Planting Oaks's Front Yard garden

Created on Monday, 04 Feb 08

This is along the North side of the house, facing the road. There’s maybe 50 feet between the front door and the street. Shade comes from the house itself, and the ancient pine tree to the east, but it’s a very high and sparse tree, so makes negligible impact.

Garden Type: Frontyard | Sun: Partial Sun | Soil: Clay

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Day 27

crocus - Blue Pearl

Crocus chrysanthus

In amongst the peony. Pale lavender, yellow center 25x

Planted on 26 Oct 08
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Day 27

Hyacinth - Lady Derby

Hyacinthus orientalis

By front door. pink. 8x

Planted on 26 Oct 08
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Hyacinth -City of Haarlem

Hyacinthus orientalis

by front door. yellow 8x

Planted on 26 Oct 08
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Daffodil 'Kate Heath'

Narcissus

By the east door. It's more dry and shady there than I remembered, ...

Planted on 26 Oct 08
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Clematis

Clematis

One on each side of the front porch.

Planted on 17 Jul 08
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balloon flowers

Platycodon grandiflorus

My mom was growing a lot of these, but removed them to plant a hydr...

Planted on 05 May 08
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Mock Orange

Philadelphus

Big and green with little white flowers. Maybe a mock orange?
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Barbie-Pink Peony

Paeonia officinalis

Well there was a big stand of goldenrod here in the fall, but this ...
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Ancient Lilac

Syringa vulgaris

It's big. Really big. It's one of the reasons we bought the house. ...
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Ancient Yews

Taxus

Great bigguns. One on either side of the east door. Similar to the ...
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Lamb's Ear

Stachys byzantina

When I pulled out the dandelions and dead leaves by the porch, ther...
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Flowering Quince

Chaenomeles japonica

Big ugly tangle, oh, 9 ft tall? Under the edge of the "ancient pine...
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Yard violets

Viola riviniana

I suppose these are technically a weed, but I find them pretty. The...
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Really thorny rose

Rosa

Really, really thorny. A lot of it was dead. I thought it might be...
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White winter berry

Ilex verticillata

The ones one the east side had white berries. They appear to be doi...
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pink winterberry

Ilex verticillata

Foundations plantings part of the house when we bought it. The one ...
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Forsythia

Forsythia x intermedia

Another plant that came with the house. On the north east corner.
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Ancient pine

Pinus sylvestris

By the driveway on the north east. It's visible from quite a distan...
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Name	Added	Garden	Swaps Available
Japanese Anemone Anemone hupehensis	29 May 08	Front Yard Garden	Japanese Anemone (1)
Morning Glory Ipomoea tricolor	24 Mar 08	Front Yard Garden	Morning Glory (5)
mountain laurel Kalmia latifolia	04 Feb 08	Front Yard Garden	Mountain Laurel (0)