelone; zinnias; marigolds; moonflower; a few ratty-looking nasturtiums; one persistent "Happy Returns" daylily which is happily returning!; blue mist shrub, beautiful and effortless; "Clara Curtis" chrysanthemum; ornamental grasses; boltonia 'Nana'; Heliopsis; Phlox paniculata; Chelone; Centranthus; balloon flower; Gaura; Stokesia; Coreopsis; the Sedum and Solidago are close to starting; Nepeta and Yarrow are just starting to rebloom; Lantana, Pentas; mini petunias; alyssum; Cleome; Brazilian Verbena; Ageratum 'Blue Horizon'; Cosmos; Portulaca; Dahlias; Morning Glory; Daylily "Rosie Returns"; Hosta plantaginea; Begonia grandis; Anemone 'September Charm' Maryland - Japanese anenome; Lobelia cardinalis; Cannas; Naked lady lilies; four o' clocks; hardy hibiscus; helianthus; morning glories; rosemary Washington, DC - Caryopteris; Hibiscus 'Lord Baltimore'; cannas; castor beans; Verbena bonariensis; Asclepias curassavica; Asclepias tuberosa has already bloomed and it should do even better next year; Catmint; Begonia grandis; Pineapple sage; Achimenes (a.k.a. magic flowers, widow's tears, among others) outdoors this year. They definitely love the heat. Among the best are 'Purple King' with big deep purple flowers--blooming continuously since late June; Achimenes cettoana is smaller growing and took a bit longer to get going, but has been covered with smaller luish-purple flowers for several weeks. SEPTEMBER***** Maryland - Garlic chives -- oh, dear, more seeds! Sunflowers, Gaura from madgardnr--this drought baby won't stop! Coneflowers, Figs - (they're flowers!) Tomatoes & cukes, Balloon flowers (pruned after 1st bloom), Aster tartaricus 'Jin Dai', Heteropappas 'Blue Knoll', Allium senscens glauca, Kirengeshoma palmata, Trycirtis hirta 'Miyazaki', Cimicifuga Racemosa (C.Simplex will bloom later in the fall), Clematis (an un-named white that goes all summer), Grasses!! But still waiting for Pennistum Moudry to bloom. Sanquisorba, Ceratostigma plumbaginoides, Perennial Begonia (Begonia Grandis), Salvia guaranitica 'Argentina Skies', Sedums, many types (pinched early and often to prevent summer blooming), Nippon Daisy is in full bud. A few summer bloomers still making an effort: Rudbeckia Hirta, Verbena bonariensis,Ground Cover roses, Nepata, Agastache,Buddleia, Coreopsis,Scutellaria biacalensis. And lots of annuals are still going strong. Species nicotianas, zinnias, pentas, Ceratotheca triloba, Ricinus communis. Artichokes (1 at least) seem to be firing up for a second season, too. Anemone Japonica, Roses Butterfly Bush, Liriope, Pyracantha 'Mohave' (w/berries). Hmmm...Rosemary "Hardy Hill" ("Hill Hardy?") just starting. Many Roses, Butterfly Bush (Buddleia), Sedum "Autumn Joy", Mist flower (Eupatorium coelestinum), Mirabilis jalapa (Four O'Clock), Cleome hasslerana, Crepe Myrtle, Anemone, White Wood Aster, Unidentified lilac-color aster, Marigolds, Eggplants, Scarlet runner beans, Purple, green white bush beans, Garden Phlox, Ceratostigma plumbaginoides, Passiflora caerulea, Datura "Blackcurrant Swirl" finally starting, Agastache Foeniculum. Plus lots of (other) annuals that have been blooming nonstop all summer. Washington, DC - Annuals: Ceratotheca triloba (one of my favorites!), Celosia spicata 'Flamingo Purple', Salvia guaranitica 'Black and Blue', Cannas (various cultivars), Datura (unknown species, marginally a perennial), Fuchsia 'Gartenmeister Bonstedt', Rehmannia angulata (annual, biennial, or short-lived perennial), Dolichos lablab Perennials: Begonia grandis, Caryopteris (unknown cultivar), Hibiscus 'Lord Baltimore', Persicaria 'Red Dragon' (not very showy, but cute little white flowers), Verbena bonariensis. Unexpectedly, Spigelia marilandica is putting out a second flush of bloom! Pennsylvania - Boltonia 'snowbank' and 'nana', Obedient Plant, Chelone, Russian Sage, Japanese Anemones, Sedums are just starting. 'Clara Curtis' chrysanthemum. Phlox paniculata are going strong. Purple Dome Aster is in bud. Roses are blooming their hearts out. Annuals that are going strong include: Salvia, several varieties, Alyssum, Portulaca, Cleome, Zinnias, Morning Glory, Ageratum, Pentas New Jersey - Golden Rain Tree (Koelreuteria paniculata), Crape Myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica) OCTOBER********** Pennsylvania - "Medallion" rose is blooming, also Japanese anemones, mums, "Black-Eyed Stella" daylily, asters, gerbera daisies, "Burgundy" gaillardia and coreopsis. Scentimental rose and knockouts are going strong. The pineapple mint is flowering bright red and the mums are in full swing. After tonight's 28 degree frost though things will change. Hollyhocks are still blooming. Double anemones are blooming, so is geranium Nimbus, still have blossoms on Coreopsis ?Limerock Ruby?, lots and lots of johnny jump ups, the autumn crocus are just in their full glory, plenty of purple and rose chrysanthemums, a few pinks here and there, a very pretty sedum with blue foliage and lovely rose pink blooms, buddelia still hanging in there, coneflowers still blooming, too. Roses still blooming are: Buff Beauty, Frederic Mistral, Abraham Darby, Angel Face, Mary Rose must have 30 blooms on her, Sombrieul has 10 to 20 blooms, a couple on Graham Thomas and Tamora, Darlow's Enigma, and the fabulous Brilliant Pink Iceberg never has fewer than 20 blooms on her since May. Four or five different clematis are blooming onesy-twoseys Maryland - "Gruss an Aachen" rose has 12 buds. Salvia Involucrata 'rose leaf sage' is the color of the fuschia zinnias in the same garden. Picked up a cutting at the Baltimore Conservatory plant sale this spring, and the plant is now at least 4'high by 2' wide. I never imagined the flowers would be so beautiful. Lovely surprise. The Nippon Daisy (shrublike) is in full bloom, having it's best (third) year yet. Climbing aster Acarolinianis is just getting started. Blooming is white wood aster, aster 'Alma Potschke', plumbago, hardy begonia, japanese anemone, toad lilies, lobelia cardinalis, eupatoriam purpureum, obedient plant and New York aster. Sedum 'Autumn Joy' is still going and hyacinth bean vine (lablab) is still going and going and going... I've even had a few blooms on my clematis tanganutica. I also have camellia bushes in bud and they should pop in a couple of weeks. Cyclamen hederifolium is pumping out blooms! Started a few weeks ago. Oddly, my Digitalis lutea are throwing up bloom spikes (spring bloomer). Aster tataricus 'Jindai" is in full bloom. What's really happening out there is that the plants have finally received adequate water during the past month, and are spreading! I was out planting bulbs today, and found offshoots and stoloniferous spreading everywhere I tried to poke in a bulb. Foxglove is also blooming, although it is almost finished now. The blue monkshood is in full flower and the cleome is in its final flush. Two or three salvias are still at it and the alpine strawberries look like they are going for one more little crop. Aster oblongifolius Raydon's Favorite doesn't begin to bloom until October and is still at its peak. A great easy care plant but a bit of a thug. Neighbors are always wowed. New Jersey - Camellia sasanqua 'Sparkling Burgundy', C. s. 'Pink Butterfly', Impatiens omeiana(perennial!), Salvia suaveolens, Cestrum parquii, a perennial which flowers midsummer-frost. Fall blooming Crocus. Salvias including Van Houtei, Indigo Spires. Hedychium coronarium. Washington, DC - Most true perennials have stopped blooming, with a few exceptions: Begonia grandis, Hosta sp. (not sure which, small narrow dark green leaves and tall spikes of purple flowers), Persicaria 'Red Dragon' (tiny white flowers not terribly exciting, but the plant is still putting out new foliage, which is much more dramatically colored with the cooler weather). Many annuals or tender perennials still have flowers: Asclepias curassavica, Begonia sutherlandii, Cannas, Ceratotheca triloba, Datura sp. (metel?) (having removed all fruits as they form), Morning glories, Salvia guaranitica 'Black and Blue' (but nearly finished), Verbena bonariensis (first year in my garden, not sure if it will be a reliable perennial or not) NOVEMBER****** Maryland - Still have cyclamen, salvia greggii, autumn crocus, pansies. Rosemary, pineapple sage, cosmos, Japanese anemone and blooming roses, chrysanthemum Sheffield, Clerodendrum bungii, ?Stella? daylily, pervoskia, fall anemone. The Cimicifuga racemosa are in full bloom and smell wonderful (though I have to walk into the middle of the garden to smell them :-). Cimicifuga simplex is covered with racemes and just starting to open. (Frost always came too early in NH, so I never saw C. simplex bloom in that garden.) Salvia involucrata 'Rose leaf sage' still blooming and untouched by frost, (love that fuschia!), as is the S. guaranitica. I plant 30 or 40 Argeratum "Blue Horizon" (2 feet tall and branches madly) every year in a garden that's becoming too full of perennials to accommodate them...but I can't stop. They deal with lack of rain, too much rain, are not susceptible to early frosts and take drought and sun and just bloom! I've cut nearly everything else in that garden down, and the ageratums are going to keep blooming 'til Christmas. Pictures I've seen in catalogues never do these justice. They have larger leaves and are much more graceful and a deeper blue (not purple) that the pics show. Great annual. Nicotiana sylvestris are still putting out fresh blooms in the shady areas. These came back from last year and I'm curious to see if they'll go one more winter. My Cyclamen is still blooming, and the leaves are coming up ten inches away from the flowers, so this has more than doubled in size since spring planting. I want more and am going to try some from seed this winter. I think I need to find room for a Camellia or two :-) Butterfly bush is still going strong (bloom height must be above the first freeze); whereas, mums starting to blow. Circium japonicum, Echinacea, Saffron Crocus, Spiderwort, Tomatoes (like they'll have time to set fruit!). Spring Swap goodies: Asters, Gaura ?Apple Blossom? from Madgrdner--this is a great plant! White Salvia - from First Kim (gee, that name bothers me. LOL) A few blues I can't identify (DH removed tags--GRRRRR!) Craziest one? My neighbor's lilac is blooming! No kidding! Narrow-leaved sunflower (Helianthus angustifolius). This attention-getting late season perennial grows 6-8 feet tall and doesn't start blooming until mid-October, then produces a "tidal wave" of flowers that can persist for six weeks. The stems tend to lean over neighboring plants when in bloom, although I've read that a stronger branching structure can be produced by cutting the plant back in early summer (before it has grown to giant size). To add to the above, my aster carolinianus - climbing aster is blooming it's head off, camellias in full bloom and New England aster just stopped a couple of days ago. Still some blossoms on my Lonicera sempervirens 'Blanche Sandman' and sporatic blooms as well on Lonicera sempervirens f. sulphurea 'John Clayton'. Elaeagnus! I can still catch a whiff of this in the garden. Great fragrance. New York/Connecticut - Osmanthus, Disanthus and Hamamelis virginiana are all at their blooming peak right now! New Jersey - Salvia 'Indigo Spires', Spilanthes (stolonifera)?, Verbena 'Snow Flurry', Cestrum parqui(hardy here), Camellia sasanqua 'Sparkling Burgundy' 'Seventh Desire','Pink Butterfly', 'Sekkugeke', 'Leslie Ann', 'Shishigashira', 'Little Slam'(just starting) Camellia oleifera, Camellia 'Mason Farm', 'Snow flurry ', Camellia sinensis, shrub and groundcover roses. Washington, DC - Fuchsia 'Gartenmeister Bonstedt'--still going strong, in fact looking better than it did all summer. Lobularia maritima (sweet alyssum), Salvia guaranitica 'Black and Blue'--still a few flowers, Persicaria 'Red Dragon'--tiny white flowers, but any are appreciated right now, and the foliage looks fabulous (cool weather really brings out the color). I'll have to go check, but I believe there are still a few flowers on Verbena bonariensis and Lantana 'Miss Huff'. The blue monkshood is in fullest bloom, aster are now just past their peak in the middle of November. Pennsylvania - Camellias and Galanthus reginae-olgae are in flower now. Delaware - My Camellia still hasn't flowered, due to the cold and snow we got a couple weeks ago. However, the flower buds haven't dropped off, so maybe there's hope. DECEMBER***** Pointsettias JANUARY****** Ice FEBRUARY****** and Snow MARCH 2003 ******* The end of one of the harshest winters in the Mid-Atlantic for many years. *Posted by ChrisMD 7 (My Page) on Tue, Mar 4, 03 at 7:46 Saw the first crocus today, Cream Beauty. * Posted by: Blueangel Md 7 (My Page) on Tue, Mar 4, 03 at 8:17 I have helleborus blooming as well my Arnold Promise witchhazel. * Posted by: KidHorn 7a MD (My Page) on Tue, Mar 4, 03 at 10:06 Nothing. I think the ground is too cold. I think the daffs and hyacinths will come up later than usual this year. Good thing. Last year they came up early and were hit with temps in the teens in late March. Killed a lot of blooms. * Posted by: Nannie6 z6PA (My Page) on Tue, Mar 4, 03 at 10:16 Nothing yet. Still a lot of snow covering everything. But today is the second day in a row that the sun has been bright and it's wonderful! So, again, I walked (rather trudged and slid) all around, looking and dreaming. * Posted by: aka_Peggy Md6b (My Page) on Tue, Mar 4, 03 at 13:22 I have some daffodils planted against a brick wall with a south facing exposure. They started to emerge a couple of weeks ago. Everything else is still covered in snow. No blooms for awhile here. * Posted by: mary11 6B/7 (My Page) on Tue, Mar 4, 03 at 14:18 I am starting to see dead grass where some of the snow has finally melted away -- everything is relative this year, I guess... * Posted by: steve_NJ z7A NJ (My Page) on Tue, Mar 4, 03 at 22:09 Hamamelis 'Jelena', Hamamelis-yellow, 1 daffodil bud, Wintersweet. * Posted by: robin_DC (My Page) on Wed, Mar 5, 03 at 14:28 Oddly enough, this morning I saw some green sticking out from the snow and cleared it away to discover what appear to be dianthus, with a few buds, buds but no blooms. Other than that, everything is later than usual. Daffodils, tulips, and crocus stems are just starting to emerge from the ground. * Posted by: carol23 z6PA (My Page) on Thu, Mar 6, 03 at 7:09 Helleborus foetidus, some winter aconite, and a couple of snowdrops in bud. * Posted by: hscott z7 maryland (My Page) on Thu, Mar 6, 03 at 13:33 my ground is still frozen under snow in Baltimore * Posted by: ToddMM z7aMD (My Page) on Thu, Mar 6, 03 at 14:19 I discovered buds of an early double-bloom daffodil and about-to-break buds of snowdrops this morning. They had come up under the snow. * Posted by: Vgkg 7-Va Tidewater (My Page) on Fri, Mar 7, 03 at 8:58 Old daffodils are now blooming at my home near Richmond. That one day of 70F got em' going. The daff bulbs I planted last fall are breaking ground now too but the tulips are still hiding. vgkg * Posted by: Daylily 7 (My Page) on Sat, Mar 8, 03 at 11:29 NOTHING! Except the plants in the greenhouse, brugmansias, abutilons and a few others. * Posted by: beth_b_Kodiak MD 7 (My Page) on Sat, Mar 8, 03 at 15:19 Iris reticulata and species crocous have been blooming for almost a week on southern Delmarva. A few pussy willow are peeking out and today, the red maple buds have exploded. * Posted by: Nannie6 z6PA (My Page) on Sun, Mar 9, 03 at 17:01 The snow is melting some and I saw bare ground AND some daffodils coming up. A welcome sight! That's about it. Lots of snow still here. But, I did see two robins yesterday! * Posted by: Cynthia z7 MD (My Page) on Sun, Mar 9, 03 at 18:18 This is like thawing a 30 pound turkey! My entire yard is still -in spite of 50+ temps this week-end solid snow. At the edge of the property near the road there's a patch of snow melt in the front garden and I see Eranthis blooming!!! Also think there may be species tulips and crocus starting to poke through in the same area. * Posted by: gardenwitch 7 Va (My Page) on Mon, Mar 10, 03 at 8:55 Some Minature Daffodils , Crocus, Hellebores are in bloom and the Pulmonaria is setting buds .My Camillia got frost bud blasted and I don't know if my Dahpne will bloom or not. Yesterday was 70 but today highs of 40 are predicted and maybe snow later in the week . Ahhh spring!!! * Posted by: madsquopper 6b No. VA (My Page) on Mon, Mar 10, 03 at 14:13 A few of the earliest yellow crocus are open, and the heathers, despite being covered by 2 feet of snow until this weekend, are starting to show some pink flowers. I unwrapped the camelia and it looks like the several hundred buds made it through winter OK and will open within the next few weeks. * Posted by: collectordi z7VA (My Page) on Wed, Mar 12, 03 at 0:24 I have snowdrops just starting to open and the buds on my hellebores look more beaten up but at about the same stage as they did when I last saw them before all the snow (when was that nice warm day- February or January?) Since its supposed to be warm again tomorrow I hope those buds will open. Last year I had flowers blooming on those hellebores from January to April! I've been wistfully looking at pictures from early March 2002 of my garden with crocus blooming. Yesterday I was lucky to see crocus leaves. * Posted by: Wolfe15136 z6 PA (My Page) on Thu, Mar 13, 03 at 12:12 just a few snowdrops and one single viola blossom. * Posted by: chicfox z6 NJ (My Page) on Sat, Mar 15, 03 at 12:29 I'm soooo excited!!! Today I saw tulips, tiger lilies, daffodils, irises peeking through the mulch.... ....just need to figure out how to get rid of those darn squirrels * Posted by: Springcherry 6/7 Philly,PA (My Page) on Mon, Mar 17, 03 at 10:19 Snowdrops just starting to bloom. Nothing else with buds, thou lots of green shoots are poking thru the mulch. I saw the snowdrops right before going to a memorial service -- a nice juxtaposition. * Posted by: Cecilia_MD7a 7a/Baltimore,MD (My Page) on Mon, Mar 17, 03 at 12:49 Snowdrops, Crocus, Hellebores. * Posted by: Kathy92757 z6 PA (My Page) on Mon, Mar 17, 03 at 17:12 Nothing is blooming here, but there is a lot of stuff poking up through the ground! * Posted by: Cynthia z7 MD (My Page) on Mon, Mar 17, 03 at 20:19 Well, everything except for the north iceberg has melted here ;-) Clearly I overplanted the winter aconite, and the garbage men will, after a long winter, finally have something to aim at again when return the cans to earth. I'm happy for them. Daffs and bulbs poking up everywhere, and while I garrote myself on the tree stanchions, myopic me can spot the minuscule nodes of the emerging perennials 12 feet away. Spring is 3 days away!! * Posted by: Nannie6 z6PA (My Page) on Tue, Mar 18, 03 at 0:06 Finally...some winter aconite. Bulbs poking up here, too. And my tree peony buds are looking good. With the snow gone, I see more rabbit damage and deer damage, too. A harsh winter for us all. * Posted by: Johnnieb Washington, DC (My Page) on Tue, Mar 18, 03 at 14:08 Snowdrops and several species crocus finally started blooming this past weekend. I think this is the latest I have ever seen them bloom. Just yesterday I saw the first open flowers on Iris hystrioides 'George'--very nice. Still buds only on my daffodils, and tulips have barely even begun to poke through the soil. One bonus: three pots of Sarcococca confusa, which I never got into the ground last fall and thought for sure were goners after freezing solid, are blooming on my back steps and filling my yard with a sweet fragrance. * Posted by: loghomelady z7 VA (My Page) on Tue, Mar 18, 03 at 20:57 Just returned from Cold/snowy Connecticut to find forsythias blooming, crocus & daffodils, the winter blooming jasmine and the star magnolia in my Blue Ridge Mtn yard. * Posted by: Kathy92757 z6 PA (My Page) on Wed, Mar 19, 03 at 6:19 My first crocus bloomed yesterday in one of my flower beds! Many other things are poking up, but I was so excited to see the crocus. * Posted by: handhelpers z6 PA (My Page) on Wed, Mar 19, 03 at 19:06 my snow drops are blooming!!! * Posted by: Connie_MD z7 MD (My Page) on Thu, Mar 20, 03 at 9:16 Snow drops, Helleborous Foetidus, Winter Aconite, Crocus blooming. Hyacinths and Daffodils poking up * Posted by: Cecilia_MD7a 7a/Baltimore,MD (My Page) on Fri, Mar 21, 03 at 12:41 All of a sudden, the mini daffodils and iris reticulata in my backyard have started blooming. * Posted by: nickel_KG z7 VA (My Page) on Fri, Mar 21, 03 at 21:14 Spring is definitely running late. My daughter's birthday is March 16, and we had only one daffodil of my earliest variety. Usually she gets a big vase of mid-season daffodil varieties.... * Posted by: steve_NJ z7A NJ (My Page) on Mon, Mar 24, 03 at 23:33 Daphne mezereum * Posted by: ChrisMD 7 (My Page) on Wed, Mar 26, 03 at 13:26 Today one of the Manchurian apricot trees is in full bloom. The others are still dark pink with buds. "Tete-a-Tete" daffodils have been out for the last week. * Posted by: Alfie_MD6 z6 MD (My Page) on Wed, Mar 26, 03 at 14:16 Viola odorata (next to the house). * Posted by: busyasabee 7MD (My Page) on Wed, Mar 26, 03 at 15:10 My Crocus and Daffs are blooming; Angelique tulips and hyacinths are peeking their heads through the mulch and the peach tree blossoms are getting ready to pop! * Posted by: cloudy_christine 6B SE PA (My Page) on Wed, Mar 26, 03 at 22:11 Chinese witch hazel, wintersweet, Narcissus minimus 'Little Gem,' Iris reticulata, anemone blanda, winter aconites and snowdrops. Helleborus foetidus, with H. orientalis and abchasicus just showing buds. * Posted by: Johnnieb Washington, DC (My Page) on Thu, Mar 27, 03 at 13:40 Forsythias are blooming in my neighborhood. Downtown, I see the ornamental plums (can't remember the species, but they have pale pink flowers followed by dark purple foliage) just coming into bloom. * Posted by: steve_NJ z7A NJ (My Page) on Fri, Mar 28, 03 at 21:34 Abeliophyllum, Prunus mume * Posted by: ChrisMD 7 (My Page) on Sun, Mar 30, 03 at 12:23 Snowing here today - the air is warm so the flakes are clumping together into fat feathers. APRIL 2003****** Maryland - Blue starflower, daffodils ?Minnow?, ?Ice Follies?, and ?Thalia?. Nanking cherries, various daffodils, and hyacinths. Pulmonaria 'Silver Lance', bloodroot (yep, first year w/ one little stem and bloom... ):o( grr..now to keep the squirrels out of the pot), forsythia, Snow Glories and hellebores. Daffodils 'Ice Follies' and 'Jet Fire' mixed (gardener's little joke and it actually looks good :-) Most years the Jet Fire bloom first...Forsythia, Forsythia, Forsythia and it's so darn....yellow. Hellebores, Pulmonaria, muscari, crocus. Very yellow in my garden just now - Leatherleaf Mahonia (usually blooms in Jan-Feb) is prime, my all yellow daffs, species tulips, pieris andromeda japonica, creamy hyacinths, and Glory in the Snow, (okay, a little blue). The Umbrella Magnolia is just beginning to pop at the top. And I just discovered a hybrid tulip growing in the thick ivy under my blue spruce. Squirrels! Don't you just love 'em. I'm seeing the Virginia bluebells starting to flower out this way. The red buds are coloring up well and the grape hyacinths have just burst open after last weeks rains. Also Claytonia virginiana spring beauties are abundant. Various azaleas, tulips, common lilacs, viburnum juddii, kerria, pulmonaria, grape hyacinth, epimedium, creeping phlox, various narcissi, vinca minor & major, spring snowflakes, candytuft (late this year!) and white money plant. Deutzia and wood hyacinths are just starting. As of today April 27 - My garden is blooming in shades of white, pink, purple and red. Angelique tulips, hyacinths, phlox, azaleas, Anemone sylvestris, Anemone coronaria ?Mr Fokker?, ?Firewitch? dianthus and late blooming narcissus. Violets and Dandelions (mowed them.) Iberis, species tulips, Ipheion (finally! I guess they bloom late the first year.) Geranium tuberosum, Lychsimachia atropurpurea has buds (!), brunnera, creeping phlox, pulmonarias (what a great plant), dogwoods, lilacs, azaleas are in bud but not blooming yet. The species tulips 'Lilac Wonder' opened up wide for the sun today and it's like looking into the sun. Johnny, find a magnifying glass, you'll see little nubbins on the Spigelia. Saxifrage virginiensis, (sp, too lazy to look up) and the viola "pedata." Armeria's, several alliums. Many tulips still going strong and some daffs as well. Azaleas, lilac, wisteria, tulips, pansies, and strawberries (oh, and dandelions). Virginia - Daffodils are on the wane here now but the tulips are just starting to bloom, a few have been found by the voles though. Old single apple tree is just blooming this morning, been in the 80's for 3 days now. Phlox divaricata and stolonifera, dicentra spectabilis and eximia, Pulmonaria, lilacs, dogwoods, some azaleas, tulips are fading, late daffodils are fading except one just started blooming I think it?s Cheerfulness, Brunnera Hadspen Cream, Tiarella, Lunaria, Iberis, Arabis, Iris Baby Blessed, primroses, pansies, violets, Corydalis, Myosotis, Virginia Bluebells are fading, Vinca, Muscari, Lamium, redbuds. It?s all just so gorgeous!! A few more that I forgot: variegated solomon's seal, Mazus reptans and holly. The holly blossoms don't look like much but they smell wonderful maybe better than the lilacs. ?White Cloud? dogwoods, redbud, viburnums, lilacs (purple and pink), heather. ox eye daisies, roses, iris, cross vine, jack in the pulpit, wood hyacinth, columbine, dianthus, sweetshrub, spirea, weigela, GOTTA LOVE SPRING! New Jersey - Magnolia stellata, Rhododendron mucronatum, Daphne odora (green and variegated), Edgeworthia papyrifera, Aubretia, Forsythia (4 varieties), Corylopsis sinensis, C. platypetala. Camellia japonica 'Professor Sargent'. Pennsylvania - Around the area - forsythia peaking, daffs waning, some deciduous azaleas are out, some cherries, saucer magnolias in full glory, redbuds, Bradford Pears, serviceberries. Ahh yes, and some early pierises are blooming with my P. japonica "Valley Rose" about to burst open all the way with its heavenly fragrance, if the sun would only come out already...LOL Washington, DC - What a late spring! Some late daffodils are still blooming, and all but the earliest tulips are still going strong. Iberis is in glorious full bloom. There might still be a flower or two on Asarum splendens (not that they're much to look at!). A tree peony is heavily budded and the first flower should open in a day or two but the herbaceous peonies are at least a week or two away from blooming. Some of my perennials aren't even up yet: Asclepias tuberosa, Spigelia marilandica, Hibiscus 'Lord Baltimore', Begonia grandis, Dryopteris marginalis, all either just beginning to grow, or not even showing above ground. How could I have forgotten violets? One of the weeds in my garden I tend not to pull... Tree peony just opened its first flower today--huge, double, pale pink. Very nice. One of the few things planted by the former owners that I actually like! Azaleas are in full bloom. Tulipa batalinii 'Bright Gem' just began to open today--I'm not sure why these bloom so late (last year too), perhaps because I planted the bulbs too deep. Dianthus gratinopolitanus (sp.?) cultivars and Aquilegia canadensis are heavily budded, and should be opening in another day or two. I just saw bearded irises blooming in a sunny yard down the street from me. (My own are on the north side of my house and not even in bud yet.) May 2003 ? the wettest May in many years, after one of the coldest winters!***** Maryland - White and blue Dutch iris, sweet woodruff, pansies, Hershey Red azalea. Fuchsia azaleas everywhere! And the dogwoods are in their glory. Centaurea Montana (Mountain Bluet) are about to pop, some hardy geraniums have buds, wild buttercups are out (I allow them in selected spots 'cause the foliage is nice too), the half-dead Erodium pelargoniflorum is blooming anyway. Alliums have fat buds. I notice every year that the leaf tips are always browned before the flowers open on the alliums. These are A.Christophi and A.Giganteum and A. Idon'tknowsmalldrumsticktype. Lilac (fading), woodland squill, bridal wreath spirea (peak), woodland phlox (stonilifera), dianthus ?Firewitch?, ipheion, ?Otto Luykins? cherry laurel, ?Lancaster? perennial geranium, doublefile viburnum, ?Yaku Princess? rhodo, variegated solomon seal, lily of the valley and vinca (ho hum). Oh and a couple of generic azaleas. Azaleas, lilacs, roses. dianthus "Bath's Pink", the no-name Allwood dianthus that came from Walmart, Dianthus deltoides, Spanish bluebells Scilla hispanica, roses ?Nymphenburg? and ?GrussAnAachen?, Geranium maculatum, Geranium "Nimbus", Geranium "Max Frei", Centaurea montana, late azaleas, bishopweed, yellow Dutch iris (blues and whites bloomed earlier), Penstemon smallii putting up flowers, a rescue iris that has to be the ugliest iris in existence, several different colors of self-seeded trandescantia, pansies and petunias, honeysuckle bush. Just finished: sweet woodruff, camassia. Roses are really starting to hit full bloom now, iris winding down. Blueberries, blackberries, hybrid rugosa roses, alliums, catmint, rhododendron ?Home Depot?, culinary sage, clematis ?Nelly Moser? and "The President", bearded iris. My tall bearded iris are exploding! on the ground!!!! This rain has got to go!! Peonies are loving all of this rain, as are my Asian lilies, which are about 5' tall waiting for the sun. 5/22: Scutellaria baicalensis has been blooming a few weeks, Lysimachia atropurpurea (deepest burgandy against blue silver foliage), Allium karataviense in full bloom and starting to pass, Allium christophi just starting to open, Allium giganteum on their last legs, Aquilegia canadensis is fully blooming with a bunch of other cultivars, Trollius, Phlomis tuberosa has sent up giant scape (singular, hmm.) Salvia lyrata 'Burgandy Bliss' (If you call those blooms :-), the Campanula persicifolia and Adenophora would probably be blooming if the 3 foot stalks hadn't been 'pinched' (cleanly cut) but a bunny or woodchuck. And the stars: Rodgersia and Baptisia are both in bloom after 3 years of waiting!!!! May 27: roses ? ?Gertrude Jekyll? & ?Sheer Bliss?, foxgloves, phlox, Mexican evening primroses, alyssums, gypsophilia, ?Firewitch? dianthus, shasta daisy, anemone sylvestris, chives, sweet william, columbines that I started from seeds last year, and purple & yellow bearded irises I got from the fall swap. May 29th: Valerian (Valerian officinalis), peonies, and more roses. Virginia - My gardens are coming alive with color. I've got over 200 hybrid iris (most in bloom already), Iceland poppies, Oriental poppies, old fashioned yellow rose, bridal wreath spirea, pink spirea, variegated spirea, scotch broom, weigelia, blue sage, mayapples, bleeding heart, lily of the valley(pink & white), azalea (pink,red,purple & yellow), hyacinth, tulips, jasmine, Star-of-Bethlehem, amsonia, orange field poppies, lettuceleaf poppies(pink), columbine, redbuds, fruit trees, dogwoods, ground geraniums (cherise), ground phlox, ajuga, blue flax, baptisia, Viburnum(white), Solomon seal, prickly-pear cactus. Isn't gardening WONDERFUL? My false indigo is fabulous right now as are my rhododendrons! Roses haven't popped open yet, but buds are numerous and promising! Pennsylvania - In my garden in early to mid May (western PA): Blue flax, Centaurea montana, early clematis, iris, coral bells, allium, Snow in Summer, bleeding heart (Dicentra), rhododendron, forget me nots (Myosotis), Weigela variegata, the shrub Calycanthus floridus--with fruity-smelling flowers, rosa 'Therese Bugnet,' and honeysuckle 'Gold Flame', peonies (just starting), dianthus, beauty bushes, flax, irises, poppies any minute now, and still have one lonely tulip :), pansies from last year and some annuals I just put in pots. Bridal Wreath spirea, weigelas, azaleas, rhodies, lilacs, TB irises, and something else that I think is a kerria. Washington, DC - May 21st, in Washington DC: Snowball viburnum, privet, Chinese dogwood, climbing rose, azalea, mock orange. Aquilegia canadensis has been blooming its head off for two or three weeks. Dianthus gratiopolitanus 'Bath's Pink' and "Firewitch" have been in full bloom for at least 2 weeks. Chives have been blooming for about a week. Bearded iris and Siberian iris have just opened, within a day of each other. Peonies are either in bud or just beginning to bloom (and I think I will cut them all for indoors because several days of rain will ruin them). Neighbor on one side has roses blooming, neighbor on the other side some kind of bulb that I believe is Hyacinthoides (Spanish bluebells). Everything is so late this year! On top of the late spring, my property is on a north-facing hill which makes it even worse. Bearded irises across the street (facing south) were blooming two weeks ago. Bridal Wreath spirea, weigelas, azaleas, rhodies, lilacs, TB irises, and something else that I think is a kerria.

Salvia lyrata The list below are plants that have all been found growing and thriving in the wild of the most warmest gardening regions. Many have hybrids that have been bred from them...these hybrids generally will be able to also grow in and thrive in the same sub-tropical environment. Please do research them if you're unsure of their hardiness in your particular zone or region, and as always, with any seeds that you're unsure can be winter sown in your region save some seeds to start indoors. Good luck to all! Trudi ================ Abronia fragrans - sand verbena Abronia villosa - desert sand-verbena Acacia angustissima - whiteball acacia Acacia constricta - mescat acacia Acacia farnesiana - sweet acacia Acacia rigidula - chaparro-prieto Acer grandidentatum - bigtooth maple Acer leucoderme - chalk maple Acer negund o- box elder Acer pensylvanicum - striped maple Acer rubrum - red maple Acer saccharinum - silver maple Acer saccharun - sugar maple Achyls triphylla- vanilla leaf Aconitum columbianum - Columbian monkshood Actaea pachypoda - white baneberry Actaea racemosa var. racemosa - black cohosh Actea rubra - red baneberry Aesculus californica - California buckeye Aesculus glabra - Ohio buckeye Aesculus glabra var. arguta - Texas buckeye Aesculus parviflora - bottlebrush buckeye Aesculus pavia var. pavia - red buckeye Agave lechuguilla - lechuguilla Agave parryi - century plant Agave parryi ssp. neomexicana - New mexico agave Agarista populifolia - Florida hobblebush Ageratina altissima var. altissima - white snakeroot Ageratina havanensis - Havana snakeroot Aletris farinosa - white colic root Allium canadens - meadow garlic Allium cernuum - nodding onion Allium stellatum - prairie onion Allium tricoccum - wild leek Allium validum - swamp onion Aloysia gratissima - whitebrush Alnus serrulata - brookside elder Aloysia gratissima - whitebrush Amblyolepsis setigera - honey daisy Amelanchier alnifolia - western serviceberry Amelanchier canadensis - Canadian service-berry Amianthium muscitoxicum - crow poison Amorpha fruticosa - false indigo-bush Ampelopsis arborea - peppervine Amsonia ciliata - fringed bluestar Amsonia tabernaemontana - eastern bluestar Anaphalis margaritacea - pearly-everlasting Andropogon gerardii - big bluestem Andropogon glomeratus - bushy bluestem Andropogen ternarius - split-beard bluestem Andropogen virginicus - broom sedge Anemone canadensis - Canada anemone Anemone caroliniana - Carolina thimbleweed Anemone cylindrica- long-head thimbleweed Anemone multifida - Pacific anemone Anemone quinquefolia - wood anemone Anemone virginiana - tall thimbleweed Anemopsis californica - yerba-mansa Aniscanthus quadrifidus var. wrightii - hummingbird bush Antennaria ssp - pussytoes Antirrhinum multiflorum - multi-flowered snapdragon Aphanostephus skirrhobasis - Arkansas dozedaisy Apocynum androsaemifolium - spreading dogbane Apocynum cannabinum - Indian hemp Aquilegia canadensis - red columbine Aquilegia caerula - Rocky Mountain columbine Aquilegia chrysantha - golden columbine Aquilegia eximia - serpentine columbine Aquilegia flavescens - yellow columbine Aquilegia formosa - scarlet columbine Aralia racemosa - American spikenard Aralia spinosa - devil's walking stick Arbutus menziesii - Pacific madrone Arbutus xalapensis - Texas madrone Arctostaphylos patula - green-leaf manzanita Arctostaphylus uva-ursi - red bearberry Argemone albiflora ssp. texana - white prickly poppy Arisaema draconitum - green dragon Arisaema triphyllum - Jack-in-the-pulpit Armeria maritima - sea thrift Arnica cordifolia - heart-leaf leapardbane Arnica latifolia - daffodil leapardbane Artemisia fililfolia - silver sagebrush Artemisia frigida - prairie sagebrush Aruncus dioicus - goat's beard Aruncus dioicus var. vulgaris - sylvan goat's beard Asarum canadense - Canadian wild ginger Asarum caudatum - long-tail wild ginger Asclepias asperula - antelope horns Asclpias fascicularis - narrow-leaf milkweed Asclepias humistrata - pinewoods milkweed Asclepias incarnata - swamp milkweed Asclepias lanceolata - red milkweed Asclepias speciosa - showy milkweed Asclepias tuberosa - butterfly milkweed Asclepias verticillata - whorled milkweed Asimina triloba - common pawpaw Astagalus canadensis - Canadian milk-vetch Atriplex canescens - four-wing saltbrush Baccharis halimifolia - sea myrtle Baccharis salicifolia - seep willow Bacopa monnieri - water hyssop Bahia absinthifolia - yerba raton Baileya multiradiat a- desert marigold Balsamorrhiza sagittata - arrow-leaf balsamroot Baptisia alba - white wild indigo Baptisia australis - blue wild indigo Baptisia bracteata var. leucophaea - plains wild indigo Bauhinia lunarioides - Texas plume Berlandiera lyrata - lyre-leaf greeneyes Betula nigra - river birch Betula papyrifera - paper birch Bignonia capreolata- crossvine Blephilla ciliata - downy pagoda-plant Borrichia frutescens - bushy seaside-tansy Bouteloua curtipendula - side-oats grama Bouteloua eriopoda - black grama Bouteloua gracilis - blue grama Bouteloua hirsuta - hairy grama Bouvardia ternifolia - firecracker bush Brodiaea elegans - elegant cluster-lily Buchloe dactyloides - buffalo grass Calliandra eriophylla - fairy duster Callicarpa americana - American beauty berry Callirhoe alcaeoides - pink poppy-mallow Callirhoe digitata - finger poppy-mallow Callirhoe involucrata - purple poppy-mallow Callirhoe papaver - woodland poppy-mallow Calochortus albus - fairy lantern Calochortus kennedyi - desert mariposa Calochortus macrocarpus - sagebrush mariposa lily Calochortus monophyllus - yellow-star mariposa lily Calochortus nuttallii - mariposa lily Calochortus uniflorus - monterey mariposa lily Caltha leptosepala - white marsh-marigold Calycanthus floridus - Carolina allspice Calylophus berlandieri - square-bud sundrops Calylophus lavandulifolius - lavender-leaf sundrops Calylophus serrulatus - yellow sundrops Caltha palustris var. palustris - marsh marigold Camassia quamash - small camas Camassia scilloides- Atlantic camas Campanula rotundifolia- bluebell-of-Scotland Campanula scouleri - pale bellflower Campanulastrum americanum - American bellflower Campsis radicans - trumpet vine Cardamine concatenata - cut-leaf toothwort Cardamine diphylla - two-leaved toothwort Carex stipata - stalk-grain sedge Carnegia gigantea - saguaro Carpenteria californica - bush anemone Carpinus caroliniana - American hornbeam Carya alba - mockernut hickory Carya illinoinensis - pecan Carya ovata - shag-bark hickory Castanea pumila - Allegheny Chinkapin Castilleja applegatei ssp. martinii - desert paintbrush Castilleja coccinea - scarlet Indian paintbrush Castilleja foliolosa - Texas chaparral Castilleja indivisa - entire-leaf Indian paintbrush Castilleja integra - squawfeather Castilleja linariifolia - Wyoming Indian paintbrush Castilleja miniata - meadow Indian paintbrush Castilleja parviflora - mountain Indian paintbrush Castilleja rhexiiifolia - rosy Indian paintbrush Castilleja sessiliflora - Great Plains Indian paintbrush Catalpa bignonioides - southern catalpa Caulophyllum thalictoides - blue cohosh Ceanothus americanus - New Jersey tea Ceanothus greggii var. vestitus - desert ceanothus Ceanothus herbaceus - prairie redroot Ceanothus integerrimus - deerbush Ceanothus megacarpus - big-pod buckbrush Ceanothus velutinus - tobacco-brush Celtis laevigata - sugar berry Celtis occidentalis - common hackberry Celtis pallida - desert hackberry Centaurea americana - American basket-flower Cephalanthus occidentalis - common buttonbush Cercis canadensis - redbud Cercis canadensis var. texensis - Texas redbud Cercocarpus montanus - mountain mahogany Chamaecrista fasciculata - partridge pea Chamaecrista nicitans - sensitive pea Chamaelirium luteum - fairywand Chamerion angustifolium ssp. angustifolium - narrow-leaf fireweed Chamerion latifolium - broad-leaf fireweed Chasmanthium latifolium - river oats Chilopsis linearis - desert willow Chionanthus virginicus - white fringetree Chrysactinia mexicana - damianita Chrysogonum virginianum - green-and-gold Chrysopsis mariana - Maryland golden aster Clarkia amoena - farewell-to-spring Clarkia concinna - red ribbons Clarkia unguiculata - mountain garland Claytonia caroliniana - Carolina springbeauty Claytonia lanceolata - lance-leaf springbeauty Claytonia virginica - springbeauty Clematis columbiana - purple virgin's bower Clematis crispa - swamp leather flower Clematis hirsutissima - sugarbowls Clematis pitcheri - purple clematis Clematis texensis - scarlet clematis Clematis virginiana - virgin's bower Cleome isomeris - bladder-pod spider-flower Cleome lutea - yellow beeplant Cleome serrulata - Rocky Mountain beeplant Clethra acumininata - mountain sweet-pepperbush Clethra alnifolia - coastal sweet-pepperbush Clintonia andrewsiana - western bluebead lily Clintonia borealis - yellow bluebead lily Clintonia umbellulata - white bluebead lily Clintonia uniflora - bride's bonnet Cocculus carolinus - Carolina coralbead Collomia linearis - narrow-leaf mountain trumpet Collinsonia canadensis - citronella horsebalm Collinsia heterophyll - Chinese houses Colubrina texensis - Texas snakewood Collomia linearis - narrow-leaf mountain trumpet Commelina dianthifolia - bird-bill dayflower Commelina erecta - white-mouth dayflower Comptonia peregrina - sweet-fern Condalia hookeri - Brazilian bluewood Conoclinum coelestinum - blue mistflower Cooperia drummondii - evening rain-lily Coreopsis auriculata - lobed tickseed Coreopsis calliopsidea - leaf-stem tickseed Coreopsis douglasii - Douglas' tickseed Coreopsis gigenatea - giant tickseed Coreopsis gladiata - coastal tickseed Coreopsis grandiflora - large-flowered tickseed Coreopsis lanceolata - lance-leaved tickseed Coreopsis nudata - swamp coreopsis Coreopsis palmata - stiff coreopsis Coreopsis tinctoria - plains coreopsis Coreopsis tripteris - tall coreopsis Cornus alternifolia - alternate-leaf dogwood Cornus canadensis - Canadian bunchberry Cornus drummondii - rough-leaf dogwood Cornus florida - flowering dogwood Cornus nuttalii - Pacific flowering dogwood Cornus sericea - red-twig dogwood Corydalis sempervirens - pale corydalis Cotinus obovatus - American smoketree Crataegus marshallii - parsley hawthorn Crataegus mollis - downy hawthorn Crataegus opaca - river-flat hawthorn Crataegus phaenopyrum - Washington hawthorn Crinum americanum - swamp lily Cyrilla racemiflora - swamp titi Dalea candida var. candida - white prairie-clover Dalea formosa - featherplume Dalea frutescens - black prairie-clover Dalea greggii - indigo bush Dalea pupurea var. purpurpea - purple prairie-clover Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda - shrubby cinquefoil Dasylirion ssp. - desert pampas grass Decodon verticillatus - swamp loosestrife Delphinium barbeyi - subalpine larkspur Delphinium cardinale - scarlet larkspur Delphinium carolinianum - Carolina larkspur Delphinium carolinianum ssp. virescens - prairie larspur Delphinium glareosa - Olympic larkspur Delphinium glaucum - tower larkspur Delphinium nudicaule - red larkspur Delphinium nuttallianum - two-lobe larkspur Delphinium parishii - desert larkspur Delphinium scaposum - bare-stem larkspur Delphinium tricome - dwarf larkspur Desmanthus illnoensis - prairie bundle-flower Desmodium canadense - showy tick-trefoil Desmodium illioense - Illinoise tick-trefoil Dicentra canadensis - squirrel corn Dicentra cucullaria - dutchman's breeches Dicentra formosa - Pacific bleedinghearts Dichelostemma capitatum ssp. capitatum - wild hyacinth Diplacus grandiflorus - large-flower bush-monkey-flower Diplacus longiflorus - southern bush-monkey-flower Diplacus puniceus - red bush-monkey-flower Diervilla sessilfolia - southern bush-honeysuckle Dichelostemma capitatum ssp. capitatum - wild hyacinth Dimorphocarpa wislizeni - tourist plant Diospyros texana - Texas persimmon Diospyros virginiana - common persimmon Dodecathon amethystinum - amethyst shooting star Dodecathon clevelandii - Cleveland's shootingstar Dodecathon hendersonii - Henderson's shootingstar Dodecathon jeffreyi - tall mountain shootingstar Dodecathon meadia - shooting star Doellingeria umbellata var. umbellata - flat-top aster Dracopsis amplexicaulis - clasping coneflower Dryas drummondii - yellow dryas Dryas octopetala - white mountain-avens Dudleya cymosa - canyon live-forever Dudleya farinosa - powdery live-forever Dyssodia ssp. - dyssodia Echinacea angustifolia - narrow-leaved purple coneflower Echinacea pallida - pale coneflower Echinacea purpurea - eastern purple coneflower Echinocereus engelmannii - strawberry cactus Echinocereus fendleri - pink-flower hedgehog cactus Echinocereus rigidissimus - rainbow hedgehog cactus Ehretia anacua - sandpaper tree Elymus canadensis - Canada wild rye Empetrum nigrum - black crowberry Encelia farinosa - brittlebush Engelmannia peristenia - Engelmann's daisy Epigaea repens - trailing arbutus Epilobium canum ssp. latifolium - hummingbird trumpet Epilobium obcordatum - rock fringe Epilobium rigidum - Siskiyou rock fringe Ericameria nauseosa ssp. nauseosa var. nauseosa - rabbitbrush Erigeron compositus - dwarf mountain fleabane Erigeron divergens - spreading fleabane Erigeron glaucus - seaside fleabane Erigeron modestus - prairie fleabane Erigeron peregrinus - subalpine fleabane Erigeron puchellus - robin's plantain Erigeron speciosus - showy fleabane Eriogonum compositum - arrow-leaf buckwheat Eriogonum douglasii - Douglas' wild buckwheat Eriogonum inflatum - desert trumpet Eriogonum umbellatum - sulfur-flower buckwheat Eriophyllum confertiflorum - yellow yarrow Eriophyllum lanatum - Oregon sunshine Erodium texanum - Texas stork's-bill Erysimum capitatum - western wallflower Eryngium leavenworthii - Leavenworth's eryngo Eryngium yuccifolium - button snakeroot Erysimum capitatum - sand-dune wallflower Erythrina herbacea - red cardinal Erythronium albidum car. albidum - white trout-lily Erythronium americanum - American trout-lily Erythonium grandiflorum - glacier lily Escholzia caespitosa - tufted poppy Escholzia californica - California poppy Escholzia californica ssp. mexicana - Mexican gold poppy Eucaphalus ledophyllus var. ledophyllus - Cascade wayside-aster Eunonymus americana - Brook eunonymus Eunonymus atropurpea - burning bush Eupatorium fistulosum - joe-pye-weed Eupatorium maculatum - spotted joe-pye-weed Eupatorium occidentale - western thoroughwort Eupatorium odoratum - blue mistflower Eupatorium perfoliatum - common joe-pye-weed Eupatorium purpureu m- sweet scented joe-pye-weed Euphorbia antisyphilitica - wax plant Euphorbia corollata - flowering spurge Euphorbia marginata - snow-on-the-mountain Eurybia macrophyllus - large-leaf wood aster Eurybia sibirica - Siberian wood aster Eustoma exaltatum ssp. russellianum - prairie bluebell Eysenhardtia texana - Texas kidneywood Fagus grandifolia - American beech Fallugia paradoxa - Apache plume Fendlera rupicola - cliff fendlerbush Ferocactus wislizeni - candy barrel cactus Forestiera pubescens var. pubescens - desert olive Fothergilla gardenii - dwarf witch-elder Forestiera pubescens var. pubescens - desert olive Fouquieria splendens - ocotillo Fragaria virginiana - wild strawberry Fragaria virginiana ssp. platypetala - western alpine strawberry Frangula caroliniana - Carolina false buckthorn Fraxinus americana - white ash Fraxinus berlandieriana - Mexican ash Fraxinus latifolia - Oregon ash Fraxinus pennsylvanica - green ash Fraxinus texensis - Texas ash Fremontodendron californicum - California flannelbush Fritillaria affinis var. affinis - mission bells Fritillaria pudica - yellow missionbells Fritillaria recurva - scarlet missionbells Gaillardia aestivalis var. aestivalis - prairie gaillardia Gaillardia aristata - great blanket-flower Gaillardia pinnitafida - yellow gaillardia Gaillardia pulchella - Indian blanket Gaillardia suavis - rayless gaillardia Galium boreale - northern bedstraw Galium triflorum - sweet-scented bedstraw Garrya wrightii - Wright's catclaw Gaultheria procumbens - eastern teaberry Gaultheria shallon - salal Gaura biennis - biennial gaura Gaura coccinea - scarlet gaura Gaura lindheimeri - white gaura Gaylussacia baccata - black huckleberry Gelsemium sempervirens - Carolina jessamine Gentiana calycosa - Rainier pleated gentian Gentiana parryi - Parry's gentian Gentiana saponaria - soapwort gentian Gentianopsis crinita - greater fringed-gentian Geranium carolinianum - Carolina cranesbill Geranium maculatum - wild geranium Geranium viscosissimum - sticky wild geranium Geum rivale - water avens Geum triflorum - purple avens Glandularia bipinnatifida var. bipinnatifida - prairie verbena Gleditsia triacanthos - honey locust Glycyrrhiza lepidota - American licorice Grayia spinosa - spiny hop-sage Gutierrezia sarothrae - broom snakeweed Gymnocladus dioicus - Kentucky coffee-tree Habranthus tubispanthus - Rio Grande copper-lily Halesia diptera - American snowdrop tree Hamamelis virginiana - American witch hazel Hedyotis nigricans - diamond flower Helenium autumnale - fall sneezeweed Helianthus annuus - common sunflower Helianthus debilis - beach sunflower Helianthus giganteus - giant sunflower Helianthus gracilentus - slender sunflower Helianthus pauciflorus ssp. pauciflorus stiff sunflower Helianthus petiolaris - prairie sunflower Helianthus strumosus - woodland sunflower Helianthus tuberosus - Jerusalem artichoke Heliomeris multiflora var. mulitflora - showy false goldeneye Heliopsis helinathoides - ox-eye sunflower Hepatica nobilis var. acuta - sharp-lobed hepatica Hepatica nobilis var. obtusa - round-lobed hepatica Hesperaloe parviflora - red yucca Hesperocallis undulata - desert lily Heterotheca villosa var. villosa - golden aster Heuchera americana - American alumroot Heuchera parvifolia - little-leaf alumroot Heuchera rubescens - mountain alumroot Heuchera villosa - hairy alumroot Hexastylis arifolia var. arifolia - heart-leaf ginger Hexastylis shuttleworthii var. shuttlewrthii - Shuttleworth's ginger Hibiscus coulteri - desert rose-mallow Hibiscus denudatus - rock hibiscus Hibiscus martianus - heart-leaf rose-mallow Hibiscus moscheutos - rose-mallow Hibiscus moscheutos ssp. lasiocarpos - wooly mallow Holodiscus discolor - hillside oceanspray Holodiscus dumosus - glandular oceanspray Houstonia caerulea - bluets Houstonia procumbens - round-leaf bluets Hydrangea arborescens - wild hydrangea Hydrangea querciflia - oak-leaf hydrangea Hydrastis canadensis - goldenseal Hymenocallis caroliniana - Carolina spider-lily Hymenopappus artemisiifolius - old plain's man Hymenoxys hoopesii - orange sneezeweed Hypericum hypericoides ssp. hypercoides - St. Andrew's cross Hypericum prolificum - shrubby St John's-wort Hypoxis hirsuta - eastern yellow star-grass Ilex decidua - deciduous holly Ilex opaca - American holly Ilex verticillata - Michigan holly Ilex vomitoria - Yaupon holly Iliamna rivularis - mountain globemallow Illicium floridanum - Florida anisetree Ipomoea leptophylla - bush morning-glory Ipomopsis aggregata ssp. aggregata - scarlet gilia Jeffersonia diphylla - twinleaf Juglans microcarpa - Texas walnut Juglans nigra - black walnut Justicia californica - hummingbird bush Kallstroemia grandiflora - Arizona poppy Kalmia angustifolia - sheep laurel Kalmia latifolia - mountain laurel Kalmia polifolia - bog laurel Koeleria macrantha - prairie koeler's grass Kosteletzkya virginica - seashore mallow Krascheninnikovia lanata - winterfat Lantana urticoides - trailing lantana Larrea tridentata - creosote bush Lasthenia californica - California goldfields Lathyrus splendens - campo pea Layia glandulosa - white tidytips Layia platyglossa - coastal tidytips Ledum groenlandicum - rusty Labradore tea Leersia orysoides - rice cut grass Lepidium montanum - mountain pepperwort Lesquerella fendleri - Fendler's bladderpod Lesquerella gordonii - Gordon's bladderpod Lesquerella gracilis - spreading bladderpod Leucaena retusa - goldenball leadtree Leucophyllum frutescens - purple sage Leucothoe axillaris - coastal doghobble Leucothoe fontanesiana - highland doghobble Lewisia cotyledon - Siskiyou bitter-root Lewisia rediviva - Oregon bitter-root Liatris aspera - tall gayfeather Liatris elegans - pink-scale gayfeather Liatris mucronata - narrow-leaf gayfeather Liatris punctata - dotted gayfeather Liatris pycnostachya - cattail gayfeather Liatris spicata - dense gayfeather Liatris squarrosa - scaly gayfeather Lilium canadense - Canadian lily Lilium catesbaei - pine lily Lilium columbianum - Oregon lily Lilium humboldtii - Humboldt's tiger lily Lilium michauxii - Carolina lily Lilium michiganense - Michigan lily Lilium pardalinum - tiger lily Lilium parvum - alpine lily Lilium philadephicum - wood lily Linanthus androsaceus - false babystars Linanthus dianthiflorus - fringed desert-trumpets Linanthus grandiflorus - large-flower desert-trumpets Lindera benzoin - northern spicebush Lindheimera texana - Texas yellowstar Linnaea borealis - American twinflower Linum lewisii var. lewisii - blue flax Linum rigidum - large-flower yellow flax Liquidambar styraciflua - sweet gum Liriodendron tulipifera - tulip-tree Lithospermum canescens - hoary puccoon Lithospermum caroliniense - hairy puccoon Lithospermum incisum - fringed puccoon Lobelia cardinalis - Cardinal flower Lobelia glandulosa - glade lobelia Lobelia siphilitica - great blue lobelia Lobelia spicata - pale-spike lobelia Lonicera albiflora - white honeysuckle Lonicera ciliosa - orange honeysuckle Lonicera involucrata - four-line honeysuckle Lonicera sempervirens - coral honeysuckle Luetkea pectinata - partridgefoot Lupinus albifrons - white-leaf bush lupine Lupinus arboreus - yellow-bush lupine Lupinus bicolor - pygmy-leaved lupine Lupinus breweri - Brewer's lupine Lupinus caudatus - Kellog's spurred lupine Lupinus concinnus - Bajada lupine Lupinus croceus - Mount Eddy lupine lupinus densiflorus var. aurea - golden lupine Lupinus havardii - Big Bend bluebonnet Lupinus nanus - ocean-blue lupine Lupinus perennis - wild lupine Lupinus polyphyllus - meadow lupine Lupinus sericeus - Pursh's silky lupine Lupinus subcarnosus - sandyland bluebonnet Lupinus succulentus - arroyo lupine Lupinus texensis - Texas bluebonnet Lupinus versicolor - vari-colored lupine Lysichton americanus - yellow-skunk cabbage Lysimachia ciliata - fringed yellow-loosestrife Machaeranthera tanacetifolia - Tahoka daisy Magnolia ashei - Ashe's magnolia Magnolia grandiflora - southern magnolia Magnolia tripetala - umbrella magnolia Magnolia virginiana - sweet-bay Mahonia aquilfolium - holly-leaf Oregon grape Mahonia repens - creeping Oregon-grape Mahonia trifoliata - Laredo Oregon-grape Maianthemum canadense - Canada mayflower Maianthemum dilatum - two-leaf false Solomon's-seal Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosum - false spikenard Maianthemum stellatum - starry false Solomon's-seal Malus ioensis - prairie crabapple Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii - turk's-cap mallow Marshallia caespitosa var. caespitosa - Barbara's buttons Marsilea macropoda - big-foot water-clover Maurandella antirrhiniflora - snapdragon vine Melampodium leucanthum - blackfoot daisy Mentzelia laevicaulis - giant blazingstar Mentzelia lindleyi - Lindley's blazingstar Menyanthes trifoliata - buck bean Mertensia ciliata - mountain bluebells Mertensia virginica - Virginia bluebells Mimosa borealis - pink mimosa Mimosa dysocarpa - velvet-pod mimosa Mimosa microphylla - little-leaf mimosa Mimulus bigelovii - yellow-throat monkey-flower Mimulus cardinalis - scarlet monkey-flower Mimulus guttatus - golden monkey-flower Mimulus kelloggii - Kellogg's monkey-flower Mimulus lewisii - great purple monkey-flower Mimulus primuloides - primrose monkey-flower Minuartia obtusiloba - alpine stitchwort Mirabilis multiflora - Colorado four-o-clock Mirabilis multiflora var. pubescens - wild four-o-clock Mitchella repens - partridge berry Mitella diphylla - two-leaf bishop's cap Monarda citriodora - lemon beebalm Monarda didyma - scarlet beebalm Monarda fistulosa - Oswego tea Monardella odoratissima - mountain pennyroyal Morella cerifera - southern bayberry Muhlenbergia capillaris - hairy-awn muhly Myosotis asiatica - Asian forget-me-not Myrica gale - sweetgale Muhlenbergia capillaris - Gulf muhly Muhlenbergia lindheimeri - Lindheimer's muhly Muhlenbergia reverchonii - seep muhly Nemophila maculata - five-spot Nemophila menziesii - Menzie's baby-blue-eyes Nolina erumpens - foothill bear-grass Nolina microcarpa - Sacahuista bear-grass Nolina texana - Texas bear-grass Nothochelone nemorosa - woodland penstemon Nuphar lutea - cow-lily Nuphar lutea ssp. polysepala - pond lily Nympaea odorata - American white water-lily Nyssa slyvatica - black gum Oenothera albicaulis - white-stem evening primrose Oenothera biennis - common evening primrose Oenothera brachycarpa - short-fruit evening primrose Oenothera casepitosa - tufted evening primrose Oenothera cheiranthifolia - beach evening primrose Oenothera deltoides - desert evening primrose Oenothera elata ssp. hookeri - giant evening primrose Oenothera flava - shortfin-evening primrose Oenothera fruiticosa - narrow-leaf evening primrose Oenothera macrocarpa - Missouri evening primrose Oenothera primiveris - yellow-flower desert evening primrose Oenothera rhombipetala - diamond-petal evening primrose Oenothera speciosa - pink evening primrose Oligneuron rigidum var. rigidum - stiff goldenrod Opuntia acanthocarpa - staghorn cholla Opuntia basilaris - beaver-tail cactus Opuntia humifusa - prickly pear Opuntia imbricata - tree cholla Opuntia leptocaulis - desert christmas cactus Opuntia phaeacantha - purple-fruited prickly pear Opuntia polycantha - plains prickly pear Orontium aquaticum - goldenclub Orthocarpus purpurascens - red owl's clover Ostrya viginiana - eastern hop-hornbeam Oxalis oregana - redwood sorrel Oxydendrum arboreum - sourwood Pachysandra procumbens - mountain spurge Packera aurea - golden groundsel Packera cana - silver-woolly groundsel Packera glabella - cress-leaf groundsel Packera obovata - round-leaf groundsel Packera plattensis - prairie groundsel Paeonia californica - California peony Palafoxia callosa - small palafox Panicum virgatum - wand panic grass Parkinsonia florida - blue palo-verde Parthenium incanum - mariola Parthenium integrifolium - wild quinine Parthenocissus quinquefolia - Virginia creeper Passiflora incarnata - purple passion flower Passiflora lutea - yellow passion flower Pavonia lasiopetala - Texas swamp-mallow Pectis angustifolia - lemonscent Pedicularis groenlandicum - bull elephant's head Penstemon albidus - red-line beardtongue Penstemon azureus - sky-blue beardtongue Penstemon ambiguus - pink plains beardtongue Penstemon angustifolius - broad-beard beardtongue Penstemon australis - Eustis Lake beardtongue Penstemon baccharifolius - rock beardtongue Penstemon barbatus - beard-lip beardtongue Penstemon buckleyi - Buckley's beardtongue Penstemon canescens - eastern grey beardtongue Penstemon centranthifolius - scarlet bugler Penstemon cobaea - cobaea beardtongue Penstemon davidsonii - timberline beardtongue Penstemon deustus - hot-rock beardtongue Penstemon digitalis- foxglove beardtongue Penstemon eatonii - firecracker penstemon Penstemon fendleri - Fendler's beardtongue Penstemon fruticosa - shrubby beardtongue Penstemon grandiflorus - large flowered beardtongue Penstemon grinellii var. scrophularioides - Grinnell's penstemon Penstemon heterophyllus - foothill beardtongue Penstemon laetus - western gray beardtongue Penstemon jamesii - James' beardtongue Penstemon multiflorus - many-flower beardtongue Penstemon murrayanus - scarlet beardtongue Penstemon palmeri - scented beardtongue Penstemon parryi - Parry's beardtongue Penstemon pseudospectabilis - rosy desert beardtongue Penstemon rostriflorus - beaked beardtongue Penstemon rupicola - cliff beardtongue Penstemon serrlatus - Cascade beardtongue Penstemon smallii - Small's beardtongue Penstemon spectabilis - showy beardtongue Penstemon strictus - Rocky Montain beardtongue Penstemon triflorus - Heller's beardtongue Petrophyton caespitosum - tufted rockmat Phacelia camanularia - desert bells Phacelia congesta - blue curls Phacelia minor - wild Canterbury bells Phacelia sericea - purplefringe Phacelia tanacetifolia - lacy scorpion-weed Philadelphus californicus - California mock orange Phlox adsurgens - woodland phlox Phlox carolina - Carolina phlox Phlox diffusa - spreading phlox Phlox divaritica - wild blue phlox Phlox divaricata ssp. laphamii - Sweet William Phlox drummondii - Drummond's phlox Phlox longifolia - long-leaf phlox Phlox nana - canyon phlox Phlox pilosa - downy phlox Phlox speciosa ssp. occidentalis - showy phlox Phlox stanysburyi - cold-desert phlox Phlox stolonifera - creeping phlox Phragmites australis - common reed Phyllodoce empetriformis - pink mountain-heath Physocarpus opulifolius - Atlantic ninebark Physotegia digitalis - finger false dragonhead Physostegia intermedia - slender false dragonhead Physotegia virginiana - obediant plant Pinguicula lutea - yellow butterwort Pinguicula pumila - dwarf butterwort Pistacia mexicana - Copall pistachio Pityopsis graminifolia var. graminifolia - grass-leaved golden aster Platanus occidentalis - American sycamore Platystemon californicus - California creamcups Poa arachnifera - Texas blue grass Podophyllum peltatum - Mayapple Polemonium foliosissimu - towering Jacob's-ladder Polemonium occidentale - western Jacob's-ladder Polemonium pulcherrimum - alpine Jacob's-ladder Polemonium reptans - Greek valerian Polemonium viscosum - sticky Jacob's-ladder Poliomintha incana - hoary rosemary-mint Populus deltoides - eastern cottonwood Populus tremuloides - quaking aspen Porteranthus trifoliatus - bowman's root Potentilla arguta - prairie cinquefoil Potentilla glandulosa - sticky cinquefoil Potentilla simplex - common cinquefoil Prenanthes alba - white rattlesnake-root Proboscidea lousianica - unicorn plant Prosartes smithii - large-flowered fairybells Prosopis glandulosa - honey mesquite Prunus mexicana - Mexican plum Prunus serotina - black cherry Prunus virginiana - choke cherry Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium ssp. obtusifolium - blunt-leaf rabbit tobacco Psilotrophe cooperi - white-stem paper-flower Psilotrophe tagetina - woolly paper-flower Psorthamnus fremontii var. fremontii - Fremont indigo bush Psorothamnus spinosus - indigobush Ptelea trifoliata - common hoptree Pulsatilla patens ssp. multifida - pasqueflower Pulsatilla occidentalis - western pasqueflower Purshia stansburiana - quinine bush Pyrola asarifolia - pink shinleaf Pyrola elliptica - shinleaf Quercus alba - northern white oak Quercus coccinea - scarlet oak Quercus emoryi - blackjack oak Quercus fusiformis - plateau oak Quercus gambelli - Rocky Mountain white oak Quercus laceyi - Lacey's oak Quercus macrocarpa - burr oak Quercus marilandica - blackjack oak Quercus michauxii - swamp chestnut oak Quercus muehlenbergii - Chinkapin oak Quercus palustris - pin oak Quercus phellos - willow oak Quercus rubra - northern red oak Quercus stellata - post oak Quercus virginiana - live oak Ranunculus abortivus - early wood buttercup Ranunculus alismifolius - meadow buttercup Ranunculus cardiophyllus - heart-leaf buttercup Ranunculus fascicularis - tufted buttercup Ranunculus macranthus - large buttercup Ranunculus occidentalis - western buttercup Ratabida columnifera - red-spike Mexican hat Ratibida pinnata - gray-head Mexican hat Rhexia mariana- Maryland meadow beauty Rhexia virginica - meadow beauty Rhodiola integrifolia ssp. integrifolia - rosewort Rhododendron arborescens - smooth azalea Rhododendron calendulaceum - flame azalea Rhododendron canescens - mountain azalea Rhododendron catawbiense - red luarel Rhododendron macrophyllum - California rhododendron Rhododendron maximum - great laurel Rhododendron oblongifolium - Texas azalea Rhododendron occidentale - western azalea Rhododendron periclymenoides - pink azalea Rhododendron prinophyllum - early azalea Rhododendron viscosum - swamp azalea Rhus aromatica - fragrant sumac Rhus copallinum - winged sumac Rhus glabra - smooth sumac Rhus lanceolata - prairie sumac Rhus microphylla - desert sumac Rhus typhina - staghorn sumac Rhus virens - evergreen sumac Rhynchospora latifolia - whitetop sedge Ribes aureum - golden currant Ribes aureum var. villosum - buffalo currant Ribes laxiflorum - trailing black currant Ribes sanguineum - red flowering currant Robinia hispida - bristly locust Robinia pseodoacacia - black locust Romneya coulteri - Coulter's matilija-poppy Rosa acicularis - prickly rose Rosa arkansana var. suffata - prairie rose Rosa carolina - Carolina rose Rosa nutkana - Nootka rose Rosa palustris - swamp rose Rosa setigera var. tomentosa - Illinois rose Rosa stellata - desert rose Rosa woodsii - western wild rose Rubus odoratus - thimbleberry Rubus parviflorus - western thimble-berry Rubus spectabilis - salmon rasberry Rudbeckia fulgida - orange coneflower Rudbeckia grandiflora var. alismifolia - large cornflower Rudbeckia hirta - black-eyed susan Rudbeckia laciniata - cut-leaf coneflower Rudbeckia triloba - brown-eyed susan Ruellia caroliniensis - Carolina wild petunia Ruellia humilis - fring-leaf wild petunia Ruellia nudiflora - violet wild petunia Sabal mexicana - Rio Grande palmetto Sabal minor - dwarf palmetto Sabatia angularis - rose-pink Sabatia campestris - meadow-pink Sabatia dodecandra - large marsh pink Sagittaria latifolia - arrowhead Salix discolor - pussy willow Salvia apiana - California white sage Salvia arizonica - Arizona sage Salvia azurea var. grandiflora - blue sage Salvia clevelandii - fragrant sage Salvia columbariae - California sage Salvia engelmannii - Engelmann's sage Salvia farinacea - mealy-cup sage Salvia greggii - autumn sage Salvia lyrata - lyre-leaf sage Salvia regla - mountain sage Salvia spathacea - hummingbird sage Sambucus nigra ssp. caerulea - black elder Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis - common elder Sambucus racemosa ssp. pubens var. arborescens - coastal red elderberry Sambucus racemosa var. melanocarpa - red elder Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa - scarlet elder Sambucus racemosa var. melancarpa - red elder Sanguinaria canadensis - bloodroot Sapindus saponaria var. drummondii - soapberry Sassafras albidum - sassafras Saururus cernuus - lizard's tail Saxifraga bronchialis - matted saxifrage Saxifraga oppositifolia - purple mountain saxifrage Schizachyrium scoparium - little false bluestem Sedum nuttallianum - yellow stonecrop Sedum ternatum - woodland stonecrop Senecio flaccidus var. douglassii - shrubby senecio Senna lindheimeriana - Lindheimer senna Senna roemeriana - two-leaved senna Senna wislizeni - canyon senna Shepherdia argentea - silver buffalo-berry Shepherdia canadensis - russet buffalo-berry Shortia galacifolia - Oconee-bells Sideroxylon lanuginosum ssp. oblongilfolium - gum elastic tree Sildacea malviflora - checkerbloom Silene acaulis - cushion-pink Silene californica - Indian-pink Silene caroliniana - sticky catchfly Silene douglasii - seabluff catchfly Silene hookeri - dusty-pink Silene laciniata - Cardinal catchfly Silene regia - royal catchfly Silene stellata - starry campion Silene virginica - fire-pink Silphium integrifolium - entire-leaf rosinweed Silphium laciniatum - compass-plant Silphium perfoliatum - cup-plant Simmondsia chinensis - jojoba Sisyrinchium albidum - white blue-eyed grass Sisyrinchium angustifolium - narrow leaf blue-eyed grass Sisyrinchium bellum - California blue-eyed-grass Sisyrinchium campestre - prairie blue-eyed grass Solanum umbelliferum - bluewitch Solidago caesia - blue-stemmed goldenrod Solidago canadensis - Canadian goldenrod Solidago flexicaulis - zigzag goldenrod Solidago missouriensis - Missouris goldenrod Solidago multiradiata - Rocky Mountain goldenrod Solidago nemoralis - gray goldenrod Solidago odora - anise scented goldenrod Solidago rugosa - rough leaved goldenrod Solidago sempervirens - seaside goldenrod Solidago speciosa - showy goldenrod Solidago ulmifolia - elm-leaf goldenrod Sophora affinis - Eve's necklacepod Sophora secundiflora - mescal bean Sorbus americana - American ash Sorbus scopulina - western mountain ash Sorghastrum nutans - yellow Indian grass Spartina pectinata - prairie cord grass Sphaeralcea ambigua - desert mallow Sphaeralcea coccinea - scarlet globe-mallow Sphaeralcea parvifolia - small-leaf globe mallow Spigelia marilandica - woodland pink Spirea douglassii - western spirea Spirea splendens var. splendens - subalpine spirea Spiraea tomentosa - steeplebush Sporobolus heterolepis - prairie dropseed Stachys coccinea - scarlet hedge-nettle Stanleya pinnata - golden prince's-plume Stewartia malacodendron - silky camellia Stewartia ovata - mountain camellia Stokesia laevis - Stoke's aster Streptopus lanceolatus var. roseus- rosy twistedstalk Stylmecon heterophylla - wind poppy Stylophorum diphyllum - celadine poppy Symphoricarpos orbiculatus - coral berry Symphyotrichum ascendens - Pacific aster Symphyotrichum divaricatum - white wood aster Symphyotrichum drummondii var. drummondii - arrow aster Symphyotrichum ericoides var. ericoides - heath aster Symphyotrichum foliaceum var. foliaceum - leafy aster Symphyotrichum laeve var laeve - smooth aster Symphyotrichum novae-angilae - New England American aster Symphyotrichum oblongifolium - aromatic American aster Symphyotrichum oolentangiense - sky-blue American aster Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum - frost aster Symphyotrichum puniceum var. punicuem - swamp aster Symplocarpus foetidus - skunk cabbage Tephrosia virginiana - goat's rue Talinum aurantiacum - orange flameflower Tecoma stans - yellow bells Tellima grandiflora - fragrant fringecup Tephrosia virginiana - goat's rue Tetraneuris acaulis var. acaulis - butte marigold Tetraneuris scaposa var. scaposa - yellow daisy Teucrium laciniatum - cutleaf germander Thalictrum dasycarpum - tall meadow rue Thalictrum dioicum - early meadow rue Thalictrum fendleri var. polycarpum - meadow rue Thalictrum pubescens - king-of-the-meadow Thalictrum thalictroides - rue anemone Thelesperma filifolium var. filifolium - showy Navajo tea Thermopsis montana - golden pea Thlaspi montanum var. fendleri - wild candytuft Tiarella cordifolia - heart-leaf foamflower Tiarella trifoliata var. unifoliata - western foamflower Tilia americana - American linden Townsendia exscapa - Easter daisy Tradescantia occidentalis - prairie spiderwort Tradescantia ohiensis - Ohio spiderwort Tradescantia virginiana - Virginia spiderwort Trichostema lanatum - woolly bluecurls Tridens flavus - tall redtop Trientalis borealis ssp. borealis - starflower Trientalis borealis ssp. latifolia - broad-leaf starflower Trillium cernuum - nodding trillium Trillium chloropetalum - giant wake-robin Trillium erectum - purple trillium Trillium grandiflorum - large-flowered trillium Trillium ovatum - coast trillium Trillium sessile - red trillium Trillium undulatum - painted trillium Tripsacum dactyloides - eastern mock grama Typha latifolia - broad-leaf cattail Ulmus americana - American elm Ulmus crassifolia - cedar elm Umbellularia californica - California laurel Ungnadia speciosa - Mexican buckeye Uvularia grandiflora - large-flower bellwort Uvularia sessilifolia - merrybells Vaccinium arboreum - farkleberry Vaccinium caespitosum - huckleberry Vaccinium corymbosum - highbush blueberry Vaccinium stamineum - deerberry Vaccinum ovatum - evergreen huckleberry Valeriana sitchensis - mountain heliotrope Vancouveria hexandra - white inside-out-clover Vauquelinia corymbosa ssp. angustifolia - Chisos rosewood Veratrum californicum - California false hellebore Verbena canadensis - rose mock vervain Verbena gooddlingii - southwestern vervain Verbena hastata - blue verbena Verbena stricta - hoary vervain Vernonia baldwinii - western ironweed Vernonia lindheimeri - woolly ironweed Vernonia gigantea ssp. gigantea - tall ironweed Vernonia novaboracensis- New York ironweed Veronicastrum virginicum - culver's root Viburnum acerifolium - maple-leaf arrow-wood Viburnum dentatum - southern arrow-wood Viburnum edule - squashberry Viburnum prunifolium - smooth blackhaw Viburnum rufidulum - rusty blackhaw Viguiera dentata - tooth-leaf goldeneye Viola affinis - sand violet Viola canadensis - Canadian white violet Viola glabella - pioneer violet Viola labradorica - alpine violet Viola langsdorfii - Aleutian violet Viola missouriensis - Missouri violet Viola palmata - early blue violet Viola pedata - bird-foot violet Viola pedatafida - crow-foot violet Viola pendunculata - Johnny jump-up Viola pubescens - downy yellow violet Viola rostrata - long-sour violet Viola sempervirens - redwood violet Viola sororia - Florida violet Vitis rotundifolia - muscadine Wedelia texana - Texas creeping-oxeye Whipplea modesta - yerba de selva Wisteria frutescens - American wisteria Wyethia amplexicaulis - northern mule'e ears Xanthisma texanum - Texas sleepy-daisy Xerophyllum tenax - western turkeybeard Xylorhiza tortifolia var. tortifolia - Mojave aster Xyris ssp. - yellow-eyed grass Yucca arkansana - Arkansas yucca Yucca baccata - banana yucca Yucca brevifolia - Joshua tree Yucca glauca - soapweed yucca Yucca rupicola - twisted-leaf yucca Yucca thompsoniana - Thompson's yucca Zephyranthes atamasco - rain-lily Zinnia grandiflora - plains zinnia Zizia aurea - golden alexanders

Rebecca, I understand about plants that do their own thing despite what we think that ought to be doing. I think every gardener has at least one type of plant that behaves bizarrely in their garden. I do think that morning glories and moonflowers just behave that way sometimes. I had trouble getting them to sprout in the soil here the first few years, though I have no idea why. Admittedly, it was awful red clay and we were in drought, so maybe the soil, even though I was amending it every year, just hadn't reached that right point yet. Now, and you just have to laugh, they reseed everywhere with wild abandon and have become a royal PITA because I want a few dozen morning glory plants to grow along the south and east garden fence of the front garden and enough sprout to cover every square inch of the garden in morning glories. They sprout irregularly too, so I am yanking out MG volunteers literally every single week of the garden season. I've never grown them in the back garden for fear they also would run amok back there, but this year some Grandpa Ott's popped up back there, perhaps planted by the birds, so now I am sure I'll be yanking out millions of them back there too. It baffles me that they were so hard to get started in the early years and now you cannot stop volunteers from sprouting and growing to save your life. And, in that same way that tells you plants have their own minds, we have had Milky Way and/or Blue Star morning glories pop up in a crack in the concrete near the garage for over a decade. They get no irrigation, no food, no care, no compost, no mulch and no relief from the hot summer sun beating down on them and the concrete---and they come back every year and grow like mad. I guarantee you if I had built a bed for them back there and tried to grow them on purpose, there probably wouldn't be a single one there. These are plants that know their own mind. Nancy, Hydrangeas do not do well at my end of the state---we are just too hot and too dry for much of the summer most years, but your soil and weather up there is very different from mine. There's a lot of plants that grow really well in eastern OK that don't grow well in other parts of the state, and I think hydrangeas are one of them. It isn't really the 95 degree days or 100 degree days that get them down here, but in those years where we have a lot of days over 105 in combination with little to no rainfall, you can just see the life leaving the hydrangeas even if you're doing your best to keep them well-watered. I started out with a lot of hostas our first year here, and the deer taught me they were deer chow, so we have none now. Daylilies do great here as long as they are within the fenced garden where the deer cannot reach them. Crinum lilies are an unstoppable force of nature down here and they don't care how hot and dry it gets. They bloom in the worst of the heat. Will they eventually wilt and die back to the ground if we are hot and dry for months on end? They will, but since their root clumps are the approximate size of a Smart Car, they surely do not die, and I've never had deer eat them either. The crinums will just sit there dormant and wait for better weather so they can green up again and regrow. I have had crinums in the same spot for over a decade and need to dig them up and divide them but don't even know if it is possible at this point---it might require the use of a backhoe or some other form of earth-moving equipment. Speaking of hungry deer and the lengths they'll go to in order to eat....a friend of ours a couple of miles north of us had to release two deer from the hog trap (these hog traps are not big enough for the deer, but try telling the deer that) the other day. I guess the bait in the hog trap was too attractive to the hungry deer, they crawled in and couldn't get out. That happened a lot in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014, but hasn't happened since. I guess the fact it is happening again shows how much the autumn/winter drought has hurt their winter food supply. Kim, lol at the cartoon. Dawn