Diohio's Garden

Won't flower. I have 2 plants and both have been struggling since I bought them years ago.

Boughtin 2005. Over winter 2006-07, the raccoons dug it up and the roots froze. I plan on replacing it.

Bought at the College Garden Sale 5-04-07 for $7.00. Remove faded flower stalks for rebloom. Attracts hummers....

I planted garlic in 2003 and 2004 and left one in my mistake. The bloom is lovely, so I'm glad I forgot it.

This pink Iris came from my internet friend Helen.

Got this one free from Linda too, 5-04-04

Hot pink Peony free from Linda 5-04-04

Bought this plant for $10.00 at Baker's Acres 2003.

Native wildflower to Ohio, HOST plant for Eastern Comma, Queston Marck, and Red Admiral butterflies. I first fo...

Given to me at a plant trade.

This plant was given to me in 2004 and I now have many from seed.

I planted one in the front and one in the back. I'm getting a nice little patch in the front now. Too earl...

A little clump was given to my by a workmate back in 1998 and I now have patches of it in different areas of the...

I've found several of these growing in our back woods. They are all very short and have never bloomed. In ...

Bought 9-13-04 from Envirotech for a few dollars. Back yard

I bought this bush in spring 2007 for $16.00 from the College Garden Sale. It's supposed to be a native. Z...

Bought 5-02-07 for $11.00 from Dorothy Sidwell, private Greenhouse. It's a doublefile and gets 2 rows of fl...

I bought Bullseye in 2005 for $6.00. It was small and is not doing very well.

I bought Sarah for $6.00. I may have lost her last year so we shall soon see.

Bought 5-12-05 from Mike (leftover College Garden Sale) for $6.00. This one may have died. We'll see in 2008.

I searched for years to find a local nursery that sold Mt. Laurel and finally in 2004 I bought my first one at W...

I got this old fashioned Iris at a plant trade in 2007. I hope to see blooms in 2008

I bought this Iris on 4-25-03 but it has only bloomed a few times for me.

I bought this Iris 4-11-07 from Van Bourgondien for $5.
To 36". 6 ruffled falls of white speckled and edg...

Someone gave me this Iris in May of 2000

Helen gave me this Iris on 5-21-02. It's another favorite.

I got this free from a friend, Linda in 2005. It was one of her seedlings. Closely related to Blackberry Lily....

Impatiens are an annual here. I buy them every spring mainly for the hummers, but butters love them too. There...

One of the first Garden Phloxes that I bought for the garden.

I bought this bearded Iris in 2004.

I don't know the name of this Iris. I have several areas of it, one in the bog and one out back. May be a ...

I bought this Iris and planted it up front. In late summer of 06 I moved it out back on the hillside.
Bearded ...

I bought this Iris at a Water Garden place and it's living in my pond. Last year I divided it and moved som...

Helen gave me this "dinnerplate" Iris on 4-21-02

Helen gave me this beautiful "Dinnerplate" Iris on 4-21-02.

Helen gave me this Iris in 2004 I believe.

One of my favorite Dahlias

Who knew that there was a Passionflower that was hardy in Ohio !! I bought one about 9 years ago and then anoth...

Wood Poppy is a perennial native of Ohio only growing in the eastern half of the state and there are two colonie...

We have a colony of Virginia Bluebells growing wild in our back woods. I've transplanted a few to the yard ...

I first found a large patch of Miami Mist about 3 miles down the road from me, right along the edge of the road....

Fire Pink is a short-lived perennial native wildflower of Ohio and is one of the only red flowers in the woods. ...

There are several Butterfly Weed plants growing wild in the overgrown field next to us. I've been sowing se...

I bought this Scarlet Trumpet honeysuckle vine June 19, 2004 specifically for the hummers. They much appreciate...

I grew this vine from a packet of seeds from WalMart ($1.07 US dollars) and the hummingbirds loved it. One fema...

Great Blue Lobelia is one of my favorite native summer perennials. It just happened to appear in my yard one sp...

My first hardy hibiscus purchased from a private greenhouse. Sweet Caroline has lovely shades of pink.

I bought this fancy Elephant Ear May 19, 2000 from Glasshouse Works here in Ohio for $20. In spring 2007 I divi...

One of the remaining waterlilies in my pond, that have survived the koi. Some are white while others look pale ...

I bought lotus Rosa Plina May 6, 2004 from my Koi breeder. She got her own little pool and gave me 4 blooms the...

I've had Blue Cohosh and Giant Blue Cohosh growing in my back woods and just now realized that they were dif...

Blue Cohosh is a native perennial that grows in my back woods and in my yard. It likes wet shade, deciduous woo...

This perennial native is one of my favorite spring wildflowers. Its flower lack nectar, quickly dropping petals...

This perennial is non-native. It was introduced from Europe as a cultivated forage crop, and is widely planted ...

This perennial native is in the mint family. Although my book says that it likes dry sunny open fields, I find ...

Native perennial root-parasite commonly found beneath or in the vicinity of Beech trees. This plant is also cal...

This flower can be perennial or biennial, is in the Aster Family and is native to Ohio. It likes dry praires, f...

This annual can grow to 30" tall. It took me years to ID this wildflower. The leaves make an excellent sa...

White Baneberry is a perennial native of Ohio, is in the Buttercup family and is also called "Doll's Ey...

A perennial native of Ohio, New England Aster is a beautiful wildflower, especially when it grows with goldenrod...

One of my favorite native spring wildflowers, Showy Orchis grows in a small colony in my back woods. It has a p...

Same as Rue Anemone only this plant has double petals. It's the only double I've ever found, and this o...

An early spring wildflower, dainty and cute. It's in the Buttercup family and is native to Ohio. It is not...

Sometimes called American Sanicle. Its root is a strong astringent. They come up wild in my yard and in our wo...

Many people consider this a weed but not in my yard. I love any blue flower, and this one looks like a mouse fa...

Spreads very nicely under hostas.
Blooms in April