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Inventory

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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