Again, it’s summer, so allow me to share some re-wilding (well, sorta…) that I’ve been up to in my yard. I do enjoy varietals, so excuse the not strict wild-typing here. Otherwise, I have several natives to at least the state level, if not county. (Probably my next project is going to be separating that out.) I have species/varietal info in the photo captions, and also a list from the end of the walkway to the steps in order.
Here is the list of what’s planted, in order:
- New Jersey tea
- “prairie splendor” deep rose coneflower
- “Pollynation magenta” coneflower
- “green twister” coneflower
- whorled milkweed
- butterfly flower (Asclepias tuberosa)
- “fireball” bee balm
- “ice ballet” swamp milkweed
- Hibiscus moscheutos
- Jacob’s ladder
- wild lupine
- orange coneflower (Rudbeckia fulgida)
- “pow wow white” coneflower
- “Luna red” Hibiscus moscheutos
- “sunstruck” false sunflower
- purple coneflower
- Asclepias syriaca
- New England aster
- “balmy pink” bee balm
- “Goldsturm” Rudbeckia fulgida