plants in the backyard
calendula [Calendula officinalis] - mixed colors
Madagascar dragon tree [Dracaena marginata] - unknown (2 different cultivars, one mom got from Home Depot I-don't-know-when, the other she picked up at a garage sale two years ago)
California poppy [Eschscholzia california] - wildflower variety
chrysanthemum [Chrysanthemum indicum] - butterfield
sweet alyssum [Lobularia maritima] - carpet of snow
carnation [Dianthus caryophyllus] - giant Chabaud mixed colors
hen-and-chicks [Sempervivum tectorum] - unknown (a lady from a garage sale gave it to my mom in a plastic bag when mom mentioned that I liked plants -- this was about nine years ago)
rain lily [Zephyranthes candida] - unknown (it's grandma's cultivar and that's what I'm going to call it)
French lavender [Lavandula dentata] - unknown (Lowe's labeled it as "Spanish lavender")
zonal geranium [Pelargonium hortorum] - red? (grew from cutting back at my old apartment when they were trimming the bush in front of the apartment sign)
dill [Anethum graveolens] - Long Island mammoth
four o' clock [Mirabilis multiflora] - pink? (was here when we moved in)
European columbine
[Aquilegia vulgaris] - McKana's Giant mix
[Aquilegia vulgaris] - music mix
basil [Ocimum basilicum]- sweet basil
narcissus
[Narcissus papyraceus] - paperwhite, unknown (dug it out of the ground during volunteer day a year ago)
[Narcissus pseudonarcissus] - wild daffodil, unknown (dug it out of the flower bed my coworkers and I were preparing two years ago)
iris
[Iris, sub-genus iris, species unknown, possibly germanica] - unknown, yellow and white; looks like something between "Joyance" and "Baby Blessed" (darn it; I should've kept the packaging that year)
[Moraea grandiflora] - African iris, butterfly iris
green onion [Allium fistulosum] - white Libson bunchinig
tomato [Solanum lycopersicum] - large red cherry
potato [Solanum tuberosum] - unknown (grew from the russet potato that sprouted in the fridge)
garlic chive [Allium tuberosum] -unknown (the package doesn't say)
airplane plant [Chlorophytum comosum] - unknown (picked up an escaped plantlet from the side of the road eight years ago)
spearmint [Mentha spicata] - unknown (rescued dying plant from when I worked in green houses)
calla lily [Zantedeschia elliottiana] - white? (one of mom's coworkers divided the plant and gave her a clump)
rose [Rosa 'Madame A. Meilland'] - peace
morning glory [Ipomoea purpurea] - giant mixed colors
sweet pea [Lathyrus odoratus] - Renee's garden mix
pea [Pisum Sativum] - little marvels
celosia [Celosia argentea] - tall plume mix
amaryllis [Amaryllis belladonna] - pink? (given by girl from BIS 101)
campanula [Campanula medium] - Canterbury bells cup and saucer mix
blue flax [Linum perenne] - lewisii
parsley [Petroselinum crispum] - Italian flat-leaf
bronze loquat [Eriobotrya deflexa] - unknown (greenhouse rescue)
strawberry [Fragaria ananassa] - unknown (OSH labeled it as "strawberry")
pothos [Epipremnum aureum] - golden
+ 2 mystery plant that I have no idea, both rescued from greenhouses
forget me not
[Myosotis dissitiflora] - blue bird
[Cynoglossum amabile] - blue bird (may be mis-labeled)
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