trees:

  • Bauhinia mexicana (mexican orchid tree), 3/11
  • Citrus aurantifolia (dwarf key lime) – container, 1/09
  • Citrus hystrix (Thai Kaffir lime) – container, 2/11
  • Citrus limon ‘Meyer Improved’ (lemon) – container, 3/11
  • Citrus medica var. sarcodactylus (buddha’s hand) – container, 1/09
  • Citrus reticulata subsp. unshiu ‘Brown Select’ (satsuma), 1/09 rootstock still growing near Agave (trifoliate orange)
  • Citrus sinensis ‘Moro’ (dwarf blood orange), 1/09 (rootstock survived winter ’09-10 and ’10-11)
  • Citrus x paradisi ‘Bloomsweet’ (hybrid grapefruit), 1/09 (rootstock survived winter ’09-10 and ’10-11)
  • Citrus x tangelo ‘Wekiwa’ (tangelo), 1/09(rootstock survived winter ’09-10 and ’10-11)
  • Cupressus arizonica var. glabra ‘Blue Ice’ (arizona cypress), 12/08
  • Ficus carica ‘Celeste’ (fig), 1/09
  • Ficus carica ‘Banana’ (fig), container, 3/10
  • Ficus carica ‘Egyptian’ (fig), container, 5/10
  • Fortunella crassifolia ‘Meiwa’ (kumquat), 1/09 root stock still growing (trifoliate orange)
  • Ilex decidua (possumhaw holly), 11/09 (this is a fruiting female)
  • Ilex decidua ‘Paco’s’ (possumhaw holly), 3/10 (non-fruiting male ?!? it doesn’t seem happy… wonder if it wants more acidic soil? top died. water sprouts. dead over summer ’11. anthill now)
  • Lagerstroemia indica (crepe myrtle) – existing, 7/08
  • Persea americana ‘Brazos Belle’ (avocado), 1/09
  • Persea americana ‘Lila’ (avocado), 1/09, drowned by irrigation system…
  • Prunus domestica ‘Methley’ (plum), 1/10
  • Prunus persica ‘Sam Houston’ (peach), 1/09 (first peach harvested 7/17/10. no peaches ’11)
  • Punica granatum ‘Red Silk’ (pomegranate), 1/09
  • Punica granatum ‘Sharp Velvet’ (pomegranate), 1/09
  • Pyrus communis ‘Ayres’ (or is it ‘Ayers’-?) (sugar pear), 1/10 (espalier. no blooms spring 2011(?) one fruit fall ’11)
  • Pyrus communis ‘Kieffer’ (pear), 1/10
  • Quercus virginiana (live oak) – existing, with many, many wasp galls, 7/08
  • Sophora secundiflora (texas mountain laurel), 11/09

shrubs:

  • Callistemon ‘Wild Thang’ (bottlebrush), 09
  • Callicarpa mexicana (mexican beautyberry), 9/10
  • Cassia corymbosa (texas flowery senna), 9/08
  • Dalea greggii (gregg dalea), 10/10 (lbjwc native plant sale)
  • Euphorbia spp. (pointsettia), 9/08 (goes to seed=weedy=still here…)
  • Eupatorium havanense (white mist flower, boneset), 9/08, 3/10
  • Hamelia x ‘Holik’ (dwarf hamelia or firebush), 9/09
  • Hydrangea paniculata ‘Limelight’ (hydrangea), 3/10 (trying to acidify soil with coffee grounds) removed 6/11. hey, i had to try, maybe i will again…
  • Hydrangea paniculata ‘Little Lime’ (hydrangea), 9/10 (received at gwadfw ’10, trying to acidify soil with coffee grounds)

  • Ligustrum japonicum ‘Texanum’ (?) (waxleaf ligustrum) – existing, 7/08
  • Mahonia eurybracteata ‘Soft Caress’ (oregon grape holly), 5/11 (death due to drought, too much sun, salty water or a combo thereof)
  • Ilex vomitoria ‘Gremier’ PPAF (micron holly), 12/11
  • Malpighia glabra (dwarf Barbados cherry), 3/11
  • Murraya paniculata (dwarf orange jasmine), container, 11/09
  • Nandina domestica ‘Firepower’ or ‘Gulf Stream’ (?) (heavenly bamboo) – existing, 7/08
  • Punica granatum ‘Nana’ (dwarf pomegranate), 3/09 (dieback in winter ’09-10, slow coming back. regular-sized poms fall ’11)
  • Rapheolepis indica (indian hawthorne) – existing, 7/08
  • Rosa ‘Ducher’ (white, Earth-Kind Rose), 3/11
  • Rosa ‘Knock Out’ (pink rose) – existing, 7/08
  • Rosa ‘Marie Pavie’ (white, polyantha rose), 9/09 (eh-)
  • Rosa ‘Spice’ (white, Earth-kind rose), 3/10 (eh-)
  • Rosa ‘Sunny Knock Out’ (yellow rose), 5/09 (actually fragrant!)
  • Rosa ‘Little Apricot’ (groundcover rose), 9/10 (gwa ’10. doesn’t like heat/drought, came back after cooled down)
  • Rosmarinus officinalis ‘Arp’ (upright rosemary), x/09, x/10, 3/11
  • Rosmarinus officinalis ‘Madelene Hill’ (a.k.a. ‘Hill Hardy’), 3/11
  • Rosmarinus officinalis ‘Spice Islands’ (rosemary), 3/11
  • Rosmarinus officinalis ‘Tuscan Blue’ (upright rosemary), 5/09
  • Tecoma stans (esperanza), 5/09, 9/11
  • Vitex trifolia f. purpurea ‘Fascination’ (Arabian lilac), 10/09 (barton springs nursery – likes it HOT! all 3 plants – planted as 4″ pots – survived ’09-10 winter. one plant survived ’10-11 winter, flushed new growth, 5/11

cacti/succulents:

  • Agave americana (variegated agave) – R.V., 09
  • Agave sp. (blue agave), 9/09, 7/10 in pots from friends
  • Agave vilmorrheana  (octopus agave) – Peckerwood Garden, container, 3/09
  • Agave sp. ‘Mr. Ripple’ (agave) – container, 11/09
  • Aloe arista ‘Lizard Lips’ (pink lace aloe), container, 9/11 bcmg plant swap
  • Aloe barbadensis (common aloe), container, x/10? passalong plant from r.vaughan
  • Dasylirion wheeleri (sotol, desert spoon), 09
  • Dasylirion quadrangulatum (sotol, without spines) – from Peckerwood Garden, 11/11
  • Delosperma cooperi (ice plant), 9/08
  • Echeveria ‘Carribean’, 6/11
  • Echeveria runyonii (mexican hens and chicks), peckerwood garden, container, 5/11
  • Echinopsis x ‘Salmon’ (barrel cactus) – Peckerwood Garden, container, 10/10
  • Eucomis comosa (purple pineapple lily), 9/10 (in shade, seems to want more sun)
  • Euphorbia x martinii ‘Ascot Rainbow’ (perennial spurge), 3/11
  • Graptosedum ‘California Sunset’ (graptosedum), container, 5/10
  • Graptopetalum sp. (ghost plant) – Peckerwood Garden, container, 09
  • Hesperaloe parviflora (red yucca), 5/10
  • Hesperaloe parviflora ‘New Blue’ (yucca) – Peckerwood Garden, 09, 5/10
  • Hesperaloe parviflora ‘Yellow’ (yucca) – Peckerwood Garden, 09, 5/10
  • Kalanchoe sp. ‘Mule Ears’? (kalanchoe)- Peckerwood Garden, container, 10/10
  • Kalanchoe thrysiflora ‘Desert Rose’ (kalanchoe), 6/11
  • Kalanchoe tomentosa cv. ‘Chocolate Soldier’ (kalanchoe), 6/11 (great container plant!)
  • Neobuxbaumia polylopha (cone cactus, golden spined saguaro) – Peckerwood Garden, container, 10/10
  • Optunia sp. (prickly pear cactus), 7/09
  • Peniocereus gregii (night-blooming cereus) – passalong plant (ginny), container, 7/09 (first blooms 7/25/10)
  • Sedum brevifolium ‘Trallina’ (sedum), 3/11
  • Sedum potosinum (little gray stone sedum), 3/11
  • Sedum reflexum (blue spruce sedum), 3/11
  • Sedum spurium ‘Dragon’s Blood’ (sedum), 6/11
  • Sedum spurium ‘Tricolor’ (tricolor sedum), 9/10
  • Sempervivium ‘Krebs 2′ (hens & chicks), 6/11
  • Senecio vitalis ‘Blue Chalk Fingers’ (senecio) – container, 5/09
  • Tillandsia ‘Houston’ (air plant), 9/11
  • Tradescantia pallida / Setcresea purpurea (purple wandering jew), passalong plant (ginny), 10/10
  • x Mangave ‘Macho Mocha’ (manfreda), 5/10 (frost damage winter 10-11, active growing tip, fully recovered)
  • Yucca ‘Blue Boy’ (yucca), peckerwood gardens, 5/11
  • Yucca filamentosa ‘Color Guard’ (yucca), 8/10 (plant rescue)
  • Yucca pallida (pale-leaf yucca), 10/10 (lbjwc native plant sale)
  • Yucca pallida ‘McKelvey’ (blue pale-leaf yucca), 10/10 (austin native plant society plant sale)

grasses/sedges:

  • Anthericum sandersonea (shooting star lily), 9/10 (didn’t come back after winter ’10-11)
  • Bouteloua curtipendula (sideoats grama grass), 10/10 (lbjwc native plant sale)
  • Carex ‘Indian Summer’ (orange sedge) – container, 9/08
  • Carex buchananii ‘Red Rooster’ (sedge), 9/09 (good first year, decline if don’t have lots of water…?)
  • Carex cherokeensis (cherokee sedge), 10/10 (lbjwc native plant sale)
  • Carex perdentata (meadow sedge), 10/10 (lbjwc native plant sale)
  • Chasmantium latifolium (inland sea oats, a.k.a broadleaf woodoats), 9/08
  • Liriope muscari (lily turf), 9/08
  • Muhlunbergia capillaris (pink muhly grass), 6/09, 5/11
  • Muhlunbergia dumosa (bamboo muhly) – LBJWC/Bluestem Nursery, 2/11
  • Muhlunbergia lindheimeri (big muhly grass), 10/10 (lbjwc native plant sale), 10/11 (love this one!)
  • Muhlenbergia reverchonii (seep muhly), 10/11 (lbjwc native plant sale)
  • Nassella tenuissima (mexican feather grass), 6/09 (doesn’t seem to come back very green after winter. too much moisture?)
  • Nolina lindheimeriana (bear grass/lindheimer’s nolina), 10/11 (a plant gift from will fleming nursery, hempstead, tx)
  • Ophiopogon planiscapus ‘Nigrescens’ (black mondo grass), 3/09  (s l o w  g r o w i n g, likes shade best)
  • Panicum virgatum ‘Prairie Sky’ (switch grass), 6/09, 5/10
  • Panicum virgatum ‘Shenandoah’ (switch grass), 6/09 (not very upright – downright sloppy if you ask me, could be soil/light/water conditions)
  • Paspalum humboldtianum, 9/09 (?)
  • Pennisetum ‘Princess Caroline’ (improved purple fountain grass with no inflorescence), 5/11
  • Poa arachnifera (texas bluegrass), 10/10 (lbjwc native plant sale)
  • Schizachyrium scoparium ‘The Blues’ (little bluestem), 9/09
  • Sisyrinchium sp. (blue-eyed grass) – GA:TX, 3/09
  • Trypsacum dactyloides (eastern gama grass) – LBJWC/Bluestem Nursery, 2/11
  • Trypsacum sp (?), 11/10
  • Zea diploperennis (perennial corn), x/10?

perennials:

  • Allium canadense (native texas onion), 9/10, first flowering 3/11
  • Aquilegia skinner (columbine), peckerwood gardens, 5/11 (hope this will come back in spring, disappeared over summer)
  • Asclepias asperula (green-flowered milkweed), 10/09 (transplanted from neighborhood meadow)
  • Asclepias asperula (antelope horns), 3/11 (seeds purchased from Native American Seeds of Texas) low germination rate, but i probably didn’t plant them at the right time. try again in fall.
  • Asclepias curassavica (mexican butterfly weed), 9/08 (very little came back from previous year – biannual?)
  • Asclepias curassavica (tropical milkweed), 3/10 (herbal forum – 4′ tall by 9/10! seems to have self-sown itself into ’11)
  • Asclepias viridis (green milkweed), 3/11 (seeds purchased from Native American Seeds of Texas) low germination rate, but i probably didn’t plant them at the right time. try again in fall.
  • Asclepias curassavica ‘Silky Gold’ (butterfly weed), 11/09
  • Athyrium nipponicum ‘Pictum’ (japanese painted fern), 5/10
  • Barleria cristata (Philippine violet), 3/11 (first flowers 10/11)
  • Belamcanda chinensis (blackberry lily), 09 (passalong plant (janet m.) from seed, flowering in 6/10)
  • Berlandiera lyrata (chocolate scented daisy), 9/09, 3/10
  • Buddleia ‘Blue Chip’ (butterfly bush), 8/11 (supposed to be a low grower, to 2′ x 2′, attractive to butterflies & fragrant)
  • Cestrum ‘Orange Peel’ (cestrum), 9/09 (came back bigger after each winter of ’09-10 and ’10-11. fall migrating butterflies seem to enjoy it, finally)
  • Chrysanthemum x rubellum (pink country girl mum), passalong plant (ginny s.) 9/09 (looked great thru winter – needs to be cut back)
  • Clerodendrum incisum ‘Musical Notes’ (clerodendrum), 9/08 (?)
  • Clerodendrum paniculatum ‘Pagoda’ (clerodendrum), 9/10 (didn’t survive winter ’10-11. perhaps it would’ve had it been planted in the spring…?)
  • Clerodendrum ugandense (blue butterfly bush), 9/09 (survived winter ’09-10 and ’10-11. if you ask me, this is the “hydrangea” for texas – similar growth habit. long lasting, elongating panicles of flowers. bees love the flowers. praying mantis hide away)
  • Clerodendrum wallichii ‘White Waterfalls’ (butterfly bush), 9/11 (was hoping this would be a great companion to C. ugandense, but it doesn’t seem to have survived since planting – 1 month? – soil too wet & heavy for transplanting? disappointing. keeping root in soil, will see if it regenerates)
  • Cuphea ignea ‘David Verity’ (cigar plant), 9/08
  • Cuphea llavea (bat face cuphea), 9/09
  • Dianthus carophyllus ‘Grenadin Mix’ (red/white carnation), 5/09 (needs support; falls over, yanked it)
  • Dietes bicolor (butterfly/african iris), 9/08
  • Dietes iridioides ‘Orange Drop’ (butterfly iris), 9/09
  • Digitalis purpurea ‘Foxy Dwarf’ (foxglove), 3/10 (doesn’t like summer heat)
  • Dryopteris erythrosora (autumn fern), 3/10
  • Echinacea Big Sky ‘Sunrise’ (coneflower), 5/09 – due to rot
  • Echaendia chandleri (chandler craglily), 10/10 (lbjwc native plant sale) didn’t survive winter ’10-11 but i have seeds – ooh, found it growing in same spot, under shade of wayward basil, salvia & blackberry. yay!)
  • Eupatoriadelphus purpureus (was Eupatorium fistulosum) ‘Gateway’ (joe pye weed), 9/09 (pinch back for shorter but more wind-hardy growth – or else the winds will prune it for you, spring ’11)
  • Eupatorium havanense (white mist flower, boneset), 9/08, 3/10 (more like a shrub)
  • Euphorbia cyathophora (fire on the mountain), 9/08 (pretty, but more like a very persistent weed)
  • Euphorbia sp. (euphorbia) – GA:TX, 3/09
  • Gauara lindheimeri ‘Crimson’ (gaura, whirling butterflies), 3/11 (gets really leggy, hard prune late summer for continued fall bloom)
  • Gaura lindheimeri ‘Passionate Blush’ (gaura, whirling butterflies), 7/10 (gets really leggy, hard prune late summer for continued fall bloom)
  • Hellebore sp. (lenten rose) – passalong plant (janet m.) GA:TX, 3/09 (s u p e r  s l o w  g r o w i n g . . . )
  • Hemerocallis ‘Big Smile’ (daylily), 9/09
  • Hemerocallis ‘Vanilla Fluff’ (daylily), 9/09
  • Heuchera (pink coral bells) – passalong plant (becky f.) MI:NY:TX, 8/08 (needs shade in summer)
  • Hibiscus coccineus ‘Texas Star’ (hibiscus), 9/09 (beautiful purple-pink-gray bark thru winter)
  • Iris albicans (white cemetery iris), 9/08
  • Iris hexagona (dixie or prairie iris) – Peckerwood Garden, 09
  • Iris pseudacorus (louisiana iris), passalong plant (joan h.) 9/08
  • Jatropha dioca (leatherstem, rubber plant), 2/11 (died completely to ground, but came back up, slowly…)
  • Justica betonica (white shrimp plant), 3/10 (didn’t survive winter ’10-11. actually it did, returned late summer)
  • Justica spicigera (mexican honeysuckle), 9/09
  • Kosteletzkya virginica (salt marsh mallow), 10/11 (bcmg plant swap)
  • Lantana ‘Luscious Lemonade’ (lantana), 9/10 (only one of three survived winter ’10-11)
  • Lantana sp. (red/orange lantana), 5/09
  • Leonotis leonurus (lion’s tail), herbal forum, 3/11 (first bloom 9/11)
  • Lepechinia hastata (pitcher sage), peckerwood gardens, 5/11 (didn’t take as well as i thought it would, holding on…)
  • Leucanthemum ‘Daisy May’ (daisy), 9/10 (gwa proven winners) did not survive fall or winter ’10-11
  • Liatris spicata (blazing star or gayfeather), 9/09 (i haven’t seen this… where did you go in spring ’11?)
  • Lupensis texensis (bluebonnet), 11/09 from seed, blooming 3/10 (very few plants or blooms spring ’11)
  • Lupensis texensis ‘Maroon’ (bluebonnet), 3/10
  • Marshallia caespitosa (barbara’s buttons), 10/10 (lbjwc native plant sale, first blooming 4/11)
  • Monarda ‘Peter’s Purple’ (bee balm), 9/10 – flushing out in 2/11 already… GORGEOUS, but i hope this isn’t invasive (dies back in heat of summer, foliage “sticks” holding on through fall)
  • Orthosiphon sp. (purple cat whiskers), 9/09
  • Penstemon tenuis (gulf coast penstemon), 9/10 (slow to establish, but strong after winter ’10-11. seeds? complete dieback in summer ’11. hopefully shade of beauty berry will pull it through)
  • Pulmonaira sp. (lung wort) – passalong plant (janet m.) GA:TX, 3/09 – too hot, even in the shade? will you return?
  • Pteris cretica (cretian fern), 3/09
  • Rudbeckia maxima (bog coneflower), 6/09 (great long, strong stems, persist through winter, easy to collect seeds) (spring ’11 update: must really LOVE water/wet feet. upgraded drainage in area has significantly reduced the vigor of this plant… :( no blooms spring or summer ’11
  • Ruellia brittoniana (katie ruellia), 9/09 (i hope this isn’t the invasive one)
  • Salvia ‘Snow Nymph’ (sage), 9/10
  • Salvia blepharophylla (purple leaf sage), 3/10 (herbal forum – seems to need more water than it’s getting)
  • Salvia lyrata ‘Purple Volcano’ (sage), 3/09
  • Salvia madrenis (big yellow sage), 9/08, 5/10 (winter dieback ’10-11, but coming up from root spring ’11)
  • Salvia sp. ‘Wendy’s Wish’ (magenta sage), 3/11 (proven winners says annual except in zones 9-11. spring ’11 update: has tripled in size by 6/11, fades in heat of the day, may prefer pm shade like everything else. cut to ground july or august ’11, can’t stand the heat or full sun condition – kept root in soil, will see if it returns)
  • Salvia x fruiticosa ‘Nazareth’ (dwarf silver leaf sage), 3/11 (herbal forum, a smaller growing cultivar of ‘Newe Ya’ar’. SO DISAPPOINTING! didn’t survive full sun planting out front.)
  • Salvia x fruiticosa ‘Newe Ya’ar’ (aka silver leaf sage), 9/09 (foliage looked great thru winter, awful after flowering mid-summer. best to keep woody growth cut back. left all alone summer ’11, foliage looking great! cut back dead wood)
  • Scabiosa sp. (pincushion flower), 5/09 (first bloom 5/10; knotty crown growth, yanked it, but coming back)
  • Scutellaria sp. (suffrutescent ‘Texas Rose’?) (dark pink skullcap), 9/09 (lots of dieback. hard to prune w/o ruining form of remaining plant. eh – )
  • Senna alata (candlestick plant), 3/11 – should self-sow. 6/11 update: slow to grow, now approx. 3′ tall. summer-fall ’11: probably 7-8′ tall! long limbs break in high winds, but easy enough to cut them off afterwards. provides shade to plants below. crowding out peach, canna and possumhaw… few butterflies on it (how do they get to the nectar?) but other insects, wasps & bees especially seem to enjoy it)
  • Stachys byzantina ‘Helen von Stein’ (lambs ear) 09, 3/10, 12/11 (fading in summer heat, doesn’t like to be by irrigation)
  • Stachytarpheta jamaicensis (porterweed), 9/09
  • Symphyotrichum oblongifolium (fall aster), 10/11 (lbjwc native plant sale)
  • Tagetes lemmonii (copper canyon daisy), herbal forum, 3/11 (slow to establish. seems to prefer fall growing conditions. nice fragrance)
  • Verbena rigida (sandpaper verbena), 3/11 (didn’t transplant well at all, needs constant moisture to establish?)
  • Wedelia texana a.k.a. zexmenia hispida (hairy wedelia, texas creeping oxeye), 9/08 (not freeze hardy? seems to self-sow)

bulbs, corms, tubers, etc:

  • Agapanthus x ‘Ellamae’ (lily of the nile), 09 – foliage died back winter 09/10, came back but didn’t bloom in ’10. no bloom in ’11, needs full sun?
  • Agapanthus spp. (lily of the nile), 9/10 (not sure if this came back in ’11 or not)
  • Allium sphaerocephalon (drumstick flowering onion) – did not come up/bloom spring 2009
  • Caladium ‘Mount Everest’ (caladium), 3/09 – a surprisingly good performer
  • Canna ‘Semaphore’ 1895 (canna), 5/10 – old house gardens (rotted – heat or too much compost…?)
  • Canna ‘Wyoming’ 1906 (canna), 5/10 – old house gardens (planted one wet, one dry… is definitely more robust with constant moisture) 6/11 update: appears to have the canna virus, all leaves reverting to green :(
  • Crinum sp. ‘Alba’ or ‘J.C. Harvey’ (crinum lily), 9/09 – passalong plant from Ginny Smith
  • Dahlia ‘Juanita’ 1949 (dahlia), 5/10 – old house gardens (needs pm shade structure – never bloomed but dug to replant next year)
  • Dahlia ‘Lavengro’ 1953 (dahlia), 5/10 – old house gardens (needs pm shade structure – one bloom)
  • Dahlia ‘Prince Noir’ 1954 (dahlia), 5/10 – old house gardens (needs pm shade structure) (bloomed once early summer but couldn’t take the heat)
  • Dahlia ‘Surprise’ 1955 (dahlia), 5/10 – old house gardens (needs pm shade structure – one bloom in 10/10. kept this in the ground over winter ’10-11 and it came back! wahoo! still needs constant moisture & fertilization.)
  • Dahlia ‘Thomas A. Edison’ 1929 (dahlia), 5/10 – old house gardens (rotted – heat or too much compost…?)
  • Eucomis ‘Sparkling Burgundy’ (pineapple lily), 9/10 (north haven gardens)
  • Eucomis bicolor or autumnalis (pineapple lily) – guessing at species, was unmarked at nursery, 9/09 (seems to want more sun)
  • Gladiolus byzantinus (Byzantine gladiola) – passalong plant BCMGA/Curt Oliver, seed bulbs started 2/11
  • Hippeastrum sp. (amaryllis) – passalong plant (janet m.) GA:TX
  • Hippeastrum ‘Elvas’ (amaryllis), 12/08
  • Hymenocallis liriosme (texas spider lily), 10/10 – passalong plant from Ginny Smith & friends
  • Ipheion uniflorum (spring starflower), 12/10
  • Lilium x ‘American Eagle’ (lily), 3/10
  • Ledebouria ‘Gary Hammer’ (false scilla), 9/10 (likes heat & humidity. frost sensitive? dark speckled foliage first emerging in 2/11)
  • Narcissus ‘Hawera’ (daffodil), 11/08 – first bloom 3/10
  • Narcissus jonquilla ‘Sundisc’ (daffodil), 12/10
  • Narcissus tazetta ‘Golden Dawn’ (daffodil), 11/08 – first bloom 3/10
  • Narcissus tazetta ‘Grand Primo’ (paperwhite), 11/08
  • Narcissus tazetta ‘Italicus’ (daffodil), 12/09
  • Narcissus x medioluteus ‘Twin Sisters’ (daffodil), 11/08 – did not bloom spring 2009
  • Leucojum aestivum (snowflake/snowdrop), 11/08 – did not bloom spring 2009, one bloom spring 3/11, 6/11 from Susan P.
  • Rhodophiala bifida (oxblood/schoolhouse lily), 9/08, 9/09, 6/11 from Susan Pugh
  • Rodophiala bifida ‘PINK’ (oxblood lily), 9/11 (from southern bulb co. – 3 of 3 bloomed red! kind of a bummer, but red’s okay too)
  • Scadoxus multiflora (blood lily), 9/08, more in 5/09
  • Xanthosoma alba-marginata  ‘Mickey Mouse’ (variegated taro), 11/09 (left out during frost/freeze, oops…)

herbs:

  • Aloysia triphylla (lemon verbena), 9/08, 3/11
  • Ammi visnaga (khella), 3/10
  • Anethum graveolens ‘Bouquet’ (dill), 11/09 (seeded), self sown spring ’11
  • Borago officinalis (borage), 11/09
  • Coriandrum sativum (cilantro), 9/08 (self seeded to ’10 and ’11)
  • Cymbopogon citratus (lemongrass), 9/09
  • Eucalyptus citriodora ‘Lemon Gum’ (lemon scented gum), 3/11 (doesn’t really do much here, or in a container. my friend kelly k says its stem turns rusty red when mature – she’s in california)
  • Foeniculum vulgare (fennel) 3/10 (from seed?)
  • Foeniculum vulgare ‘Nigra’ (bronze fennel), 3/09, 3/10, 5/10
  • Lavendula multifida (fern leaf lavender), 08 (may die suddenly; treat as an annual)
  • Laurus nobilis (bay) – container, 08
  • Melissa officinalis (lemon balm), 08
  • Mentha piperita ‘Chocolate’ (mint) – container, 5/09
  • Mentha spicata ‘Yerba Buena’ (spearmint) – container, 5/09
  • Mentha suaveolens (apple/double mint) – container, 5/09
  • Nepeta cataria (catnip), 9/08, 10/09, 3/10, 3/11
  • Ocimum basilicum ‘African Blue’ (basil), herbal forum, 3/11 (really tough. BIG basil. not as pungent as sweet basil)
  • Ocimum basilicum ‘citriodorum’ (lemon basil), 09, 2/10
  • Ocimum basilicum (basil), 09, 2/10
  • Ocimum basilicum ‘Cinnamon’ (basil), 2/10
  • Ocimum basilicum ‘Cinnamon’ (basil), 3/11
  • Ocimum basilicum ‘Lime’ (basil), 2/10 (poor germination)
  • Ocimum basilicum ‘Pistou’ (basil), 09, 2/10 (poor germination)
  • Ocimum basilicum ‘Purple Globe’ (basil), herbal forum, 3/11 (this is a dwarf like ‘Pistou’ but with purple flowers)
  • Ocimum basilicum ‘Purple Ruffles’ (basil), 2/10
  • Ocimum basilicum ‘Red Leaf’ (purple basil), 09, 2/10
  • Ocimum basilicum ‘Red Rubin’ (basil), 2/10
  • Ocimum basilicum ‘Summerlong’ (basil), 2/10
  • Ocimum basilicum ‘Sweet’ (basil), 2/10
  • Ocimum sp. ‘Bell Pepper’ (basil), 9/09
  • Origanum sp. (oregano), 9/08
  • Origanum x majoricum ‘Hilltop’ (oregano), 9/09
  • Petroselinum crispum (parsley), 9/08, 11/09
  • Rosmarinus officinalis ‘Arp’ (upright rosemary), x/09, x/10, 3/11
  • Rosmarinus officinalis ‘Blue Lady’ (trailing rosemary), 9/09
  • Rosmarinus officinalis ‘Madelene Hill’ (a.k.a. ‘Hill Hardy’), 3/11
  • Rosmarinus officinalis ‘Spice Islands’ (rosemary), 3/11
  • Rosmarinus officinalis ‘Tuscan Blue’ (upright rosemary), 5/09
  • Salvia elegans (pineapple sage), herbal forum, 3/11
  • Salvia x fruiticosa ‘Nazareth’ (dwarf silver leaf sage), 3/11 (herbal forum, a smaller growing cultivar of ‘Newe Ya’ar’)
  • Salvia x fruiticosa ‘Newe Ya’ar’ (aka silver leaf sage), 9/09 (foliage looked great thru winter, awful after flowering mid-summer. best to keep woody growth cut back)
  • Sorrel ‘French’ (sorrel), 10/10 (good through following spring. die back in summer heat)
  • Stevia rebaudiana (sweet leaf), 10/09 (comes back after winter die back, will take a hard pruning)
  • Tagetes lucida (mexican mint marigold), 9/08 (great yellow fall bloomer. dies back in winter)
  • Thymus ‘Golden Lemon’ (thyme), 3/09 (drought)

fruit/vegetables:

  • Allium ‘Chesnok Red’ (a purple stripe garlic), 10/10 (first harvest late 5/11), PRETTY! 10/11
  • Allium ‘German White’ (a porcelain garlic), 10/10 (producing scapes 6/11), 10/11
  • Allium ‘Inchelium Red’ (an artichoke garlic), 10/10 (first harvest late 5/11), TASTY! big bulbs, 10/11
  • Allium ‘Lorz Italian’ (an artichoke garlic), 10/10 (first harvest late 5/11), TASTY! pungent, small bulbs, 10/11
  • Allium ‘Metechi’ (a marbled purple stripe garlic), 10/10 (producing scapes ? 6/11), TASTY! big bulbs, 10/11
  • Allium ‘Siciliano’ (an artichoke garlic), 10/10 (first harvest late 5/11), small bulbs, 10/11
  • Allium ‘Sonoran’ (an asiatic garlic), 10/10 (first harvest late 5/11), small bulbs? 10/11
  • Allium ascalonicum (shallot), 11/09
  • Allium cepa ‘Pinot Rouge’ (onion), 10/10 (harvest mid 5/11) collected seeds and planted again, 9/11
  • Allium sativum ophioscorodon ‘Purple Stripe’ (hardneck garlic), 11/08 – NY:TX
  • Allium sativum ophioscorodon ‘Rocambole’ (hardneck garlic), 11/08 – NY:TX
  • Allium sativum sp (garlic on the counter – from NY or grocery store…?), 1/10
  • Allium tuberosum (garlic chives), 9/09
  • Asparagus officinalis ‘Jersey Knight’ (asparagus), 3/11
  • Basella rubra (Malabar spinach), 6/11 – passalong plant from Donna M. holy cow, this will take over the entire trellis if you let it
  • Beta vulgaris ‘Bright Lights’ (Swiss chard), 08, 09, 10 (same plant started from a six pack!)
  • Beta vulgaris ‘Bright Lights’ (Swiss chard), 2/11 – PINK fall ’11
  • Beta vulgaris ‘Red Ace’ (beet), 2/09, 10/09
  • Brassica juncea (purple mustard), seeded 3/11
  • Brassica oleracea ‘De Cicco’ (broccoli), 2/09
  • Brassica oleracea ‘Colorup Red’ (kale), 11/09 – container
  • Brassica oleracea ‘Colorup Purple’ (kale), 10/08, 11/09 – container
  • Brassica oleracea ‘Coral Queen’ (kale), 11/09 – container
  • Brassica oleracea var. acephala ‘Redbor’ (kale), 10/08 – container
  • Brassica oleracea var. botrytis ‘Violet Queen’ (cauliflower), 10/10
  • Brassica oleracea var. capitata ‘Blue Knight’ (kale), 10/10 (one of these lasted through summer drought ’11, keeping on through fall!)
  • Brassica oleracea var. capitata ‘Blue Vantage’ (cabbage), 10/10
  • Brassica oleracea var. capitata ‘Chidori Red’ (ornamental cabbage), 10/10
  • Brassica oleracea var. capitata ‘Crane Mix’ (ornamental cabbage), 10/10
  • Brassica oleracea var. capitata ‘Jewel’ (cabbage), 10/10
  • Brassica oleracea var. capitata ‘Nagoya Rose’ (ornamental kale), 10/10
  • Brassica oleracea var. capitata ‘Osaka’ (ornamental cabbage), 10/10
  • Brassica oleracea var. capitata ‘Peacock Red’ (ornamental kale), 10/10
  • Brassica oleracea var. capitata ‘Ruby Dynasty’ (cabbage), 10/10
  • Brassica oleracea var. capitata ‘Stonehead’ (cabbage), 10/10 (awesome. doing well through 5/11 in shade)
  • Brassica oleracea var. capitata ‘Tenderheart’ (napa cabbage), 10/10
  • Brassica oleracea var. gemmifera ‘Jade Cross’ (brussels sprouts), 10/10 (mice or rats ate them right off the stalk)
  • Brassica oleracea var. gongylodes ‘Early Purple’ (kolhrabi), 10/10
  • Brassica oleracea var. italica ‘Apollo’ (broccoli), 10/10
  • Brassica oleracea var. italica ‘Calabrese’ (broccoli), 2/11
  • Brassica  rapa ‘Oriental Green’ (tatsoi), 10/10
  • Capsicum annum ‘Boldog Hungarian Spice’ (pepper), 3/11 (producing peppers 10/11)
  • Capsicum annum ‘Casabella’ (pepper), 3/11 (producing peppers 10/11)
  • Capsicum annuum ‘Domain’ (bell pepper), 09
  • Capsicum annuum ‘Lipstick’ (sweet pimento pepper), 09
  • Capsicum annum ‘Mulato Isleno’ (pepper), 3/11 (producing peppers 10/11)
  • Capsicum annuum ‘Muscato’ (bell pepper), 09
  • Capsicum annuum ‘Sun Roy’ (green yellow pepper), 09
  • Capsicum annuum ‘Bolivian’ (ornamental purple pepper ), 3/10 – this is a SPECTACULAR ornamental pepper. drought tolerant. small purple-red fruit. variegated foliage. gorgeous.
  • Capsicum annuum ‘Mucho Nacho’ (jalapeno pepper), 3/10
  • Capsicum annuum ‘Pimento’ (sweet pepper), 3/10
  • Capsicum annum ‘Chilly Chili’ (ornamental pepper), 3/11 – not so thrilled with this ornamental pepper – red and yellow on same plant – eh
  • Capsicum annuum ‘Pretty in Purple’ (ornamental purple pepper), 3/10, 3/11 – not so thrilled with this ornamental pepper. green all thru summer, small fruit that is hidden by foliage
  • Capsicum annuum ‘Red Cherry’ (pepper), 3/10
  • Capsicum annuum ‘Summer’ (sweet pepper), 3/10
  • Capsicum annuum ‘Sweet Chocolate’ ( sweet pepper), 3/10
  • Capsicum annuum ‘Tobasco’ (hot pepper), 3/10
  • Capsicum annuum ‘Variegated’ (ornamental purple pepper), 3/10
  • Citrellus lanatus ‘Moon and Stars’ (watermelon), 5/09
  • Cucumis sativus ‘Straight 8′ (cucumber), 09
  • Cucumis sativus ‘Thunder’ (cucumber), 3/10 (very productive)
  • Cucumis sativus ‘Thunder’ (cucumber), 3/11 (horrible this year, drought?)
  • Cucumis ‘Savor’ (charentais melon), 3/11
  • Cucurbita sp. (sphaghetti squash), 3/11
  • Cucurbita moschata ‘Metro’ (winter butternut squash) squash borer, 09
  • Cucurbita pepo ‘Cashflow’ (zucchini squash) squsah borer, 09
  • Cucurbita pepo ‘Italiano Largo’ (hybrid summer squash) squash borer, 09
  • Cucurbita spp. ‘Black Beauty’ (summer squash) squash borer
  • Cucurbita spp. ‘Baby Bear’ (pumpkin), 09 (squash borer), 8/10, seeds emerging 2/11
  • Cynara cardunculus ‘Green Globe’ (giant artichoke), 5/09 (using as perennial/shrub) succumbed to drought ’11
  • Daucus carota spp. sativus ‘Tendersweet’ (carrot), 08, 11/09
  • Daucus carota ‘Atomic Red’ (carrot), 2/11, 10/11
  • Daucus carota ‘Dragon’ (purple carrot), 2/11, 10/11
  • Daucus carota ‘Paris Market’ (carrot), 2/11, 10/11
  • Eruca sativa ‘Slow Bolt’ (arugula), 10/10
  • Eruca sativa (arugula), 2/11
  • Fragaria ‘Everbearing’ (strawberry), 11/09
  • Fragaria ‘Sequta’ (strawberry), 11/09
  • Latuca sativa ‘Baby Red Mix’ (lettuce), 3/09, 9/09
  • Latuca sativa ‘Summer Mix’ (lettuce), 3/09, 9/09
  • Malabor basella ‘Alba’ (climbing spinach), 10/08 – container
  • Malabar basella ‘Rubra’ (climbing spinach), 9/11
  • Phaseolus vulgaris ‘Hidatsa Shield Figure’ (bean), seed saver’s exchange, 3/11, 4/11, 9/11 (rolly poly bugs will eat young plants, protect or else…)
  • Phaseolus vulgaris ‘Speckled Cranberry’ (bean), seed saver’s exchange, 3/11, 4/11, 9/11 (pretty dried beans! hoping for a better fall crop…?)
  • Phaseolus vulgaris ‘Tendergreen’ (bean), 9/09 (lasted until frost of 12/09)
  • Physalis ixocarpa ‘Gigante’ (tomatillo), 2/10 (poor seed germination)
  • Physalis ixocarpa ‘Pineapple’ (tomatillo), 2/10 (poor seed germination)
  • Physalis ixocarpa ‘Toma Verde’ (tomatillo) never produced fruit, too hot, 09
  • Pisum sativum ‘Sugarsnap’ (peas) – NY:TX, 2/09, 2/10,
  • Pisum sativum ‘Sugarsnap’ (peas) 2/11 (4 of 50 planted seeds germinated, even with overnight soaking. innoculate next year)
  • Raphanus sativus (daikon), 9/09
  • Raphanus sativus ‘Munich Bier’ (radish), 10/09, 2/11, 10/11
  • Raphanus sativus ‘Red Meat’ (radish), 2/09, 10/11
  • Rheum rhabarbarum ‘Victoria’ (rhubarb), 10/10
  • Rubus ‘Brazos’ (blackberry), 1/09 (HOLY THORNS!)
  • Rubus ‘Kiowa’ (blackberry), 1/09 (BIG berries, but THORNY growth)
  • Rubus ‘Navaho’ (blackberry), 1/09 (thornless – so much easier to manage!)
  • Solanum melongena ‘Black Bell II’ (eggplant), 3/11 (production slows down in high heat/drought, comes back once temps cool down. beautiful produce)
  • Solanum melongena ‘Prosperosa’ (eggplant), 3/11 (purple/white variety. production slows down in high heat/drought, comes back once temps cool down – but smaller fruit than ‘Black Bell II’)
  • Solanum melongena ‘India Paint’ (eggplant), 09
  • Solanum lycopersicum ‘Black Cherry’ (tomato), 09
  • Solanum lycopersicum ‘Black Pineapple’ (tomato), 09
  • Solanum lycopersicum ‘Brandywine’ (tomato), 09
  • Solanum lycopersicum ‘Celebrity’ (tomato), 8/10
  • Solanum lycopersicum ‘Early Wonder’ (tomato), 3/11
  • Solanum lycopersicum ‘Fletcher’ (tomato), 8/10
  • Solanum lycopersicum ‘Fox Cherry’ (tomato), 09
  • Solanum lycopersicum ‘Juliet’ (tomato), 3/11 (sort of pruned early summer. no produce through summer heat. pruned some more late summer. some fruit late 10/11)
  • Solanum lycopersicum ‘Mr. Stripey’ (tomato), 3/11
  • Solanum lycopersicum ‘Sun Gold’ (tomato), 09, 4/10
  • Solanum lycopersicum ‘Sun Sugar’ (tomato), 3/11
  • Solanum lycopersicum ‘Golden Rave’ (vine, paste tomato), 3/10
  • Solanum lycopersicum ‘Viva Italia’ (vine, paste tomato), 3/10
  • Sorghum bicolor (mixed colors broomcorn), 3/11 – not much color to brooms until evening temps drop below 70, 10/11
  • Spinacia oleracea ‘Indian Summer’ (spinach), 2/10, 2/11 10/11
  • Spinacia oleracea ‘Reddy Hybrid’ (spinach), 2/10, 2/11 10/11
  • Vitis labrusca ‘Black Spanish’ (Lenoir grape), 1/10

vines:

  • Aristolochia fimbriata (Fimbriata Dutchman’s Pipe – groundcover), 11/09 (was doing great, died overnight. WHY? some came back, doesn’t seem to be doing much. ants?)
  • Dolichos lablab (purple hyacinth bean), 09, self-seeded in ’10, ’11 – weaker each year. late fummer ’11 – surprising to see where it’s doing great, and i don’t recall planting them there.
  • Ipomoea batatta ‘Blackie’ (purple sweet potato vine), 3/10 (will TAKE OVER if you let it… came back after winter ’10-11)
  • Malabar basella ‘Rubra’ (climbing spinach), 9/11
  • Mascagnia macroptera (mexican butterfly vine), 9/09 (survived winter ’09-10, ’10-11 but very slow to return) seed heads look like butterflies
  • Passiflora caerulea ‘Constance Elliott’ (white passionflower vine), 9/09 (survived winter ’09/10, ’10-11 but the gulf fritiliary butterflies probably knocked it back the most. slow to recover. still no flowers 10/11, but hopeful. )
  • Senecio confusus (mexican flame vine), 9/08
  • Vitis labrusca ‘Black Spanish’ (Lenoir grape), 1/10

adopted weeds:

  • Pyrrhopappus multicaulis (texas dandelion, manystem false dandelion), blooming 3/11

annuals:

  • Amaranthus cuentus ‘Hot Biscuits’ (amaranth), 5/11
  • Anigozanthos flavidus (orange kangaroo paw), 5/09 – container, flowered only once
  • Avena sativa (cat grass), 9/08
  • Barleria cristata ‘Double Dip’ (philippine violet), 3/11 (hardy in zone 9-10, easy to root?)
  • Calibrachoa hybrid ‘Superbells Yellow’ (petunia), 2/11 (grubs seem to be eating their roots. fire ants making nests in their root ball…? appears to want additional fertilizer to grow and bloom here)
  • Coleus (coleus), 5/11
  • Dolichos lablab (purple hyacinth bean), 09, self-seeded in ’10, ’11, weaker each year
  • Eschscholzia californica (california poppy), 09
  • Euphorbia ‘Breathless Blush’ (euphorbia), 3/10 (likes shade, especially it’s crown shaded)
  • Gazania rigens (treasure flower), 9/08
  • Gerbera jamesonii (gerbera daisy), 09, 3/10
  • Helianthus annuus ‘Autumn Beauty’ (sunflower) seed heads lasted until august, 09, self-sown ’10, self-sown in ’11
  • Helianthus annuus ‘Baby Bear’ (sunflower) seed heads lasted until august, 09, self-sown ’10, self-sown in ’11
  • Helianthus annus (both varieties above) self seeded, spring ’11 plants average 10-12′ tall, in raised bed. birds LOVE them. seem to be attracting lots of beneficial insects as well.
  • Ipomoea batatta ‘Blackie’ (purple sweet potato vine), 3/10 (really, it will TAKE OVER…! two 4″ plants covered 30 feet length or so by 8/10…), 3/11
  • Justicia sp. ‘Lemon Sorbet’ (shrimp plant), 9/09
  • Lantana ‘Luscious Lemonade’ (lantana), 8/10 (“good luck…” on tag. rescue plant)
  • Matthiola incana (stock), 3/10
  • Nasturtium ‘Alaska Mix’ (nasturtium), ’08, ’09, ’10
  • Nasturtium ‘Empress of India’ (nasturtium), 09 – poor performer. poor soil?
  • Petunia x hybrida (petunia), 09 – seed blew in from neighbor’s yard, perennializing?
  • Salvia guaranitica ‘Black & Blue’ (salvia), 11/09, 3/10
  • Scirpus cernuus (fiber optic grass), 03/10 (not enough water, sweet potato vine competition)
  • Senecio cineraria (dusty miller), 11/11
  • Sorghum bicolor (mixed colors broomcorn), 3/11
  • Stemodia tomentosa (wooly stemodia), hanging pot, 9/10
  • Strobilanthes dyerianus (persian shield) – container
  • Tithonia rotundifolia ‘Fiesta del Sol’ (mexican sun flower), 3/10 (stays compact 24-30″ tall, but covered with powdery mildew, yanked it)
  • Tithonia rotundifolia ‘Goldfinger’ (mexican sun flower), 3/10 (re-seeded/two rounds per year…? only a few plants germinated spring ’11. seem to respond to deadheading for continual blooms. butterflies seem to appreciate that)
  • Viola x wittrockiana (pansy), 11/09 – container
  • Viola x wittrockiana ‘Colossus Tricolor’ (pansy), 11/11
  • Verbena bonariensis (butterfly verbena), 3/10 (herbal forum, per-annual? looking robust spring 3/11)
  • Zinnia elegans ‘Apricot Blush’, 5/11 (from seeds, germinated & bloomed best direct-seeded)
  • Zinnia elegans ‘Green Envy’, 5/11
  • Zinnia elegans ‘Polar Bear’, 5/11 (this was the best performer of the ’11 zinnas. not many insects seemed to visit the blooms though)
  • Zinnia ‘Benary’s Giant Lime’ (zinnia), 08
  • Zinnia (zinna mix), 8/10 transplanted from DIG

houseplants:

  • Alpinia ‘Midnight’ (ginger), 3/10 (@ mr.grwhryrpltd’s office. does much better with reverse-osmosis water)
  • Begonia sp. (angelwing begonia), 3/11 (with small white dots on leaves)
  • Begonia sp. (angelwing begonia), 3/11 (with small silver dots on leaves)
  • Begonia sp. ‘Cracklin’ Rosie’ (?) (angelwing begonia), 9/08
  • Hippeastrum ‘Emerald’ (amaryllis), 12/09 (transplanted to garden)
  • Hippeastrum ‘Green Goddess’ (amaryllis), 12/09 (transplanted to garden)
  • Hippeastrum ‘Zombie’ (amaryllis), 12/09 (transplanted to garden)
  • Jasminum sambac ‘Maid of Orleans’ (jasmine), 10/08
  • Peniocereus gregii (night-blooming cereus) – container, 7/09
  • Philodendron scandens (heart leaf philodendron), 2/09
  • Sanseveria trifasciata ‘Bird’s Nest’ (sanseveria), 9/09
  • Sanseveria trifasciata (mother-in-law’s tongue), 9/09
  • Selaginella uncinata ‘Peacock’ (moss fern), 9/10 (does not like our water, needs humidity – tried to rescue w/RO water but that didn’t work either)
  • Spathiphyllum sp. (peace lily), 12/0