Sunday, May 25, 2008

Sunday Survey 4

BULB PERENNIALS
Daffodil, Narcissus
Grape hyacinth, Muscari
Hyacinth, Hyacinthus orientalis
Tulips, Tulipa

PERENNIALS
Bigroot Geranium, Geranium macrorrhizum ‘Ingewersen’s Variety’*
Bleeding Heart, Dicentra spectabilis
Bugleweed, Ajuga reptans
Chives, Allium schoenoprasum*
Coral Bells, Heuchera*
Dead nettle, Lamium
Foamflower, Tiarella
Ginger, Asarum canadense
Heucherella, Heucherella 'Stoplight'*
Lungwort, Pulmonaria
Periwinkle, Vinca
Prairie Smoke, Geum triflorum
Snowdrop Anemone, Anemone canadensis
Solomon's Seal, Polygonatum*
Strawberries, Fragaria
Woodruff, Galium odoratum
Violets, Viola

SELF-SEEDING ANNUALS
Violas, Viola*

SHRUBS
Blueberry, Vaccinium
Serviceberry, Amelanchier alnifolia

Heucherella is a cross between TIarella and Heuchera. So what do the geniuses in marketing decide to call a cross between foamflower and coral bells? Foamy bells. The made up Latin name sounds better.

Plants marked * bloomed for the first time since the previous Sunday Survey.

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