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The back yard

 

Ah, the back yard. Not much to say about it right now. Looks pretty in winter, doesn't it? Check out the pages for the back yard island and the kid's eye view for more photos and impressions.

Currently growing in the back yard

Allium humile
Antigonon leptopus (coral vine; chain of love)
Aronia arbutifolia 'Brilliant' (red chokeberry)
Calycanthus chinensis (Chinese sweetshrub)
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Filicoides' (fernspray false cypress)
Chelone glabra 'Black Ace' (white turtlehead)
Clematis hybrids
Clematis serratifolia
Codonopsis tubulosa
Collinsia heterophylla (Chinese houses)
Crataegus phaenopyrum (Washington hawthorn)
Cydonia oblonga (quince)
Digitalis lamarckii (foxglove)
Echinacea purpurea (purple coneflower)
Eragrostis trichodes (sand love grass)
Erythrina herbacea (coral bean; Cherokee bean)
Eustoma grandiflorum (lisianthus; prairie gentian)
Forsythia viridissima var. koreana 'Kumson' (variegated Korean forsythia)
Hibiscus acetosella (red-leaf hibiscus)
Ipomoea tricolor (morning glory)
Iris xiphium (Dutch iris)
Itea virginica 'Henry's Garnet' (Virginia sweetspire)
Koelreuteria paniculata (golden rain tree)
Lilium (lilies (various species and hybrids))
Lilium michiganense (Michigan lily)
Lupinus polyphyllus (large-leaf lupin; garden lupin)
Magnolia 'Betty'
Magnolia x loebneri 'Leonard Messel' (pink star magnolia)
Nigella damascena (love in a mist)
Prunus cerasifera 'Thundercloud' (purple-leaf plum)
Pycnanthemum pilosum (hairy mountain mint; American mountain mint)
Quercus rubra (red oak)
Rhus typhina 'Bailtiger' (Tiger Eyes staghorn sumac)
Rosa 'Citrus Splash' (floribunda rose)
Rosa 'Knockout' series (Knock Out rose)
Salix matsudana 'Tortuosa' (corkscrew willow)
Salpiglossis sinuata (painted tongue)
Salvia pratensis Haematodes (meadow sage)
Scutellaria baicalensis (Chinese skullcap)
Sedum kamtschaticum (Kamtschat sedum)
Strobilanthes attenuata
Thunbergia alata (black-eyed susan vine)
Tithonia rotundifolia (Mexican sunflower)
Valeriana officinalis (common valerian; garden heliotrope)
Vernonia angustifolia (tall ironweed)

Firewood border

One of the latest little borders I dug along the fenceline surrounding the back yard is backed by our firewood pile - so I called it the firewood border. It gets morning sun and afternoon shade - not too bad conditions for many plants. It's still young, but already has some plants growing:
Acanthus hungaricus (bear's breeches)
Anemone x hybrida 'Andrea Atkinson' (Japanese windflower)
Digitalis fontanesii
Filipendula palmata 'Nana' (Siberian meadowsweet)
Hamamelis x intermedia 'Feuerzauber' (witch hazel)
Incarvillea sinensis 'Cheron'
Leptodermis oblonga
Muehlenbeckia axillaris 'Nana' (creeping wire vine)

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Last modified: August 16, 2009
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