Aging Gardens
of
Joe Landsberger
Saint Paul, Minnesota
West End Neighbors
Garden and History Tours
Ideas for color and
companions
in the garden:
Perennials in April |
Perennials in May |
Perennials in June |
Perennials in July |
Perennials in September
Ground covers through the months |
Shrubs through the months |
Trees through the months |
Houseplants
Installations and art |
Maintenance
Minnesota Noxious Weed List
(external link)
Minnesota
Wildflowers
(external link)
Extremely Cold Hardy Perennials
Perennial Resource
(external link)
Best Performing Perennials
Midwest Gardening (external link)
In the garden
there are no hours--
only seasons
Joe Landsberger
there are no hours--
only seasons
Virtual Tour of the Leech Goodrich Ground Covers:
April 29:
Japanese pachysandra (spurge)
An herbaceous perennial ground cover. Its leaves are evergreen--a tough winter critter for partial to full shade.
May
6:
Creeping Phlox
May
8:
Yellow thimbleweed (Anemone richardsonii hook).
Thimblweed is a bit unusual. It spreads via rhizomes (underground stems) to form a bit of a mat: I don't know how/where I got it since it is an arctic/Canadian plant.
May
8:
Common periwinkle (Vinca minor).
May
11:
Dead nettle (Lamium maculatum).
Lamium can be considered invasive but I like the leaves and it is behaving.
May
16:
Variegated Lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis)
May
17:
Phlox subulata snowflake
May
25:
Carpet bugleweed (Ajuga reptans)
Slowly replacing my lawn,
May
31:
Sedum Yellow Stonecrop with Snippet Lime Weigela
June
22:
Wild strawberry
It colonizes politely, is watered little, has white flowers in spring, and the fruits are small and tasty if the critters don’t get them first… It’s different from the wild strawberry.
Jue
20:
Blue Star Creeper (Isotoma fluviatilis) with its worker bee.
Jue
20:
Blue Star Juniper (Juniperus squamata 'Blue Star')
