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Part 5—Dreams of a Big Flower Garden: What Did I Plant?

This is my master list of the flowers and bulbs I planted this year. I may add a sorted version below this one to identify which are annuals, biennials and perennials. I need to keep track of what species germinated (and how many?), which seem to be dead, and other notes. I may add pictures as they bloom or maybe I'll do that a different way. For now, this is my list. If you have experience with any of these flowers, I'd really be interested to know that you have to say! (Easy to grow, bugs eat it, etc.) (By the way, the list of poppy species is lengthy because the "Million Poppy Seed Kit" that I got is a mixture of many different species, so I listed them all.
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Janet's 2014 Big Flower Garden
(a few of these are planted in my front garden)
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Anemone, De Caen Mixed (bulbs)
Anemone, St. Brigid (bulbs)
Aster, China Mix Callistephus
Baby's Breath Gypsophila
Bachelor Button, Mixed
Blue Star Sea Holly Eryngium
Cardinal Flower
Chamomile, German
Coneflower, Prairie “Mexican Hat” Ratibida
Coneflower, Purple Echinacea Purpurea
Coneflower, Swan White Echinacea Purpurea
Coneflower, Hybrid Mixed Echinacea Purpurea
Cosmos, Bright Lights
Cosmos, Candystripe
Cosmos, Red Dazzler
Cosmos, Seashells
Cypress Vine “Cardinal Vine” Ipomoea quamoclit
Daisy, African Mix “Cape Marigold”
Daisy, English Dwarf
Daisy, Robinsons Painted Chrysanthemum
Daisy, Shasta
Delphinium, Connecticut Yankee
Delphinium, Purple Rocket Larkspur
Foxglove, Excelsior
Freesia, Mixed Colors (bulbs)
Fringed Pinks Dianthus superbus
Gazania, Splendens Mix
Gayfeathers Liatris spicita (bulbs)
Gladiolus, Mixed Colors (bulbs)
Hibiscus, Rose of Sharon Mix Syriacus
Hollyhock, Black Alcea Rosa Nigra
Hollyhock, King Henry VII, Mixed
Ixia, Mixed (African Corn Lily) (bulbs)
Lily, Autumn Red Daylily (bare roots)
Lily, Black Prince Purple Daylily (bare roots)
Love In A Mist, Mixed
Lupine, Russell Mixed Lupinus Polyphyllus
Marigolds, Mixed
Milkweed, Orange Asclepias
Milkweed, Showy Asclepias Speciosa
Milkweed, Swamp
Morning Glory, Mixed Ipomoea
Moroccan Toadflax “Snapdragon” Mix Linaria Maroccana
Nemesia, Carnival Mix Strumosa
Petunia, Mixed Colors
Petunia, Multiflora Veined Mix
Poppy, American Legion Red
Poppy, California Escscholzia californian
Poppy, California "Apricot Flambeau" Escscholzia
Poppy, California “Ballerina” Mix Eschscholzia
Poppy, California "Champagne Bubbles" Escscholzia
Poppy, California "Sugared Almonds" Escscholzia
Poppy, Iceland Papaver nudicaule
Poppy, Lady Bird Flanders
Poppy, Oriental Scarlet
Poppy, Papaver Rhoeas varieties
Red Hot Poker, Tritoma
Rudbeckia, Black-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia, Green-Eyes
Strawflower, Tall Double Mix
Sunflower, Black Peredovik (Black Oil Sunflower Seed)
Sunflower, Maximillian
Sunflower, “False Sunny”
Sunflower, Common Helianthus annuus (Striped Sunflower Seed)
Tussock Bellflower
Wildflower, Mixed (30 Kinds)
Yarrow, White
Zinnia, Carousel Elegans
Zinnia, Creeping
Zinnia, Dwarf Sprite Mixed Pumila
Zinnia, Giant Cactus Mixed

5 comments

Stormlizard said:

I only know a few among them Janet most likely because in USA they have different popular names to the English without checking the Latin names.
Hollyhocks I do know, they were very popular in England in the 19th and early 20th century, I even have a few here.

Look forward to seeing photos whenever you upload some.

John.
9 years ago

Mickey fez said:

That is one big flower plot Janet I look forward to following it
9 years ago

Janet Brien replied to Mickey fez:

LOL, me too! It's such an adventure! :)
9 years ago

Jenny McIntyre said:

Oh my goodness Janet - you are going to have a most delightful garden if they all come up. The photo you have here is just stunning. Some of the plants you have listed above are very easy to grow, but there are some there that I've not heard of. I look forward to seeing the photos of the garden as the seeds appear to bloom.
9 years ago

Janet Brien replied to Jenny McIntyre:

Yes, we'll see about the success rate. MANY of the species are not germinating (yet). We'll see if they have a long germination time or if they are just plain dead seeds. No worries, the poppies I've planted in every section are popping up like gangbusters to fill in any sections that don't perform with what they're supposed to. So much fun! :)
9 years ago