| Common
name |
Scientific
name |
Variety |
Family |
Notes |
| Clematis |
Clematis |
Jackmanii |
Ranunculaceae |
Planted early (1996?) and
very successful. Now that the yew
is gone, need something to shade its roots. |
| Yew |
Taxus
baccata? |
Taxaceae |
Overgrown. Yawn. Dug up the
one next to the patio in 2005. |
|
| Carolina allspice/ Sweetshrub |
Calycanthus floridus | Calycanthaceae |
From CBG, planted June
2005. One flower in May 2006! |
|
| Purple coneflower |
Echinacea purpurea |
Aster. |
Moved from elsewhere |
|
| Dutch irises |
Iris hollandia |
Iridaceae |
Planted Oct 2006 from Van
Bourgondien x25 |
| Common
name |
Scientific
name |
Variety |
Family |
Notes |
| Garnet laceleaf maple (Japanese maple) | Acer palmatum dissectum | Garnet | Sapindaceae | Cute but not really getting as big as I'd hoped. Should eventually be 10-15 ft. tall. |
| Japanese
maple |
Acer
palmatum |
Sango-kaku |
Sapindaceae |
Farmer's Market, planted
5/2005 |
| Columbine (pic2) |
Aquilegia
canadensis |
Ranunculaceae |
CBG plant sale 5/2004. Lots
of flowers in 2005. |
|
| Goatsbeard | Aruncus dioicus? | Rosaceae | not sure if this is dwarf or full-sized; roughly 30" tall | |
| Tickseed Coreopsis | Coreopsis grandiflora | Early Sunrise | Asteraceae | Double yellow flowers |
| Lanceleaf Coreopsis | Coreopsis lanceolata | Baby Sun | Asteraceae | Single flowers with red near center |
| Burning bush | Euonymous alatus | Celastraceae | Love this bush! Some tendency to get aphids on the growing tips; I usually control by just snipping the tips off. | |
| Geranium (Cranesbill) | Geranium maculatum | Johnson's Blue | Geraniaceae | |
| Geranium (Cranesbill) | Geranium maculatum? | ? | Geraniaceae | |
| Daylily | Hemerocallis | Stella d'Oro | Hemerocallidaceae | |
| Hosta | Hosta | Plain green | Liliaceae | |
| Hosta | Hosta | Blue/green | Liliaceae | |
| Star of Bethlehem | Ornithogalum umbellatum? | Hyacinthaceae | Barely alive. Divided in
2004. Flowered in 2005 but leaves
are v. floppy. |
|
| Rose | Rosa | ? Pink | Rosaceae | Was here when we bought the house. Huge and healthy despite much adversity (porch construction and painting). Neighbors always stop to admire. Blooms in June. Never had a problem with black spot. |
| Maidenhair fern? | Polypodium
vulgare? |
Polypodiaceae? |
Moved from wayback 2004 | |
| Coral bells | Heuchera |
Saxifragaceae |
CBG plant sale 5/2004 | |
| Coral bells | Heuchera | Cherries Jubilee |
Saxifragaceae |
CBG plant sale 5/2004. This
is the one to the left of the
columbine, w/purplish leaves. |
| Foamy bells | Heucherella | Kimono |
Saxifragaceae |
CBG plant sale 5/2004. Moved
5/2005 b/c not doing very well. |
| Jacob's ladder | Polemonium |
Touch of Class |
Polemoniaceae | Home Depot 9/2008 |
| Lilac |
Syringa
vulgaris |
Oleaceae |
Farmer's Market, planted
5/2005 |
|
| Spirea |
Spiraea
japonica |
Shirobana |
Rosaceae |
2; one moved from wayback,
one
moved from north edge. Both are volunteers. |
| Weigela |
Weigela
florida |
Ruby Queen |
Caprifoliaceae |
x2. CBG plant sale
5/2006. Has purplish-green foliage. |
| Common
name |
Scientific
name |
Variety |
Family |
Notes |
| Anise hyssop |
Agastache |
Blue Fortune |
Lamiaceae |
From Botanic Garden, July
2005.
Planted in front of trellis to replace a Salvia nemorosa. Lavender
flowers. 36". |
| Sky-blue aster |
Aster azureus (aka Aster oolentangiensis) | Asteraceae | Volunteer from the one in the
wayback, moved here May 2006 |
|
| Mum | Chrysanthemum | Gretchen |
Asteraceae | |
| Green and gold | Chrysogonum virginianum | Asteraceae | Spreading! Very short plant,
more like a ground
cover, but very cute. |
|
| Clematis (pic2) | Clematis | Rouge Cardinal | Ranunculaceae | |
| Clematis | Clematis | ? Purple (not jackmanii) | Ranunculaceae | A very exuberant grower,
forms a dense shrub of vines that
covers everything else planted nearby. I attempted to rip this out fall
2005 but it just came back. |
| Pale purple coneflower |
Echinacea
pallida |
Asteraceae |
WPPC (Wildflower Preservation
and Propagation Committee) purchase 5/2006 |
|
| Purple coneflower | Echinacea purpurea | Asteraceae | Grown from seed planted
around 1996. Reseeds readily in
inconvenient places. |
|
| Witch
hazel |
Hamamelis
virginiana |
Hamamelidaceae |
CBG purchase 5/2006.
Replaced rose (below) at corner of garage. |
|
| Ox-eye sunflower | Heliopsis helianthoides | Asteraceae | CBG purchase 5/2004; flowered
in 2005. |
|
| Daylily | Hemerocallis | Stella d'Oro | Hemerocallidaceae | Four of these |
| Daylily | Hemerocallis | ? (red) | Hemerocallidaceae | Divided in 2004 and moved part to south side of house. |
| Blazingstar | Liatris spicata | Purple | Asteraceae | Moved May 2006; needs dividing |
| Mexican evening primrose | Oenothera berlanderii | Siskiyou | Onagraceae | Spreading slowly. Really
pretty pale pink flowers with an odd
leggy
growth habit; leaves turn red/green variegated later in summer.
Not as vigorous anymore but still present. |
| Phlox | Phlox |
Polemoniaceae | Pink. Fairly robust in 2005;
flowering in July. No idea where
I got these. |
|
| Lungwort |
Pulmonaria ? |
Boraginaceae |
Purchased summer 2006 from
perennial vendor at farmer's market on Daley Plaza. Very vigorous
so far. |
|
| Rose
(pic2) |
Rosa | ? Magenta | Rosaceae | This
rose was planted next to
the patio when we bought the
house in 1995. We
dug it up and moved it, and by some miracle it survived. Bloomed
continuously into Nov/Dec every year. Extremely susceptible to black
spot and had to be sprayed often, though it usually lost most of its
leaves by the end of the growing season anyway. By 2004, the leaf loss
was taking a toll and it came back smaller and weaker every year. In
2006, I gave up and dug it out. I leave it here as an obituary to
a gorgeous plant that was with this house for at least one decade and
probably many years before that. |
| Black-eyed Susan |
Rudbeckia neumanii |
Summerblaze |
Asteraceae |
Division from north edge
garden |
| Lilac salvia | Salvia verticillata | Purple Rain | Lamiaceae | Love this one! Needs to be divided, though. Inflorescences get droopy and hang over the fence. |
| Spirea | Spiraea japonica | Shirobana | Rosaceae | Flowers in various shades of
pink fading to white. Tends
to reseed. |
| Spirea | Spiraea x bumalda | Anthony Waterer | Rosaceae | The hot pink one |
| Speedwell | Veronica spicata | Sunny Border Blue | Scrophulariaceae | This has the neatest
inflorescenses - the apical tip, instead
of being
pointed, is pinched into a flat and curvy shape. Bumblebees love this
plant. I moved it a short distance in May 2005 and it has recovered. |
| Common
name |
Scientific
name |
Variety |
Family |
Notes |
| Giant purple hyssop |
Agastache
scrophulariaefolia |
Lamiaceae |
WPPC purchase 5/2006 |
|
| White marsh milkweed | Asclepias incarnata | Ice Ballet | Asclepidaceae | CBG purchase 5/2004. Barely
alive in 2005 - when it gets a
little bigger, move away from the sedum. Bloomed summer 2006. |
| Common milkweed |
Asclepias
syriaca |
Asclepidaceae |
Grown from seed from Prairie
Nursery, planted 2003? Slowly naturalizing. |
|
| Butterfly weed | Asclepias tuberosa | Asclepidaceae | Late to sprout in spring.
Volunteer right at edge of sidewalk needs to be moved, but be careful
b/c it has a taproot. |
|
| Sky-blue aster |
Aster azureus (aka Aster oolentangiensis) | Asteraceae | A volunteer from the parent in the wayback garden | |
| Coreopsis | Coreopsis
lanceolata |
Baby Sun | Asteraceae | May actually be cross between
lanceolata and grandiflora |
| Orange meadowbrite coneflower | Echinacea |
Art's Pride |
Asteraceae | Planted in March 2004 - two
plants. A plant bred at the CBG. Gone?! No sign in 2006. |
| Purple coneflower | Echinacea purpurea | Asteraceae | ||
| Moonshadow euonymous | Euonymous fortunei | Moonshadow | Celastraceae | Yellow and green variegated. Mostly covered by viburnum. Being afflicted by the Evil Euonymous Scale. |
| Forsythia | Forsythia suspensa? | Oleaceae | Didn't realize it was a
weeping variety when I bought it.
Must
be vigilant with pruning or we won't be able to get to our garage.
Blossoms for a shorter time than others in the
neighborhood. Barely blossomed at all in 2006. |
|
| Daylily | Hemerocallis | possibly Stella d'Oro | Hemerocallidaceae | More orange than typical stella. |
| Shasta daisy | Leucanthemum x superbum | Snow lady | Asteraceae | Have had this plant since
around 1998 when I dug up the sod
along this strip. Is grimly hanging on; flowers are always lovely and
sturdy. |
| Meadow blazingstar |
Liatris
ligustylis |
Asteraceae |
WPPC purchase 5/2006 |
|
| Balloon flower |
Platycodon
grandiflorus |
Sentimental Blue |
Campanulaceae |
Home Depot 9/2008 |
| Bee balm (pic2) |
Monarda didyma | Violet Queen | Lamiaceae | Divided in spring 2005, put a
clump in wayback and another
elsewhere in north edge. |
| Foxglove beardtongue |
Penstemon digitalis |
Scrophulariaceae |
CBG purchase 5/2006, bloomed
2006 |
|
| Phlox |
Phlox
paniculata |
Pink Flame |
Polemoniaceae |
Home Depot 9/2008 |
| Sand cherry | Prunus pumila | Rosaceae | Dying, but so hidden behind viburnums that it's no loss. | |
| Black-eyed Susan | Rudbeckia neumanii | Summerblaze | Asteraceae | Lots of this. It's the
black-eyed susan with the pointed
leaves. Long-lasting, fairly short (less than 12 inches). |
| Sweet black-eyed Susan |
Rudbeckia
subtomentosa |
Asteraceae |
WPPC purchase 5/2006, bloomed
2006 |
|
| Little bluestem grass | Schizachyrium scoparium | Poaceae | Moved in spring 2005, again
spring 2006. Actually bloomed a bit in 2006. |
|
| Stonecrop | Sedum spectabile | Autumn Joy | Crassulaceae | |
| Snowmound spiraea | Spiraea | Snowmound | Rosaceae | Gorgeous. Careful with pruning so it stays casual. |
| Spirea | Spiraea | Rosaceae | Low-growing, yellow-green
leaves, with pink flowers. Being
crowded by yucca. Attempted to move it in 2005 but roots were too
tough. |
|
| Arborvitae | Thuja occidentalis | Cupressaceae | Hides the A/C unit. Becoming
a very nice shrub but I have to
beat the snow off with a broom if the snow gets too heavy. |
|
| Snowball
bush |
Viburnum opulus | Sterile | Viburnaceae | 2 of these. Very susceptible
to aphids at the growing tips.
Control by cutting tips off - okay since it needs trimming anyway. Left
one is getting crowded but too big to move. |
| Yucca | Yucca filamentosa | Agavaceae | Flowered for the first time
in 2003 with a ~6 foot panicle
and ~15 fruits
(septicidal capsules). Evidence of yucca moth larvae exit holes in
capsule walls. In 2004, whole plant looked dry and unhealthy; cut off
all leaves, and have several young plants in June 2004. Try moving one
or more to the patio garden later. |
|
| Hops |
Humulus
lupulus |
Cannabaceae |
From the UIC Pharmacy garden
tour, August 2008 |
| Common
name |
Scientific
name |
Variety |
Family |
Notes |
| Japanese painted fern | Athyrium nipponicum | Dryopteridaceae | Very low-growing, purplish
tinge to leaves. |
|
| Bleeding heart | Dicentra spectabilis | Fumariaceae | Moved to shade garden in
2004. Kept getting trampled by dogs.
Did not flower in 2005. Fading away. |
|
| Hosta | Hosta | Gold Standard | Liliaceae | |
| Hosta | Hosta | Wide Brim | Liliaceae | |
| Hosta |
Hosta |
Liliaceae |
||
| Ostrich fern? | Matteuccia struthiopteris | Dryopteridaceae | ||
| Cinnamon fern | Osmunda cinnamomea | Osmundaceae | ||
| Rhododendron |
Rhododendron |
Roseum Elegans |
Ericaceae |
Planted June 2004; from
Frank's. Lavender flowers in June.
Bloomed in 2005 but only one inflorescence at a time, for unknown
reasons. |
| Lungwort |
Pulmonaria ? |
Boraginaceae |
Purchased summer 2006 from
perennial vendor at farmer's market on Daley Plaza. Very vigorous
so far. |
| Common
name |
Scientific
name |
Variety |
Family |
Notes |
| Drumstick allium | Allium | Alliaceae | ||
| Bigleaf Aster |
Aster
macrophyllus |
Asteraceae |
Planted May 2005, from
Prairie
Nursery. Bloomed well in 2006. |
|
| Butterfly bush | Buddleia davidii | white | Loganiaceae | The original bush, parent of the ones in the wayback. A gift from a relative several years ago. |
| Mum |
Chyrsanthemum |
Spicy Cheryl |
Asteraceae |
Orange flowers. From Farmer's
Market, May 2005. |
| Coreopsis | Coreopsis
lanceolata |
Baby Sun | Asteraceae | |
| Purple coneflower | Echinacea purpurea | Asteraceae | ||
| Bottle gentian |
Gentiana
andrewsii |
Gentianaceae |
WPPC purchase 5/2006 |
|
| Daylily
(pic2) |
Hemerocallis | Hemerocallidaceae | Huge waxy yellow flowers that don't look real. Was an unlabeled bargain from Home Depot, don't know what variety is it. | |
| Daylily | Hemerocallis | Red Magic | Hemerocallidaceae | |
| Daylily | Hemerocallis
fulva |
Hemerocallidaceae | Wild, orange. This stuff
drives me crazy! It's so aggressive!!! |
|
| Daylily |
Hemerocallis |
Hemerocallidaceae | Small yellow flowers with red
centers |
|
| Coral bells | Heuchera
micrantha |
Palace Purple |
Saxifragaceae | |
| Coral bells | Heuchera sanguinea | Bressingham hybrid | Saxifragaceae | |
| Coral bells | Heuchera sanguinea | Chatterbox | Saxifragaceae | |
| Hosta | Hosta | Liliaceae | green and white | |
| Blazingstar |
Liatris
spicata |
Asteraceae |
||
| Lily | Lilium | Asiatic lilies | Liliaceae | Used to have a whole drift of
these but they've been dying
out
gradually. |
| Loosestrife (pic2) | Lysimachia punctata | Primulaceae | Not the invasive loosestrife. Yellow flowers in the axils of the whorled leaves. Pretty but tipsy - needs to be tied to the fence. | |
| Ninebark |
Physocarpus
opulifolius |
Summer Wine |
Rosaceae |
From Botanic Garden, planted
July 2005. To fill in area where lilies are fading. 5' x 5'. |
| Black-eyed susan |
Rudbeckia fulgida |
Goldsturm |
Aster. |
Planted Oct 2006, from Van
Bourgondien. Between ninebark and butterfly bush (no tag). |
| Stonecrop | Sedum spectabile | Autumn Joy | Crassulaceae | Completely
fell over in 2006. Divide spring 2007!!! |
| Spirea | Spiraea
japonica |
Shirobana |
Rosaceae | Volunteer from garage garden |
| Common
purple lilac |
Syringa
vulgaris |
Purple |
Oleaceae |
Planted 2004. Flowered in
2006. |
| Meadowrue |
Thalictrum dasycarpum |
Ranunculaceae |
CBG purchase 5/2006.
Remained in stasis all year - no growth, no dieback. |
| Common
name |
Scientific
name |
Variety |
Family |
Notes |
| Coreopsis | Coreopsis | ? | Asteraceae | Seeds fall into cracks in
sidewalk - VERY annoying. |
| Purple coneflower | Echinacea purpurea | Asteraceae | Moved here from front in 2004. | |
| Daylily |
Hemerocallis |
Hemerocallidaceae |
Division of the purple-red
one from the wayback. |
|
| Rose of Sharon | Hibiscus syriacus | Malvaceae | Very pretty double fuschia
flowers. Tends to get pretty
floppy, esp. when in bloom (begins in late July). |
|
| Blazingstar | Liatris spicata | Asteraceae | Moved here from front in 2004. | |
| Peony |
Paeonia | Paeoniaceae | This was here when we bought the house. I don't really like peonies but keep it anyway. Gave up on tying plants each year, surrounded with permanent fence. White with a tiny touch of pink. | |
| Russian sage | Perovskia atriplicifolia | Lamiaceae | Moved here from front in
2004. Remember to cut back every year. |
|
| Potentilla | Potentilla fruticosa | Goldfinger yellow | Rosaceae | Cut back hard in early 2004
b/c encroaching on sidewalk. One of two is doing badly. |
| Speedwell |
Veronica
spicata |
Sunny Border Blue |
Scrophulariaceae |
Moved from front in 2004 |
| Common
name |
Scientific
name |
Variety |
Family |
Notes |
| Common milkweed |
Asclepias
syriaca |
Asclepidaceae |
Grown from seed from Prairie
Nursery, planted 2003? |
|
| Butterfly weed |
Asclepias tuberosa |
Asclepidaceae | Volunteer from the one planted on N edge; transplanted here
5/2006 |
|
| Sky blue aster | Aster azureus (aka Aster oolentangiensis) | Asteraceae | Lovely pale lavender flowers. Bloomed in fall 2003, first
year. Very vigorous; cut back in
summer. Reseeds fairly readily. |
|
| Aster |
? |
Asteraceae |
Slow grower, planted fall 2003. On garage side.
Tiny white flowers, low grower (~12-16 in.). Ericoides or
ptarmicoides? |
|
| Aster |
? |
Aster. |
White flowers ~1/2 inch.
Located between indian grass and wooden fence. |
|
| Aster |
? |
Aster. |
Pink flowers, over an inch
across. Several of these, both sides. Blooms late in season
when other asters are done. |
|
| Blue false indigo | Baptisia australis | Fabaceae | Flowered for the first time in 2006, and I collected seeds. |
|
| Sideoats grama |
Bouteloua
curtipendula |
Poaceae |
WPPC purchase 5/2006 |
|
| Butterfly bush | Buddleia davidii | Loganiaceae | Three seedlings from original white bush; one is purple (!). Cut back close to the ground every spring. | |
| Black snakeroot/
bugbane/ cohosh |
Cimicifuga (Actaea) racemosa | Ranunculaceae | Relocated fall
2002 from shady spot. Flowered for first time
in 2003. Unfortunately crammed in behind prairie dock. Needs to
be moved forward. |
|
| Clematis
(pic2) |
Clematis | Henryi | Ranunculaceae | Starts growing very early in
spring. Huge gorgeous white flowers. Likes to pull its trellis
over. Cut back fall 2006 and removed trellis so we can build
something more stable in 2007. |
| Lily of the Valley | Convallaria keiskei | Convalliaraceae | Leftovers from previous owner of house. Scattered all over.
Am slowly eradicating. |
|
| Coreopsis | Coreopsis lanceolata |
Baby Sun |
Asteraceae | |
| Pink coreopsis |
Coreopsis
rosea |
Sweet Dreams |
Asteraceae |
From CBG, planted May 2005. |
| Redtwig dogwood | Cornus sanguinea ? | Cornaceae | Nice round shrub, ~7 feet high,
but needs
a lot of maintenance to keep it off the path. Have watched robins perch
on it and pull off the white berries one by one. Should be cut down
hard every spring but sometimes I don't and it gets scraggly. |
|
| Cotoneaster | Cotoneaster apiculatus ? | Rosaceae | Tiny bit of root must have survived from plants that died years ago. Makes nice foundation for clematis. | |
| Purple coneflower | Echinacea purpurea | Asteraceae | ||
| Rattlesnake master | Eryngium yuccifolium | Apiaceae | Planted in 2003? Flowered for first time in 2004.
Getting crowded by prairie dock but not sure if I can move it. |
|
| Queen of the Prairie | Filipendula rubra | Rosaceae | Flowered for first time in 2003. Have to tie the flowering
stalks to the fence to keep them upright. Spreading into neighbor's
garden. |
|
| Prairie smoke |
Geum
trifolium |
Asteraceae |
Tiny little plant, planted fall
2003. From Prairie Nursery. Moved from north edge to wayback in May
2005, where it prefers the hot, dry, rocky conditions. No flowers
yet. |
|
| Downy sunflower |
Helianthus
mollis |
Asteraceae |
HUGE, spreading; tends to tip
over badly late in summer. |
|
| Daylily | Hemerocallis fulva |
Hemerocallidaceae | wild orange | |
| Daylily | Hemerocallis | Carousel Princess | Hemerocallidaceae | Purplish-red. Massive plant but not aggressively
spreading. Maybe move chunks to around the patio? |
| Chameleon plant | Houttuynia cordata | Chameleon | Saururaceae | Very pretty ground
cover, but aggressive. Am trying very hard to eradicate it.
Smells bad/spicy when broken. |
| Rough blazingstar |
Liatris
aspera |
Asteraceae |
From Prairie Nursery. Planted May 2005. | |
| Prairie
blazingstar (pic2)
(pic3) |
Liatris pycnostachya | Asteraceae | Moved in 2005 due to construction. Where is it now?? |
|
| Moneywort or Creeping Jenny | Lysimachia nummularia | Primulaceae | Gorgeous
yellow flowers, tolerates trampling. Invasive but dying out on its own
so am not doing anything to eradicate it. |
|
| Bee balm |
Monarda
didyma |
Lamiaceae |
Division from north edge, May
2005 |
|
| Bee balm |
Monarda fistulosa |
Lamiaceae |
From CBG plant sale 5/2004. Moved 5/2005. |
|
| Wild
quinine (pic2
w/butterfly) |
Parthenium integrifolium | Asteraceae | Flowered for first time in 2003. Very reliable. Blooms in
June, butterflies love it. |
|
| Phlox |
Phlox |
Polemoniaceae |
Where did I get this?? |
|
| Black-eyed Susan | Rudbeckia hirta | Asteraceae | Grows as an annual. From two original
plants planted in 2002, I've had abundant seedlings every year which I
relocate around the yard. |
|
| Pincushion flower | Scabiosa columbaria | Butterfly Blue | Dipsacaceae | A great, hardy plant that looks right at home among the
prairie plants despite being non-native. Died winter 2004-5, replaced
spring 2005 from CBG sale. |
| Little bluestem grass | Schizachyrium scoparium | Poaceae | Several of these - volunteers or did I plant them?! |
|
| Prairie dock | Silphium terebinthinaceum | Asteraceae | Immense. Flowered in 2003, 2005. |
|
| Ohio goldenrod | Solidago ohioensis | Asteraceae | Is it still there? |
|
| Showy goldenrod | Solidago speciosa | Asteraceae | Moved in 2004 and doing well so far. Moved again in 2005, and
bought a second one (Prairie Nursery). |
|
| Indiangrass | Sorghastrum nutans | Poaceae | Slow to green in spring. Huge (~7 ft high) and gorgeous. | |
| Prairie dropseed | Sporobolus heterolepis | Poaceae | There were two of them... the one on the south flowered in
2004 for
first time. Where is the other one? |
|
| Prairie
spiderwort (pic2) |
Tradescantia
bracteata |
Commelinaceae |
From Prairie Nursery. Planted
May 2005. Purple, 1-2'. Spreading. |
|
| Spiderwort (pic2 pic3) | Tradescantia ohioensis | Little Doll | Commelinaceae | Does much better in sun than it did in the front garden. |
| Viburnum (pic2) | Viburnum lantana | Mohican | Caprifoliaceae | A $5 end-of-season bargain that is doing well. |
| Golden
Alexanders (pic2) |
Zizia aurea | Apiaceae | Cute spring-bloomer. From Art and Linda's, 2003? |
