Wildflowers at BellVista
- 1. Have had Lambs Ear for a 4-5 years.
- 2. Wild Ginger patch does pretty wellall of it went in last fall except the new plants Saturday. The ceramic object is a toad house
- 3. Current state of Dwarf Crested Iris. They went in the ground in Fall and look healthy to me.
- 4. Partridge Berry came back fine this spring. There were 2 flowers.
- 5. Current state of Stokes Aster. Original plants were installed fall of 11 and they are spreading.
- 6. Deerberry that was installed in October. Growing slowly this year.
- 7. The new Obedient Plant and to its left two of the new Stokes Asters.
- 8. The new Beard Tongue and its friend, planted earlier this spring.
- 9. Current state of Helianthus. I transplanted these in March 12 to get them in the sun. They are very happy plants.
- 10. Current state of Maple Leaf Viburnum added in Fall 12.
- 11. Fred, the Beautyberry. Given as a gift in spring 12 and is really growing briskly this year.
- 12. Part of the sun garden as it now looks. Several Bee Balms added in fall are to left of Cardinal. To its right are two Butterfly Weeds: last years plant has propagated.
- 13. Current state of Cross Vine. I moved it to a better location in fall. It died back in February but started up again. Growing very slowly.
- 14. Current state of Green and Purple Headed Coneflowers,. Green and Gold, new Stokes Aster. This site gets a lot of sun.
- 15. Current state of Crossvine (left side) and Coral Honeysuckle (right) and garden art. Both were transplanted in September to get more sun. Honeysuckle grew at a moderate clip.
- 16. Current state of Jack in the Pulpit. Neither the older (2 yr) nor newer plant has had enough energy to flower.
- 17. Milkweed added last summer did really well now two plants flowering.
- 18. The Spiderwort about a month ago. All seven plants flowered this spring.
- 19. Toothwort flowered in April. Two year old planting.
- 20. Phlox and Columbine patch at peak in March and April. The Columbine went in the ground 2011 and the Phlox last year.
- 21. Backyard Phlox at its peak late March or early April. Put those in late spring 2012, I think.