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)
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
Jue
20:
Blue Star Creeper (Isotoma fluviatilis) with its worker bee.
Jue
20:
Blue Star Juniper (Juniperus squamata 'Blue Star')