I'm curious!

I was out mowing the lawn and the thought came to me that DG would be a great place to learn things about all over this planet. I guess my question is simple. What grows where you are that is indigenous to your area, something that grows where you are that does exceptionally well. It is like here in western Oregon rhododendrons, azaleas, marionberries, filberts(hazelnuts) Douglas firs , are native to here. How about where you live?

We here in W. Pa. are fortunate to have a site for wildflowers. Exceptionally well done, fine photography, and complete.
http://www.westernpawildflowers.com

Pop cans and crisp packets seem to multiply well ;)

Seriously, indigenous and grows well? Sounds like weeds to me *Cheeky Grin*. I doubt we have the space here for the entire list! however, things you might see in a garden as well as in the wild are:

Digitalis purpurea (Foxglove), Geranium robertianum (Herb Robert), Papapver rhoeas (Common Poppy), Myosotis (Forget me nots), Verbascum thapsus (Aaron's Rod), Lamium (Dead Nettles), Verbascum nigrum (Dark Mullein), Campanula rotundifolia (Harebell), Reseda (Weld and Mignonette), Lonicera (Honeysuckle), Hedera (Ivy), Hyacinthoides (Bluebells), Convallaria majalis (Lily of the Valley), a small number of orchids, Iris pseudoacrous (Yellow Iris), Violets and so many more!

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Great site Golddog! Here is one for the area where I garden, it's a site where we can type in our postcode and it comes up with a list of plants found in the area. You have to click on the names for a pic or more information.

http://flood.nhm.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fff/glob.pl?report=pcfllist&group=&sort=&inpostcode=so40

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Here I would have the following native flowers:

In spring there would be wild primroses(primula vulgaris) in yellow, pink and lilac together with snow flakes (leucojum vernum), daisies (bellis perennis) and then wild strawberries (fragaria ananassa), oregano (oreganum vulgare), borage (borago officinalis), forget-me-nots (myosotis), foxgloves (digitalis purpurea) , various orchids, dog rose (rosa canina), poppies (papaver), eyebright (euphrasia), white dead nettle (lamium album), globe flower (trollius europeus), yellow gentian (gentiana lutea), creeping Jenny (lysimachia nummularia), blue gentians (gentiana verda) and perhaps, on a rockery, Edelweiss (leontopodium alpinum) .

For trees I would have yew (taxus baccata), maple (acer campestre), juniper (juniperus communis), and fruit trees - cherry (prunus), apple (malus) and pear (pyrus communis).

For fruit and nuts I would also have raspberries (rubus idaeus), blackberries (rubus fruticosus), gooseberries (ribes uva-crispa), strawberries (fragaria ananassa), currants (ribes),bilberries (vaccinium) and hazelnuts (corylus)

Native vegetables in my garden? I would have ramsons (allium ursinum), edible vetch (lathyrus edulis), corn salad (valerianella locusta), claytonia (montia perfoliata), Good King Henry (chenopodium bonus henricus), land cress (barbarella verna), as well as wild brassicas.

It would all look very pretty and I wouldn't go hungry, although I would miss a lot of imported plants..

Baa's site is going into my 'favorites'. Interesting to see what is what in another country.

Golddog

If you find out some different postcodes you can see how the flora and fauna changes in such a short distance. It would be a huge task but it would be great if someone sis something similar for the US!

This is fabulous Baa. I sent for the hard copy version before the puter one was up and running, but had forgotten all about it. Have linked my area. Just look at the orchids!! We're very lucky here.

http://flood.nhm.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fff/glob.pl?report=pcfafllist&group=&sort=sci&inpostcode=ME10

Wow what a wealth of orchids in your postal area Philomel! You lucky thing! *G*

In eastern Tennessee, we have orange lilies (probably tiger lilies) and sweet peas growing in the ditches alongside the roads. Iris are everywhere in the spring, even in ditches and woods. Since they're the state flower, I'd say they're indigenous. Wood violets grow in shady areas of lawns. Dogwood trees, redbuds, and certain ferns grow in woods and people dig them up for their yards. There are probably many more, but that's what I can think of right now.

Here's a thorough world-wide website I found: http://www.my-edu2.com/EDU/biolo8.htm

Hmmmm, I'm sure there are lots more, but here are a few that grow here. Mayapple, trillums (or wake robin), morels, wild blackberries, plum, gooseberries, pokeberry, wild lettuce, wild onions, lambquarters, and henbit.

Lots of varieties of Oak trees,we also have a couple types of Hickory,Black Walnut,Maple,Sycamore,Willow,Sasafrass,Wild Plum and Wild Cherry,along with the Redbud and Dogwood.

We have native Rudbeckia(Black Eyed Susan)Oxeye Daisies,Queen Anne's Lace,Orange and Yellow lilies (we call them Ditch Lilies),A single flowered pink wild rose and a lovely little rose with lots of intense pink petals about the size of a penny that hangs in clusters of 10 to 12 flowers.

Wild mustard in the spring is better than any brocolli raab.Blackberries,elderberries,and plums are yummy in the summer.

In the fall,Goldenrod(our state flower) nods along the roadway and Sumac is glowing scarlet.

Well, of course,in British Columbia, we have the Native Dogwoods, the Vine Maples(Acer Circinatum), lupines, wild sweet pea vines, Hemlocks, oodles of Blackberries, and gooseberries, Huckleberries, and native orchids...for some...Elaine

I am close to Melody, but I would add a few things: paw paw tree, tulipa tree, American elm, and a few understory things like wild grapes, poison ivy and poison sumac, black haw, hawthorn. And I can't omit the buckeye tree, our state tree (weedy thing).

Then there are the woodland perennials like spring beauty, bloodroot, trilliums, gentian, hepatica, lady slipper orchids, twinleaf, queen of the prairie, marsh mallow, anemonelle, and goldenseal. Almost all of these are threatened or endangered in Ohio, but are being re-introduced in nature preserves and parks.

Great, Golddog.

Let us know when you have finished your zipcodes to native plants. What an excellent idea! Maybe butterflies and birds, too?

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Around here (panhandle of Florida), I can think of several right off the bat, but I'm sure there are many others----wild honeysuckle, both vine and bush (native azalea), magnolia, blueberries, mullien, dogwood, violets, beautyberry, holly, numerous varieties of wild ferns (including Japanese vine fern), wisteria (guess it's not indigenous, but it's so rampant and been here so long, we feel like it is), blackberries. I'm sure there are many others, but my mind just can't think of them at the moment.