Hi Laine2 Welcome to the very busy swap page! Looking forward to meeting you .I have some monarda that I can share ...and might have one small fan of a mini white iris that you can have ( no trade necessary for this one) I am always up for daylilies so I would be interested in one or 2 and your ground cover anemone sounds very interesting . What would you like from my list in trade other than the monarda ? Here is my list: TRADELIST UPDATE PERENNIALS _______________ Ladybells - adenophora Violets - purple Violets - White with purple Violets - yellow Violet " Freckles" Forgetmenots Lungwort ( 2 different varieties) Evening Primrose Yarrow - white Obedience plant (pink) sedum - Autumn Joy , Frosty morn , acre , bull's blood Rose Campion Feverfew double Rudibeckia Lancifolia Heliopsis Creeping buttercup Vinca - 2 different colors Plume Poppy Chinese lanterns Lily of the valley Lamium White Nancy Echinacea ( Art's Pride -from seed but dont know if it will come true) Brugmansia Hosta ( various) Poppy - red perennial Dame's Rocket Lemon Balm Hops Herb Robert Centaurea Montana Commelina Veronica Touch me nots Lamium maculatum 'Chequers'(pink flower) Anthemis tinctoria Shasta Daisy Lemon Balm Small lilac bushes Ajuga - 2 different varieties Creeping Jenny (lemonlime color) Echinacea doppleganger- couple of small pots Japanese Knotweed Pink Crosswort ( ground cover very pretty) Peppermint Centaurea Dealbata ( pink) One small rooted Wegeila plant (Bristol Ruby I believe - cant remember - getting old! ) Ribbon Grass 1 pot of Giant Reed grass ( this one grows big - 6ft tall + Pussywillows ( potting up rooted cuttings today) IRIS ________ Light Mauve Tall bearded Purple and yellow tall bearded Iris Pseudocorus CANNA ___________ Only one type survived the winter BURGUNDY LEAVES RED BLOOMS BULBS ____________ Snowdrops Poet's Original Narcissus Allium Purple Sensation Grape Hyacinth Star of Bethlehem Fruit ________ Strawberry Currant Thornless Blackberry Daylilies __________ Autumn Red Siloam Uri Winniford Frans Hal Sammy Russell Summer Wine Lemon Lily Grasses ------------ Ribbon Grass Giant Reed grass ( 1 pot) have 3 single fans of a mini white iris ( so three people can get a chance to grab one ) I have 3 single fans of a mini yellow iris (so three people can get a chance to grab one ) I have 3 single fans of a mini rusty pinky color iris ( so three people can get a chance to grab one) single division of an unusual burgundy euphorbia single division of a lemon lime euphorbia 3 small divisions of Elephant grass Good to hear from you ! Signet

Hi-I am with knottyceltic, that one must decide if one has a shade garden or a woodland environment. I have gardens, with sunny areas and shady areas, around my house, and plant ornamentals in my shade garden and just love them. However, my woodland garden is more like an alchemical work. By that I mean attempt to perfect and advance it according to its essential nature. A good place to start is to walk in old woods in your area and see what a natural woods looks like. I know around here it is hard to find old or virgin woods (bimbos all!) - most woodland here is farmland returning to nature in its own way and effort. Good places to find old woods are where it is too hilly, rocky or wet to farm. Take up hiking! Then work with what is natural in your area as your template, but help your plot along, perfect it, make it nature at its best! This is a case study of my hardest microenvironment. Really I do most of my planning in my mind, because I can hold a great deal of information if it is all related (lists, unrelated facts, etc go right through like a sieve *grin*), but I thought this was a great exercise. A bonus is that years from now I can look back and see how far I have come. I create raised beds. I scrape off the leaf mold, get as much of the topsoil loosened as I can, then mix in compost and recover with the leaf mold. I put logs around them. The idea is for them to age and eventually blend in. In the fall we gather the leaves everyone else is throwing away, dunp them out next to the beds and run them over with the lawnmower, chopping them up into mulch to speed up the decomposing. I rake grass in the summer every time we mow and toss it on all my gardens. I have a regular compost pile and my "gourmet compost for the discriminating wildflowers" which is leaf based with banana peels, eggshells and coffee grounds for nitrogen and other nutrients. I also make beds a year or years in advance, to give material a chance to decay and age. I have been known to rake pine needles from grassy areas near the woods and from paths. Woodland gardening is way more long-term than sun gardening, I think. It is a lesson in patience. But that is a good thing, if it could all be done in a year or two, what would we do with ourselves? *grin* I often plant specimens in my shade garden up near the house first, if I have only one or two, to allow them to grow and spread under more protected environment so I can then take some from there to put in the woods down the line. Examples are Anemone Pulsata, Huechera, Tieralla, Some of the Hepatica, Some of the twinberry, Geranium Maculatum, Wild Bleeding Heart I am jealous of the collection I see here! This is what I put in this year: White Baneberry: Actaea pachypoda (one small plant and some direct sowed seeds, berry removed) Black Cohosh: Cimicfuga racemosa (Ditto) about twenty Trillium grandiflorum Canadian Mayflower - Maianthemum canadense (about eight) Partridge-Berry/Twin-berry: Mitchella repense (about four small plugs) One Round-leafed Pyrola: Pyrola americana Common wood sorrel: Oxalis acetosella (for novices, this is a woodland form that is white with pink stripes, not the yellow kind one finds in fields) Woodland Violets False Solomon's Seal: Maianthemum racemosa May-apple: Podophyllum peltatum Hepatica - both round and sharp lobed) americana (I think that is righ) and nobilis about six total starflower: trientalis borealis Solomon's Seal: Polygonatum about eight in four plots Wild Ginger: Asarum canadense Wild Eastern Colombine: Aquilegia canadenses Phlox Panticula: I believe these are the actual wild native ones, which did come from this region according to my book. In any case, we found them in a thriving colony in deep shade in our pine woods. I collected seeds and germinated more and distributed them around. Jacob's ladder: Polemonium, this is in small islands of trees and in hard to grow areas away from the slower growing plants, as i am told it is a tad hyperactive (which I am not sure ibelieve or we would see it in the wild more) (that looks better on paper than it is-most are one or two specimens it is hoped will spread) seeds: Wild garlic seeds: Allium canadense direct seeding Blue Bottle Gentian: Gentiana clausa, gathered from a small colony in the very wetlands and direct seeded in several plots around the woods. Cream Gentian: Gentian flavida Dodecatheon meadia * Midland Shooting Star Mertensia virginica * Virginia Bluebells (the three above are a mixture of second cycling seeds and plugs of very small first year seedlings that died back so unsure if they will come back or not) Allium Cernuum * nodding onion second cycle seeds What we had: Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Trout Lily, Wood-Hyacinths, Grape Hyacinths, Agrimony, two kinds of native ferns, Red Osier Dogwood, Spotted Jewelweed, the Phlox Panticula and Bottle Gentian mentioned above, Lily of the Valley, Blue Flag Iris (not all natives) What I am planning (and have found seed distributers for) for next year (May not all be native to WNY but I think most are listed as already growing here, and planned to blend in-priority given to those I can confirm as originally native here): Turtlehead: Chelone glaba Goatsbeard (have one specimen in my shade garden, hopefull spreading, but have found some seeds for more)Is that native? In thinking about it I am not sure. Lobelia cardinalis: Cardinal Flower Lobelia siphilitica-Great blue Lobelia Marsh-Marigold Anemeone Canadenses Huechera Americana Where I "cheat": Hostas, Hybrid versions of wildflowers, such as Huechera and Tierella, planning some Helleboras seeds and perhaps non native hardy geraniums, possibly toad Lily What I am looking for: Bloodroot, Dutchmans breeches, wintergreen, Golden Seal, Purple Trillium, Painted Trillium, Spring Beauty, skunkweed, as these are hard to find or grow from seed, and my resources are very limited-can buy a plant or two but cannot rely on the pocketbook. Okay, my 19 year old son left for Japan today, and its the first time I will be seperated from him as long as three weeks *grin*. This is "take my mind off my worries compulsive listmaking". PAX Laurette

The list below are plants that have all been found growing and thriving in the wild of the most coldest gardening regions. Many have hybrids that have been bred from them...these hybrids generally will be able to also grow in the same plant zones and survive the same long and bitter winters. 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 Acer grandidentatum - canyon maple Acer negundo - box elder Acer pensylvanicum - striped maple Acer rubrum - red maple Acer saccharinum - silver maple Acer saccharun - sugar maple Aconitum columbianum - Columbian monkshood Aconitum delphiniiflium - northern monkshood Actaea pachypoda - white baneberry Actaea racemosa var. racemosa - black cohosh Actea rubra - red baneberry Ageratina altissima var. altissima - white snakeroot Aletris farinosa - white colic root Allium canadense - meadow garlic Allium cernuum - nodding onion Allium stellatum - prairie onion Allium tricoccum - wild leek Alnus serrulata - brookside elder Alnus viridis ssp. crispa - green alder, Sitka alder Amelanchier alnifolia - Saskatoon serviceberry Amelanchier canadensis - Canadian serviceberry Amelanchier laevis - Allegheny service-berry Amorpha fruticosa - false indigo-bush Anaphalis margaritacea - pearly everlasting Andromeda polifolia - bog-rosemary Andropogon gerardii - big bluestem Anemone canadensis - Canadian anemone Anemone cylindrica - long-head thimbleweed Anemone mutifida - Pacific anemone Anemone quinquefolia - wood anemone Anemone narcissiflora - narcissus-flowered anemone Anemone virginiana - tall anemone Antennaria ssp. - pussytoes Apocynum androsaemifolium - spreading dogbane Apocynum cannabinum - Indian hemp Aquilegia canadensis - red columbine Aquilegia formosa - scarlet columbine Aquilegia jonesii - blue limestone columbine Aralia nudicaulis - wild sarsparilla Aralia racemosa - American spikenard Arctostaphylos alpina - black bearberry Arctostaphylos patula - green-leaf manzanita Arctostaphylos uva-ursi - red bearberry Arisaema draconitum - green dragon Arisaema triphyllum - jack-in-the-pulpit Armeria maritima - sea thrift Arnica alpina - alpine arnica Arnica cordifolia - heartleaf arnica Arnica latifolia - mountain arnica Artemesia frigida - prairie sagebrush Aruncus dioicus var. vulgaris - sylvan goatsbeard Asarum canadense - Canadian wild ginger Asarum caudatum - long-tail wild ginger Asclepias incarnata - swamp milkweed Asclepias speciosa - showy milkweed Asclepias sullivantii - prairie milkweed Asclepias tuberosa - butterfly milkweed Asclepias verticillata - whorled milkweed Asimina triloba - common pawpaw Astragalus canadensis - Canadian milk-vetch Astriplex canascens - four-wing saltbrush Baptisia alba - white wild indigo Baptisia bracteata var. leucophaea - plains wild indigo Balsamorrhiza sagittata - arrow-leaf balsamroot Betula nigra - river birch Betula papyrifera - paper birch Betula populifolia - gray birch Blephilia ciliata - downy pagoda-plant Bouteloua curtipendula - side-oats grama Bouteloua gracillis - blue grama Bouteloua hirsuta - hairy grama Bromus kalmi - prairie brome Buchloe dactyloides - buffalo grass Calla palustris - water arum Calochortus macrocarpus - sagebrush mariposa-lily Calochortus nuttali - mariposa-lily Caltha leptosepula - white marsh-marigold Caltha palustris - yellow marsh-marigold Caltha palustris var. palustris - marsh-marigold Calylophus serrulatus - yellow evening primrose Camassia quamash - common camas Camassia scillioides - Atlantic camas Campanula rotundifolia - bluebell-of-Scotland Campanula scouleri - pale bellflower Campanulastrum americanum - American bellflower Cardamine concatenata - cut-leaf toothwort Cardamine diphylla - two-leaved toothwort Carex stipata - stalk-grain sedge Carpinus caroliniana - American hornbeam Carya alba - mockernut hickory Carya ovata - shag-bark hickory Castilleja applegatei ssp. martini - desert paintbrush Castilleja caudata - pale Indian paintbrush Castilleja coccinea - scarlet Indian paintbrush Castilleja linariifolia - wyoming Indian paintbrush Castilleja miniata - great red Indian paintbrush Castilleja parviflora - mountain Indian paintbrush Castilleja rhexiifloia - rosy Indian paintbrush Castilleja sessiliflora - great plains Indian paintbrush Caulophyllum thalictroides - blue cohosh Ceanothus americanus - New Jersey tea Ceanothus herbaceus - prairie redroot Ceanothus velutinus - mountain balm Celtis occidentalis - common hackberry Cephalanthus occidentalis - common buttonbush Cercis canadensis - redbud Cercocarpus montanus - mountain mahogany Chamaecrista fasciculata - partridge pea Chamaecrista nicitans - sensitive pea Chamerion angusitfolium ssp. angustifolium - willow herb Chamerion latifolium - dwarf fireweed Chelone glabra - white turtlehead Claytonia caroliniana - Carolina springbeauty Claytonia lanceolata - lance-leaf springbeauty Claytonia virginica - springbeauty Clematis columbiana - purple virgin's bower Clematis hirsutissima - leather flower Clematis occidentalis var. occidentalis - purple clematis Clematis virginiana - virgin's bower Cleome lutea - yellow spider-flower Cleome serrulata - rocky mountain beeplant Clethra alnifolia - coastal sweet-pepperbush Clintonia borealis - yellow bluebead lily Clintonia uniflora - bride's bonnet Collinsia canadensis - citronella horsebalm Collomia linearis - narrow-leaf mountain trumpet Commelina erecta - white-mouth dayflower Comptonia peregrina - sweet fern Coptis trifolia - three-leaf goldthread Coreopsis lanceolata - lance-leaved coreopsis Coreopsis palmata - stiff coreopsis Coreopsis tinctoria - plains coreopsis Cornus alternifolia - alternate-leaf dogwood Cornus canadensis - Canadian bunchberry Cornus florida - flowering dogwood Cornus racemosa - gray dogwood Cornus sericea - red-twig dogwood Corydalis sempervirens - pale corydalis Crataegus mollis - downy hawthorn Crataegus sericea - hawthorn Dalea candida var. candida - white prarie-clover Dalea purpurea var. purpurea - purple prairie-clover Dasiphora fruiticosa ssp. floribunda - golden hardhack Decodon verticillatus - swamp loosestrife Delphinium bicolo - little larkspur Delphinium carolianum ssp. virescens - prairie larkspur Delphinium glaucum - tower larkspur Delphinium nuttallianu - two-lobe larkspur Desmanthus illnoensis - prairie bundle-flower Desmodium canadense - showy tick-trefoil Desmodium illinoense - Illinoise tick-trefoil Dicentra canadensis - squirrel corn Dicentra cucullaria - dutchman's-breeches Dodecathon amethystinum - amethyst shooting star Dodecathon meadia - shooting star Dodecatheon jeffreyi - Jeffrey's shootingstar Doellingeria umbellata var. umbellata - flat-top aster Dryas drummondi i- yellow mountain avens Dryas octopetala - white mountain avens Dyssodia spp. - dyssodia Echinacea angustifolia - narrow-leaved purple coneflower Elaeagnus commutata - wolf willow Elymus canadensis - Canadian wild rye Empetrum nigrum - black crowberry Epigaea repens - trailing arbutus Ericameria nauseosa ssp. nauseosa var. nauseosa - rabbitbrush Erigeron compositus - alpine daisy Erigeron divergens - spreading fleabane Erigeron peregrinus - coastal fleabane Erigeron pulchellus - robin's plantain Erigeron speciosus - aspen fleabane Erigionum umbellatum - sulfur-flowered wild buckwheat Eriophyllum linatum - Oregon sunshine Eryngium yuccifolium - button snakeroot Erysimum capitatum - prairie rocket Erythronium albidum var. albidum - white trout lily Erythronium americanum - American trout lily Erythronium grandiflorum - dogtooth violet Eunonymus atropurpea - burning bush Eunonymus obovata - running eunonymus Eupatorium fistulosum - joe-pye-weed Eupatorium maculatum - spotted joe-pye-weed Eupatorium occidentale - western joe-pye-weed Eupatorium perfoliatum - common joe-pye-weed Eupatorium purpureum - sweet scented joe-pye-weed Euphorbia corollata - flowering spurge Euphorbia marginata - snow-on-the-mountain Eurybia macrophyllus - large leaf wood-aster Eurybia sibirica - Siberian wood-aster Euthamia graminifolia - flat-top goldenrod Filipendula rubra - queen-of-the-prairie Fragaria virginiana - wild strawberry Fragaria virginiana ssp. platypetal - western alpine strawberry Fraxinus americana - white ash Fraxinus pennsylvanica - green ash Fritillaria pudica - yellow mission bells Gaillardia aristata - great blanket-flower Galium boreale - northern bedstraw Galium triflorum - fragrant bedstraw Gaultheria procumbens - eastern teaberry Gaura coccinea - scarlet gaura Gaylussacia baccata - black huckleberry Gentiana andrewsii - closed bottle gentian Gentiana calycosa - Rainier pleated gentian Gentiana clausa - bottle gentian Gentiana crinita - greater fringed gentian Gentiana saponaria - soapwort gentian Gentianopsis crinita - greater fringed-gentian Geranium carolinianum - Carolina cranesbill Geranium erianthum - northern cranesbill Geranium maculatum - spotted cranesbill Geranium viscosissimum - sticky purple cranesbill Geum rivale - water avens Geum triflorum - prairie smoke Glycyrrhiza lepidota - American licorice Gymnocladus dioicus - Kentucky coffee tree Grayia spinosa - spiny hop-sage Gutierrezia sarothrae - broom snakeweed Hamamelis virginiana - American witch hazel Hedysarum alpinum - alpine sweet-broom Helenium autumnale - fall sneezeweed Helianthus annuus - common sunflower Helianthus giganteus - giant sunflower Helianthus maximilliani - Maximillion sunflower Helianthus paucilflorus ssp paucilflorus - stiff sunflower Helianthus petiolaris - prairie sunflower Helianthus strumosus - woodland sunflower Helianthus tuberosus - Jerusalem artichoke Heliomeris multiflora var. multiflora - showy false goldeneye Heliopsis helinathoides - ox-eye sunflower Hepatica nobilis var. acuta - sharp-lobed hepatica Hepatica nobilis var. obtusa - round-lobed hepatica Heterotheca villosa var. villosa - golden-aster Heuchera americana - American alumroot Heuchera parvifolia - little-leaf alumroot Holodiscus discolor - mountain spray Houstonia caserulea - Quaker ladies Hydrastis canadensis - goldenseal Hydrophyllum virginianum - Virginia waterleaf Hymenoxys hoopesii - owl's-claws Hypericum prolificum - shrubby St. John's-wort Hypoxis hirsuta - eastern yellow star-grass Ilex verticillata - common winterberry Illiamna rivularis - streambank wild hollyhock Ipomoea leptophylla - bush morning-glory Ipopmopsis aggregata ssp. aggregata - scarlet gilia Jeffersonia diphylla - twinleaf Juglans nigra - black walnut Kalmia angustifolia - sheep laurel Kalmia latifolia - mountain laurel Kalmia polifolia - bog laurel Koeleria macrantha - prairie koeler's grass Krascheninnikovia lanata - winterfat Ledum groenlandicum - rusty Labrador tea Leersia orysoides - rice cut grass Lepidium montanum - mountain pepperwort Lewisia reviviva - oregon bitter-root Liatris aspera - tall gayfeather Liatris punctata - dotted gayfeather Liatris pycnostachya - prairie blazingstar Liatris spicata - dense gayfeather Lillium canadense - Canadian lily Lillium columbianum - wild tiger lily Lillium michiganense - Michigan lily Lillium phildephicum - wood lily Lindera benzoi n- northern spicebush Linnaea borealis - American twinflower Linum lewisii var. lewissi - blue flax Linum rigidum - large-flower yellow flax Liriodendron tulipifera - tulip-tree Lithospermum canascens - hoary puccoon Lithospermum caroliniense - hairy puccoon Lithospermum incisum - friged gromwell Lobelia cardinalis - Cardinal flower Lobelia siphilitica - great blue lobelia Lobelia spicata - pale-spike lobelia Loiseleuria procumbens - alpine azalea Lonicera ciliosa - orange honeysuckle Lonicera involucrata - bearberry honeysuckle Lonicera sempervirens - coral honeysuckle Luetkea pectinata - Alaska spirea Lupinus caudatus - Kellogg's spurred lupine Lupinus nootkaensis - Nootka lupine Lupinus perennis - wild lupine Lupinus polyphyllus - meadow lupine Lysimachia ciliata - fringed yellow-loosestrife Lysimachia quadrifolia - prairie loosestrife Lysichiton americanus - yellow skunk-cabbage Macaerathera tanacetifolia - tansy aster Mahonia aquifolium - holly-leaf oregon grape Mahonia repens - creeping Oregon grape Maianthemum canadense - Canadian mayflower Maianthemum dilatatum - two-leaf false Solomon's-seal Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosum - false Solomon's-seal Maianthemum stellatum - starry false Solomon's-seal Malus ioensis - prairie crabapple Mentzelia laevicaulis - giant blazingstart Menyanthes trifoliata - buck-bean Mertensia ciliata - mountain bluebells Mertensia virginica - Virginia bluebells Mimulus guttatus - golden monkey-flower Mimulus lewisii - great purple monkey-flower Mimulus primuloides - primrose monkey flower Minuartia arctica - arctic stitchwort Minuartia obtusiloba - alpine stitchwort Mitchella repens - partridge berry Mitella diphylla - two-leaf bishop's-cap Monarda fistulosa - Oswego tea Monarda punctata ssp. punctata var. villicaulis - horsemint Morella pensylvanica - northern bayberry Myosotis asiatica - Asian forget-me-not Myrica gale - sweetgale Napaea dioica - glade mallow Nuphar lutea - cow-lily Nuphar lutea ssp. polysepala - pond-lily Nymphea odorata - American white water-lily Nyssa slyvatica - black gum Oenothera albicaulis - pale evening primrose Oenothera biennis - common evening primrose Oenothera caespitosa - tufted evening primrose Oenothera flava - long-tube evening primrose Oenothera nuttallii - Nuttall's evening primrose Oenothera rhombipetala - diamond-petal evening primrose Oligoneuron rigidum var. rigidum - stiff goldenrod Opuntia humifusa - prickly pear Opuntia polycantha - plains prickly-pear Ostrya viginiana - eastern hop-hornbeam Oxytropis campestris - northern yellow locoweed Packera aurea - golden ragwort Packera cana - gray ragwort Packera obovata - round leaf groundsel Packera paupercula - northern ragwort Packera plattensis - prairie ragwort Panicum virgatum - wand panic grass Parthenium integrifolium - wild feverfew Parthenocissus quinquefolia - Virginia creeper Pedicularis groenlandica - bull elephant's-head Pedicularis verticillata - whorled lousewort Penstemon albidus - red-line penstemon Penstemon angustifolius - whorled penstemon Penstemon deustus - hot-rock penstemon Pentsemon digitalis - foxglove beardtongue Penstemon fruticosa - shrubby penstemon Penstemon gracilis - slender penstemon Penstemon grandiflorus - large-leaved penstemon Penstemon hirsutus - hairy beardtongue Penstemon pallidus - pale beardtongue Petrophtyon caespitosum - Rocky Mountain rockmat Phacelia serica - purplefringe Philadelphus lewisii - California mock orange Phlox andicola - plains phlox Phlox diffusa - spreading phlox Phlox divaricata ssp. laphamii - sweet william Phlox glaberrima ssp. interior - marsh phlox Phlox longifolia - long-leaved phlox Phlox pilosa - downy phlox Phlox speciosa ssp. occidentalis - showy phlox Phragmites australis - common reed Phyllodoce empetriformis - pink mountain-heath Physocarpus opulifolius - Atlantic ninebark Physotegia virginiana - obediant plant Platanus occidentalis - American sycamore Podophyllum peltatum - may apple Polemonium occidentale - western Jacob's ladder Polemonium pulcherrimum - alpine Jacob's ladder Polemonium reptans - Greek valerian Polemonium viscosum - sticky Jacob's ladder Populus balsamifera - balsam poplar Populus deltoides - eastern cottonwood Populus tremuloides- quaking aspen Porteranthus trifoliatus - bowman's root Potentilla arguta - prairie cinquefoil Potentilla glandulosa - sticky cinquefoil Potentilla nivea - snowy cinquefoil Potentilla simplex - common cinquefoil Potentilla occidentalis - western pasqueflower Potentilla patens ssp. multifida - pasqueflower Prenanthes alba - white rattlesnake-root Prunus nigra - Canadian plum Prunus serotina - black cherry Prunus virginiana - choke cherry Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium ssp. obtusifolium - blunt-leaf rabbit tobacco Ptelea trifoiata - common hoptree Pulsatilla patens ssp. multifida - pasqueflower Pyrola asarifolia - pink wintergreen Pyrola elliptica - shinleaf Quercus alba - northern white oak Quercis coccinea - scarlet oak Quercus macrocarpa - burr oak Quercus michauxii - swamp chestnut oak Quercus muehlenbergii - Chinkapin oak Quercis palustris - pin oak Quercus rubra - northern red oak Ranunculus abortivus - early wood buttercup Ranunculus alismifolius - meadow buttercup Ranunculus cardiophyllus - heart-leaf buttercup Ranunculus fascicularis - tufted buttercup Ranunculus occidentalis - western buttercup Ratibida columnifera - red-spike Mexican hat Ratibida pinnat a- grey-head Mexican hat Rhexia virginica - meadow beauty Rhodiola integrifolia ssp integrifolia - rosewort Rhododendron canadense - rhodora Rhododendron maximum - great laurel 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 typhina - staghorn sumac Ribes aureum - golden currant Ribes aureum var. villosum - buffalo currant Ribes laxiflorum - trailing black currant Rosa acicularis - wild rose Rosa arkansana var. suffulta - praire rose Rosa carolina - Carolina rose Rosa nutkana - Nootka rose Rosa palustris - swamp rose Rosa setigera var. tomentosa - Illinois rose Rosa woodsii - Wood's rose Rubus odoratus - thimbleberry Rubus parviflorus - western thimble-berry Rubus spectabillis - salmon rasberry Rudbeckia hirta - black-eyed susan Rudbeckia laciniata - cut-leaf coneflower Rudbeckia triloba - brown-eyed susan Ruellia humilis - fringe-leaf wild petunia Sabatia angularis - rose-pink Sagittaria latifolia - arrowhead Salix discolor - pussy willow Sambucus nigra ssp. caerula - black elder Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis - common elder Sambucus racemosa var. racemose - scarlet elder Sambucus racemosa ssp. pubens var. arborescens - coastal red elderberry Sanguinaria canadensis - bloodroot Sassafras albidum - sassafras Saururus cernuus - lizard's tail Saxifraga bronchialis - yellow-spot saxifrage Saxifraga oppositifolia - purple mountain saxifrage Schizachyrium scoparium - little false bluestem Sedum ternatum - woodland stonecrop Senecio pseudoarnica - seabeach senecio Shepherdia argentea - silver buffalo-berry Shepherdia canadensis - russet buffalo-berry Silene acaulis - moss campion Silene douglasii - seabluff catchfly Silene stellata - starry campion Silphium integrifolium - entire-leaf rosinweed Silphium laciniatum - compass plant Silphium perfoliatum - cup plant Sisyrinchium albidum - white blue-eyed grass Sisyrinchium angustifolium - narrow leaf blue-eyed-grass Sisyrinchium campestre - prairie blue-eyed grass Sisyrinchium montanum - strict blue-eyed grass Solidago caesia - wreath goldenrod Solidago canadensis - Canadian goldenrod Solidago flexicaulis - zigzag goldenrod Solidago juncea - plume goldenrod Solidago missouriensis - Missouri 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 Sorbus americana - American mountain ash Sorbus scopulina - Cascade mountain ash Sorghastrum nutans - yellow Indian grass Spartina pectinata - prairie cord grass Sphaeralcea coccinea - scarlet globe-mallow Spirea alba - white meadowsweet Spirea alba var. latifolia - meadowsweet Spirea douglass - western spirea Spirea splendens var. splendens - subalpine spirea Spirea stevenii - Alaska spirea Spirea tomentosa - steeplebush Sporobolus heterolepis - prairie dropseed Stanleya pinnata - golden prince's-plume Streptopus lanceolatus var. roseus - rosy twistedstalk Stylophorum diphyllum - celandine poppy Symphoricarpos orbiculatus - coral berry Symphyotrichum ascendens - Pacific aster Symphyotrichum drummondii var. drummondii - arrow aster Symphyotrichum divaricatum - white wood aster Symphyotrichum ericoides var. ericoides - heath aster Symphyotrichum foliaceum var. foliceum - leafy aster Symphyotrichum laeve var. laeve - smooth aster Symphyotrichum novae-angliae - New England American aster Symphyotrichum oblongifolium - aromatic American aster Symphyotrichum oolentagiense - sky-blue American aster Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum - frost aster Symphyotrichum puniceum var. puniceum - swamp aster Symphyotricum sericeum - western silver American aster Symplocarpus foetidus - skunk cabbage Tellima grandiflora - fragrant fringecup Tephrosia virginiana - goat's rue Tetraneuris acaulis var. acaulis - butte marigold Tetraneuris grandiflora - alpine sunflower Thalictrum dascycarpum - purple meadow rue Thalictrum dioicum - early meadow rue Thalictrum pubescens - king-of-the-meadow Thalictrum thalictroides - rue anemone Thermopsis montana - golden pea Tiarella cordifolia - heart-leaf foam flower Tiarella trifoliata var. unifoliata - western foamflower Tilia americana - American linden Townsendia exscapa - Easter daisy Tradescantia bracteata - long-bract spiderwort Tradescantia occidentalis - prairie spiderwort Tradescantia ohiensis - Ohio spiderwort Tradescantia virginiana - Virginia spiderwort Tridens flavus - tall redtop Trientalis borealis ssp. borealis - starflower Trillium cernuum - nodding trillium Trillium erectum - purple trillium Trillium grandiflorum - large flowered trillium Trillium ovatum - western wakerobin Trillium undulatum - painted wakerobin Trollius laxus - American globeflower Typha latifolia - broad-leaf cattail Ulmus americana - American elm Uvularia grandiflora - large flowered bellwort Uvularia sessilifolia - merrybells Vaccinium angustifolium - late lowbush blueberry Vaccinium caespitosum - dwarf blueberry Vaccinium corymbosum - highbush blueberry Vaccinium ulignosum - alpine blueberry Vaccinum vitis-idaea - lingonberry Valeriana sitchensis - Sitka valerian Verastrum californicum - California false hellebore Verbena hastata - blue verbena Verbena stricta - hoary verbena Veronicastrum virginicum - culver's root Viburnum acerifolium - maple-leaf arrow-wood Viburnum edule - moosewood viburnum Viburnum lantanoides - hobblebush Viburnum prunifolium - smooth blackhaw Viola affinis - sand violet Viola canadensis - Canadian white violet Viola glabella - smooth yellow violet Viola labradorica - American dog violet Viola langsdorfii - Alaska violet Viola missouriensis - Missouri violet Viola palmata - early blue violet Viola pedata - bird-foot violet Viola pedatifida - prairie violet Viola pubescens - downy yellow violet Viola rostrata - long-spur violet Wyethia amplexicaulis - northern mule-ears Xerophyllim tenax - western turkeybeard Xyris ssp. - yellow-eyed grass Yucca glauca - soapweed glauca Zizia aurea - golden alexanders

Jay, I can't believe you don't have a single member of Ericaceae in your garden! I thought they were ubiquitous in every garden on the planet. You don't have any Ledum, Erica, Rhododendron, Vaccinium, Enkianthus, Menziesia, Chimaphila, Arbutus, Arctostaphylos, Cassiope, Calluna, Kalmia, Phyllodoce, Andromeda, Oxydendron, Gaultheria, Leucothoe, or Pieris? Let alone all of the strange and wonderful rarities like Kalmiopsis, Xylococcus, Rhodothamnus, Epacris, Richea, Macleania, or Loiseleuria? Or even a wild Monotropa or Pyrola? How could you possibly have a full garden!? By the way, walking through the vast Arbutus menziesii groves was a fragrant heaven this past trip. I have bought three Kalmiopsis fragrans in the past, just from the local garden shop down the street. Two survive, but just that. I wish I had seen them in the wild before positioning them! I'm going to either dig the two that are alive and replant in a partly-shady crevice, or get some new ones when they become available. The Erythronium montanum in the mountains are very lovely. You were probably not "at the top," of Mt Hood at 11,200', but at Timberline at 5600'. The lilies don't grow anywhere near the top. I'm planning backpacking trip up to the Olympics during peak Avalanche lily season and will report on my findings. Here's one from a trip to Goat Rocks in 2020. And Erythronium grandiflorum from that same trip. And here's Erythronium oregonum from last weekend. And if you've made it this far and you want to come visit, I'd be happy to show you all around. I've been dying to meet Floral, peren.all, etc, for nearly 20 years... And I still think of Jay as a "newcomer", even though he's been here for something like 10 years. I'm always walking about somewhere looking at flowers, and many of the spots we go to aren't a difficult climb or long walk (although those big trips are super fun too!).