I was thinking about all of the changes I have made to my yard since I moved in six years ago, and decided to try to write down what I've added, removed, and left alone. I made this list, then decided it might be interesting for other members to see what I am growing around here. It would be interesting to see other similiar lists, if anyone else wants to spend the time to write things down. :)
Here it is:
FRONT YARD
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+ bur oak
+ chitalpa ("White Cloud")
+ witch hazel (grafted - half virginiana, half "Jelena")
+ contorted filbert
+ dwarf burford holly
+ pigeonberry
+ cedar sage
+ azaleas (Encore, red, forget the exact variety)
+ hostas
+ dwarf variegated euonymus
+ rain lilies - COMING SOON
+ dwarf Mexican petunia
cedar elm
Rose of Sharon (pink flowers, variety unknown)
nandina (dwarf? much less than before!)
ajuga
yaupon holly
- nana nandina
SIDE YARD (driveway side)
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+ viburnum ("Spring Bouquet")
+ clematis pitcheri
+ Mexican bush sage
+ pink salvia greggi
+ Stella D'Oro day lilies
+ blue spiderwort
+ Belinda's Dream rose
+ New Gold lantana
+ agarita
+ chile petin (transplanted from South Texas)
+ harbour belle nandina
irises (transplanted from back yard, varieties unknown)
purple lantana
- several black spot susceptible roses
- large amounts of asian jasmine
SIDE YARD (other side)
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+ forsythia ("Spring Glory")
+ indian hawthorn ("Clara")
+ abelia ("Sherwoodii")
+ blackberries (Arapaho, Rosborough, Apache)
+ dewberry (transplanted from South Texas)
- dwarf yaupon holly
BACKYARD
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+ Mexican buckeye
+ Carolina buckthorn
+ rusty blackhaw viburnum
+ lorapetalum
+ strawberry bush (euonymous americana)
+ sweetspire ("Little Henry")
+ oakleaf hydrangea ("Sike's dwarf")
+ turk's cap
+ flowering quince ("cameo")
+ dwarf burning bush
+ Sampson's snakeroot
+ elderberry ("Black Beauty")
+ osmanthus ("goshiki")
+ Texas sage ("Green Sage")
+ winecup
+ yucca
+ elaeagnus ("ebbingei")
+ coralberry
+ cedar sage
+ rosemary ("blue spires")
+ salvia greggi (red)
+ coral honeysuckle
+ blue princess verbena
+ pink skullcap
+ lambs ear
+ blackfoot daisy
+ four nerve daisy
+ creeping phlox ("emerald blue")
+ hardy amarylis
+ oxeye daisy
+ black eyed daisy "goldstrum"
+ native red columbine
+ pincushion flower
+ candytuft
+ yarrow
japanese maple ("ever red")
cherry laurel
asian jasmine (in drastically reduced quantities)
elm (Siberian?)
eastern redbud
crepe mytle (deep pink)
azalea (pink, variety unknown)
liriope
yellow canna
elephant ears
English ivy
- black walnut
- flowering dogwood
- privet
- nandina
- stumps, stumps, stumps
WAY BACK
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+ virburnum ("Mohawk")
+ crossvine
+ coral honeysuckle
+ Mexican plum
+ Eve's necklace
+ prairie flameleaf sumac
+ roughleaf dogwood
+ pomegranate ("Wonderful")
+ grape (Seibel 9110)
+ aromatic sumac (transplanted from South Texas) - COMING SOON
+ elderberry - COMING SOON
bald cypress
japanese honeysuckle
bridal wreath spirea
plum (fullsize edible, variety unknown)
- elms
- hackberry
CONTAINERS
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+ satsuma mandarin
+ wollemi pine
+ southern wood fern
+ inland seaoats (transplanted from park)
+ Barbados cherry
+ esparanza
+ Mexican firebush
+ chile petin
+ flame acanthus
+ sedum (various)
+ donkey tail spurge
+ mints (various)
+ herbs (several oreganos, curry plant, thyme)
+ hens n'chicks
+ amarylis (hand me down, variety unknown)
Yard inventory
I love the way you went at it.
Here everything but a few trees would all be new... and the trees have all come down now so everything in the yead is new here.
That is quite a list Dennis, will you be coming to the swap?
It looks like you might be very popular if you do come.
Josephine.
Can you tell that I am an engineer? :)
Unfortunately I don't know how popular I would actually be at a swap.
I have had basically no luck in my few attempts at propagating with
cuttings. I have a 3 one year old Mexican Buckeyes I grew from seed, a small pecan, a tiny loquat I dug up, and a few small aloes.
I am hoping to experiment more in the future. Lots of small plants and my three year old don't mix too well! I know that my neighbors must consider me the crazy guy next door, since I do most of my gardening after 10pm, by flashlight.
Dennis
I think you have some pretty good plants there for trading.
Working in your garden by flashlight is a little unusual bur not unheard of, you do what you have to do to get things done.
Josephine.
See I know already I need to get with you to swap something... I need a Mexican Buckeye for a project and I love Loquat... I sooo need to get a swap together with you!
Sounds good. I'll definitely try to make it to the swap. I'm pretty much looking for relatively shade tolerant perennials to mix in with the larger plants. Native is always good.
Does anyone else see anything on my list that would be good for the swap, and would be relatively easy for a beginner to try to propagate?
Dennis
Mr Bowman at Bowman's nursery in Argyle told me that Bur Oaks are easy to grow from seed. Either way I think that acorns that large are a very interesting conversation piece. I would like to know a local place to buy a large pecan tree. Thanks, Mike
From 17 live oaks, KR bluestem and a lone scraggly cedar I went to this (not counting all the experiments the deer ate).
Back fence
Silverberry Elaeagnus pungens
Ebbing silverberry Elaeagnus x ebbingei
Vitex
Bamboo muhly
Prairie Patch
Bluebeard Caryopteris x incana
Lemon mint
Drummond phlox
Bluebonnet
Prairie verbena
Rosemary
Louisiana Artemisia
Little bluestem
Woodlands
American beautyberry
Turk’s cap
Lantana
Mountain sage
Brushy bluestem
Side yard
Possum haw
Mountain laurel
Mexican buckeye
Pride of Barbados
Bitterweed
Entry
Copper canyon daisy
Black & blue sage
Scarlet sage
Rock rose
Society garlic
Artemisia
Rock Garden
Pink skullcap
Santolina, gray
Santolina, green
Yucca
Lamb’s ears
Lemongrass
Rosemary
Grass Island
Lindheimer muhly
Gulf muhly
Mexican feather grass
Hell Strip
Autumn sage
Cow horn
Texas sage
Indigo spires
Yarrow
Maiden grass
Lantana
Red yucca
Hummer Garden
Vitex
Rudbeckia
Lanceleaf coreopsis
Mealy blue sage
Autumn sage
Desert willow
Very nice Jabee!
Josephine.