Saturday, May 9, 2015

2015 Updated Yard Plant List

The 2015 growing season is in full swing! There's been a lot of changes in the yard and I wanted to have an updated plant list. I'll work on a map later this season, but here's the new list!


Prairie Plants = 52
  • Big Bluestem 
  • Little Bluestem 
  • Indian Grass 
  • Fox Sedge 
  • Wild White Indigo 
  • Indigo Bush 
  • Black-eyed Susan 
  • Brown-eyed Susan 
  • Purple Blazing Star 
  • Prairie Coreopsis 
  • Hairy Mountain Mint 
  • Cardinal Flower 
  • Purple Monarda 
  • Prairie Dock 
  • Cup Plant 
  • Four types of aster (new england, aromatic) 
  • Pale purple coneflower 
  • Rattlesnake Master 
  • Stiff Goldenrod 
  • Germander 
  • Golden Alexander 
  • Butterfly Weed 
  • Sullivant's Milkweed 
  • Partridge Pea 
  • Hoary Vervain 
  • Missouri Ironweed 
  • Silvermound 
  • Spiderwort 
  • Whorled Milkweed 
  • Purple Milkweed 
  • Eastern Prickly Pear Cactus 
  • Common Milkweed 
  • Swamp Milkweed 
  • Early Goldenrod 
  • Prairie Blazing Star 
  • Nodding Wild Onion 
  • Purple Joe Pye-Weed 
  • Prairie Cinquefoil 
  • False Aster - boltonia asteroides 
  • Bellflower 
  • Northern Sea Oats 
  • Swamp Candles 
  • Maximillian Sunflower 
  • Foxglove Beardtongue 
  • Side-oats Grama 
  • Groundnut 
  • Queen of the Prairie 
  • Kankakee Mallow
  • Gray-headed Coneflower

Shade Plants = 21
  • Wild Strawberry 
  • Wild Garlic 
  • Jack-in-the-Pulpit 
  • Prairie Trillium 
  • False Solomon's Seal 
  • True Solomon's Seal 
  • Wild Geranium 
  • Columbine 
  • May Apples 
  • Black Cohosh 
  • Virginia Bluebells 
  • Wild Ginger 
  • Bloodroot 
  • Poke Milkweed 
  • Dwarf Crested Iris 
  • Big-leaved Aster 
  • Jacob's Ladder 
  • Bellwort 
  • Shooting Star 
  • Celandine Poppy 
  • Wild Blue Phlox 

Ferns = 3
  • Maidenhair Fern 
  • Ostrich Fern 
  • Cinnamon Fern

Shrubs/Trees = 11
  • Winterberry 
  • Ninebark 
  • Juniper 
  • Illinois Prairie Rose (Rosa setigera) 
  • Sandbar Willow 
  • Bladdernut 
  • Shrubby St. John's Wort 
  • Smooth-leaved Hydrangea 
  • American Hazelnut 
  • Prairie Crabapple 
  • American Chestnut tree 

Total Successful Native Plant Species = 87

There's an additional 14 species that are being worked on by seed, and I think a few of each type of plant will work.

Total Potential Native Plant Species = 100

And then the food plants! These are a lot more "in progress" than the natives, as some might not make it to maturity.

Perennial Food Plants Growing = 6

  • Apple trees 
  • Peach tree 
  • Blackberry bushes 
  • Asparagus 
  • Strawberries
  • Stanley Plums 
Annual Food Plants Growing = 35
  • Sweet Onions 
  • Shallots 
  • 5 types of Garlic 
  • Yukon Gold Potatoes 
  • Arugula 
  • Spinach 
  • Boston Lettuce 
  • Kale 
  • 3 types of carrots 
  • Zucchini 
  • Yellow Scallop Squash 
  • Pie Pumpkins 
  • Big halloween pumpkins 
  • 3 types of tomatoes 
  • 3 types of peppers 
  • Sugar Snap Peas 
  • 5 types of melons 
  • 2 types of beans 
  • Sugar beets 
  • Pickling cucumbers 

Herbs Growing = 7
  • Peppermint 
  • Sage 
  • Thyme 
  • Oregano 
  • Lemon Verbena 
  • Cilantro 
  • Fennel

Total types of food being grown = 48

Totals altogether -

Successful natives + food plants = 135
Total plant species in progress = 131