Since this is “the garden on the corner,” you probably want to know about it, hm?  We divide our gardens into two very broad categories:  plants you can eat and plants that look pretty.  Somehow the care of plants “you can eat” also went my way.  I’m not displeased; it’s just that I’m very exacting - to the irritation of my husband - but he can’t deny that my anal-retentive approach to gardening yields great results.

Plants that look pretty:  Shrubs and Perennials

1. Shrubs:
   1. Lilacs at the NW corner, from W to N:  all Syringa vulgaris
      1. Sensation
      2. Nadezhda (”Hope” in Russian)
      3. Unknown cultivar: purple, strong fragrance, double-flowered (I think), very hardy & vigorous (until this June, stood all alone as the sentinel at the northwest corner of our property.  No worry about air circulation here!), currently about 6′ wide by 8′ tall and suckering madly
      4. Charles Joly
      5. Krazavitsa Moskvy (”Beauty of Moscow”)
   2. Lilacs behind the house: both Syringa vulgaris
      1. Primrose  (behind guest room window)
      2. Wedgwood Blue  (behind master bedroom window)
   3. Roses
2. Perennials
   1. Black-eyed Susans (very invasive)
   2. Bee balm (Monarda didyma ‘Jacob Cline’), 2 plants
   3. Delphinium (while, pink, purple)
   4. Lavender: 2 plants
   5. Various bulbs & rhizomes (tulips, daffodils, crocuses, irises)
   6. Meadow Sage (Salvia nemorosa ‘Haeumanarc’ Plant Patent No. 13322), 2 plants
   7. Coreopsis (’Creme Brulee’ Plant Patent No. 16096), 2 (?) plants

This page has the following sub pages.

• Roses at the Garden
• Rosarian Resources