Plants in Linda's Garden

Plants in Linda's Garden Midland, Texas

What I planted, or what seeds I have ready to plant, and their status. A list unlikely to be well-maintained over the years but who knows.

Annuals, Biennials
Common Name	Botanical Name	Linda's Notes
Plains Coreopsis	Coreopsis tinctoria	seeds to be planted
Texas Sage, Scarlet Sage, Tropical Sage: Cultivar: Coral Nymph	Salvia coccinea	Planted Sep 03: Front Garden
Sweet Alyssum	Lobularia maritima	In the planters with the pansies. Died out quickly with first cold weather.
Pansies		Did really well in planter.
Morning Glory "Heavenly Blue"	Ipomoea	From Park Seeds
Moon Vine	Ipomoea Alba (calonyction)	From Park Seeds
Morning Glory "Tie Dye Blue" and "Pink" too	Ipomoea	Two colors, from Park Seeds
Skyrocket, Standing Cypress	Ipomopsis rubra	Seeds from POTS
Plains Coreopsis	Coreopsis tinctoria	Seeds from POTS
Bluebonnet	Lupinus texensis	Seeds from POTS
Arroyo Lupine, Mohave Lupine, Coulter's Lupine	Lupinus sparsiflorus	Seeds from POTS


Low Perennials, including Bulbs, Corms, Tubers
Apple Blossom Grass	Gaura lindeimeri	Cultivars: Siskyou Pink, Whirling Butterflies
Bluebells of Scotland	Campanula rotundifolia	Chilling in fridge since Nov 03 "lightly cover seed"
Shooting Star	Dodecatheon pulchellum	Chilling in fridge since Nov 03
Firecracker Penstemon	Penstemon eatonii	Chilling in fridge since Nov 03
Silver Lupine	Lupinus argentea	Chilling in fridge since Nov 03
Western Blue Flag	Iris missouriensis	Chilling in fridge since Nov 03
Blue Eyed Grass	Sisyrinchium bermudianum	Seeds From Outside Pride
Mexican Hat	Ratibida columnifera	Seeds Harvested at Todd Rd & Golfcourse Fall 03.Also a packet from POTS.
Tahoka Daisy	Aster tanacetifolius
Wine Cup	Callirhoe involucrata	POTS seeds. Planted in front yard in fall 03, none sprouted. Maybe in the spring? Small plants brought from Albuquerque POTS Fall 03 are doing great.
Blue Dicks, Wild Hyacinth	Dichelostemma pulchellum	Seeds from POTS
Blue Flax	Linum perenne lewisii	Seeds from POTS. Some planted fall 03 under mesquite in front. Growing well (needed thinning) and surviving brief freezes here.
Missouri Evening Primrose	Oenothera missouriensis	Seeds from POTS
Mexican Evening Primrose	Oenothera speciosa	Seeds from POTS. Some planted fall 03 in front garden; a few sprouted tiny seedlings but went nowhere. Maybe in spring? Also two plants (with side-shoots) from Lowe's planted a month later; doing fine.
Pineleaf Penstemon	Penstemon pinifolius	Front garden from POTS plantlet.
Coyote Mint	Monardella odoratissima	Seeds from POTS
Purple Prairie Clover	Petalostemum purpureum	Seeds from POTS
Chocolate Flower	Berlandiera lyrata	Seeds from POTS
Desert Senna	Cassia covesii	Seeds from POTS
Beebalm	Monarda menthaefolia	Seeds from POTS
Firewheel	Gaillardia aristata	Seeds from POTS
Desert Lilly	Hesperocallis undulata	Seeds from POTS
Perky Sue	Hymenoxys argentea	Seeds from POTS
Crocus Zanenburg Bronze	Crocus vernus 'Zanenburg Bronze'	Bulbs from POTS visit to Albuquerue, interplanted with Crocus bluebird from same source, October 2003. Its own page here.
Spotted Gayfeather	Liatris punctata	Seeds from POTS begin stratifying 2/14/04


Tall Perennials
Russian Sage	Perovskia atriplicifolia	Front garden, planted Sept 03
Scarlet Larkspur	Delphinium cardinale	Chilling in fridge since Nov 03
Desert Beardtongue	Penstemon pseudospectabilis	Chilling in fridge since Nov 03
James Penstemon	Penstemon jamesii	Chilling in fridge since Nov 03
Wasatch Penstemon	Penstemon cyanthus	Chilling in fridge since Nov 03
Pagoda Penstemon	Penstemon angustifolius	Chilling in fridge since Nov 03
Royal Penstemon	Penstemon spectabilis	Seeds from POTS
Purple Coneflower	Echinacea purpurea	Seeds from POTS
Bush Morning Glory	Ipomoea lepophylla	Seeds from POTS


Shrubs
Cenizo, Texas Ranger, Barometer Bush, Silverleaf, Texas Sage	Leucophyllum frutescens	By the gate in the back yard. Already here when we moved in.
Butterfly Bush Nanho Blue	Buddleia davidii var. nanhoensis	Bought Feb 04 at Walmart, potted up in the house to help bring out of dormancy.
Butterfly Bush Honeycomb	Buddleia x weyeriana	Bought Feb 04 at Walmart, potted up in the house to help bring out of dormancy.
Brown Turkey Fig	Ficus carica	Planting south side of house February 2004. Purchased from Lowe's in 1-gallon container.
Black Mission Fig	Ficus carica	Planting south side of house February 2004. Purchased from Lowe's in 1-gallon container.
Golden Currant	Ribes aureum	Germinating January 2004 Germinates eagerly in paper towel and plant pots, after pre-chilling. Its own page here.
New Mexico Locust	Robinia neomexicana	Seeds from POTS. Germinating January 2004 Germinates eagerly in paper towel or plant pots, no pre-chilling. Its own page here.
New Mexico Privet	Forestiera neomexicana	Seeds from POTS. Germinating January 2004. Its own page here.
Small-Leaved Sumac	Rhus microphyla	Seeds from POTS. Germinating January 2004
Smooth Sumac	Rhus glabra	Seeds from POTS. Germinating January 2004
Three-leaf Sumac	Rhus trilobata	Seeds from POTS. Germinating January 2004. Its own page here.
Woods Rose	Rosa woodsii	Seeds from POTS. Germinating January 2004. Not one sprout yet as of end of January.


Vines
Fragrant Honeysuckle Dropmore Scarlet	Lonicera brownii 'Dropmore Scarlet'	Bought Feb 04 at Walmart, potted up in the house to help bring out of dormancy.
Orange Trumpet Vine	Campsis radicans tagliabuana	Bought Feb 04 at Walmart, potted up in the house to help bring out of dormancy.
Yellow Trumpet Vine	Campsis radicans flava	Bought Feb 04 at Walmart, potted up in the house to help bring out of dormancy.





Trees
Afghan Pine	Pinus eldarica	Germinating January 2004. Its own page here.
Afghan Pine	Pinus eldarica	Purchased at Aldredge Gardens Feb 2004.
Jonathan Apple	Malus	Purchased at Aldredge Gardens Feb 2004.
Holland Apple	Malus	Purchased at Aldredge Gardens Feb 2004.
Chinese Pistache		Texas Superstar. Planted summer 2003 near junkyard fence
Desert Willow, Desert Orchid		Two in back yard (quite large) were just barely tree-height when we first moved in. The rest are "volunteers"
Gingko, Maidenhair Tree	Ginkgo biloba	Planted January 24, 2004 in honor of my mother's birthday.
Oak	not sure what kind...shumard perhaps?	Planted summer 2003, near junkyard fence
Ponderosa Pine	Pinus ponderosa	Germinating January 2004. Its own page here.
Southwest White Pine	Pinus strobiformis	Seeds from POTS. Germinating January 2004
Oklahoma Red Bud	Cercis canadensis	One planted outside my window Fall 2003; one planted near Gingko January 2004.


Lawn and Ornamental Grasses
Indian Ricegrass	Oryzopsis hymenoides	Chilling in fridge since Nov 03
Silver Beardgrass	Andropogon saccaroides	Seeds from POTS
Side Oats Grama	Bouteloua curtipenduira	Seeds from POTS
Big Bluestem	Andropogon gerardii	Seeds from POTS
Little Bluestem	Andropogon scoparius	Seeds from POTS
Virgin's Bower, White Clematis	Clematis ligusticifolia











Linda's Wish List
Butterfly Bush, Summer Lilac	Buddleia davidii	grows well from seed, look for a non-red/orange color (comes in white)
Mexican Bush Sage	Salvia leucantha	leggy and wild looking -- put along junkyard fence
Coral Vine, Queens Wreath	Antigonon leptopus	Junkyard fence
Crossvine, Trumpet Flower	Bignonia capreolata	Junkyard fence
Sweet Autumn Clematis	Clematis paniculata	Junkyard fence
Carolina Jessamine	Gelsemium sempervirens	Junkyard fence and front yard (back wher it used to be)
Coralberry, Indian Currant, Birds Eye Bush, Devil's Shoestring, Waxberry, Wolfberry	Symphoricarpos obiculatus	Evergreen!
Lady Banks Yellow Rose	Rosa banksia lutea
Climbing Polyantha Rose Seven Sisters	Rosa multiflora

Thanks to the folks at Dave's Garden, which has many brilliant resources for gardeners, not just the Plant Database used extensively in the list above.

Seeds Provided By:

"POTS" -- Plants of the Southwest: Great natives, plants suitable to the high desert.
Outside Pride: Lots of grasses
Park Seed: Traditional seed store (flowers, vegetables, sapling trees)

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Plants in Linda's Garden Midland, Texas

Annuals, Biennials

Low Perennials, including Bulbs, Corms, Tubers

Tall Perennials

Shrubs

Vines

Trees

Lawn and Ornamental Grasses

Linda's Wish List