MunchkinsMom's Plant List

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Just starting my wildlife garden, and some off my plants are not even in the ground yet. I'm trying to get them all started this fall in hopes of a glorious spring!

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Showy Milkweed (Asclepias speciosa)
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Milkweed
Fair Oaks Nursery October 26, 2015: Transplanted (Small Bed, Fair Oaks Nursery 4" pot $5.99)
July 2, 2016: Miscellaneous Event (Starting to bud)

mature tree in summer

Pawpaw (Asimina triloba)
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May 7, 2022: Obtained plant (Arkansas Audubon (Native Sun Nursery) $25.00 6" x 16")


Water Hyssop (Bacopa)
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Hardy Ground Orchid (Bletilla Yokohama 'Kate')
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October 22, 2016: Obtained plant (UCD Plant Sale $7.50 4" Pot)
November 13, 2016: Transplanted (Deck Bed)
January 1, 2017: Miscellaneous Event (Still has leaves, hasn't entered dormancy.)
February 12, 2017: Plant emerged (Date Approximate)
March 12, 2017: Miscellaneous Event (First Buds Showing)

Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.

Chinese Ground Orchid (Bletilla ochracea 'Chinese Butterfly')
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October 22, 2016: Obtained plant (UCD Plant Sale $7.50 4" Pot)
November 13, 2016: Transplanted (Deck Bed)
December 11, 2016: Entered Dormancy (Date Approximate)
March 12, 2017: Plant emerged

Grows vigorously on the north side of my house.

Chinese Ground Orchid (Bletilla striata)
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March 12, 2016: Obtained plant (UCD Plant Sale $10.00 1 Gallon)
March 25, 2016: Miscellaneous Event (Not planted yet, but budding out.)
April 2, 2016: Miscellaneous Event (Flowers Opening, Still Too Wet to Plant)
April 12, 2016: Transplanted
February 18, 2017: Plant emerged (Date Approximate. Has multiplied to 5 plants)

Zone 9b.

Angel Trumpet (Brugmansia 'Charles Grimaldi')
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April 15, 2006: Obtained plant (Don't recall where I got it or exactly when. I'm guessing 2006 or so.)
April 15, 2006: Transplanted (Planted in a pot at NW corner of deck. Roots eventually broke the pot and went into the ground. Dies to the ground every year, but bounces back about May or June and starts blooming late July or August. )

The Angels sounded their Trumpets on Easter Sunday Morning 2019!

Angel Trumpet (Brugmansia 'Pink Beauty')
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November 2, 2016: Obtained plant (Dogwood eBay $3.95 2 1/2" x 2 1/2" Pot Received 11-02-2016 About 14" Will "up-pot" and overwinter on Patio Table to harden it up a bit, but where I can grab it and bring it in if there is frost.)

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American Beautyberry (Callicarpa americana)
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1 Plant from Dogwood, 2 Plants from Morris Nursery November 2, 2015: Obtained plant (1 Plant from dogwooderitternet eBay 18" tall w/berries $4.95, and 2 Plants from Morris Nursery 5" tall $4.50 each--All Plants Dormant in 2 1/2" x 2 1/2" pots, Overwintered in Garage)
April 26, 2016: Transplanted (2 Plants (1 from Dogwood and 1 from Morris Nursery) North Fence Rock Bed and 1 plant from Morris Nursery in Shadier Part of Large Bed)
March 15, 2017: Plant emerged (Dogwood eBay plant Leafing Out, No signs of life or either Morris plant.)
March 15, 2017: Plant emerged (Dogwood eBay plant Leafing Out, No signs of life or either Morris plant.)

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Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)
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November 2, 2015: Obtained plant (Dogwooderitternet eBay $5.95 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" Pot 5" or 6" Dormant)
November 4, 2015: Transplanted (Front Half Moon Area)
April 2, 2016: Miscellaneous Event (About 15" tall, leafing out)

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Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis Sugar Shack™)
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Have the regular size, want the smaller 'Sugar Shack' June 8, 2016: Miscellaneous Event (Ordered from Burpee)
June 16, 2016: Obtained plant (Burpee $13.96 2 1/2" Pot)
July 26, 2016: Potted up (Repotted into 1 gallon pot)
September 9, 2016: Transplanted (22" Pot Near Bridge)

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Burmese Plumbago (Ceratostigma griffithii)
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October 22, 2016: Obtained plant (Golden Pond $4.95 1 Gallon
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Desert Willow (Chilopsis linearis)
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October 10, 2015: Obtained plant (UCD Plant Sale 1 gallon, about 12" tall)
March 1, 2016: Transplanted (North fence by Pond l gallon, about 12" tall)


Desert Willow (Chilopsis linearis 'Conchas Dam Pink')
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June 10, 2016: Miscellaneous Event (Ordered from High Country Gardens $9.59)
June 17, 2016: Obtained plant (High Country Gardens 5" deep pot, about 6" tall)
June 17, 2016 - December 17, 2016: Plant Ended (Removed, Died, Discarded, etc) (Died, but High Country Gardens replaced it with 'Lucretia Hamilton' because 'Conchas Dam Pink' was sold out.)

Lucretia Hamilton

Desert Willow (Chilopsis linearis Lucretia Hamilton™)
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May 9, 2017: Obtained plant (High Country Gardens replacement for 'Conchas Dam Pink' that died. 5" deep pot, about 2" tall)

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Desert Willow (Chilopsis linearis Timeless Beauty®)
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(Absolute must-have)

Sweet pepper bush #242; RAB p. 793, 143-1-2; AG page 322, 58-20-1

Sweet Pepperbush (Clethra alnifolia)
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Immediately after transplant, accidentally totally flooded area, took several hours to drain back down, and will be more waterlogged than normal. Hope he lives through it. November 12, 2015: Obtained plant (Dagwood eBay dormant, 2 1/2" pot, Lost Tag)
April 4, 2016: Transplanted (Bog area behind rock)
June 5, 2016: Miscellaneous Event (Don't recall how tall he was when I transplanted him, but he lived through the "flood" and is about 12" tall now and looking very healthy.)

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Summersweet (Clethra alnifolia 'Hummingbird')
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(Love to have)

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Blue Mistflower (Conoclinium coelestinum)
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(Love to have)

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Gregg's Mistflower (Conoclinium greggii)
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(Love to have)

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