North Central Region
2012 USDA Plant Hardiness Zones (look up by zip code)
This is my personal Zone 4b plant list, but thought maybe others would like to see it or get inspiration/ideas from it. I’ve been trying to keep a garden journal (offline), but I rarely remember to look at it! So I thought since I spend so much time here writing about my backyard garden, I’d try keeping my list here.
2012
On my wishlist:
Zinnia, hellebores, more hostas, milkweed, azalea, rhododendron
May:
Butterfly bush, purple
Hardy Miniature Gladiolus (Mirella)
Pink Coneflower
Baby White Coneflower
Hosta (Sun and Substance)
Delphinium
Coreopsis
Jacob’s Ladder
February: (ordered online for delivery; planted in May)
Burning hearts Bleeding Heart
Mini Gladiolus
Hardy Cyclamen
January: (ordered online for spring delivery; planted in May)
Bee Balm coltrain red
Columbine crimson star
Liatris spicata violet
2011
March:
Started Italian kitchen herbs seeds indoors.
Used small plantable containers and egg cartons. They started out great under grow lights and were doing well, but when it was nearly time to move them outdoors they all died! I won’t do this again. I’m much better off with bedding plants come Spring. Since I belong to a choir, we always have a plant fundraiser in the March, so I have easy access to what I need; much better use of my time!
August:
Picked up a Sumac shrub on clearance and planted in new bed space. (Needed some anchor shrubs in this bed between 2 large trees.)
Replaced my Trumpet Honeysuckle vine which rabbits destroyed last winter.
Added a Trumpet vine to sideyard near Honeysuckle in hopes it will cover sideyard trellis where 5-yr old Honeysuckle was that rabbits destroyed.
September:
Ordered 3 hyacinth bulbs w/glass vases for forcing next Spring.
October:
Planted bulbs for Spring bloom –
Hyacinth
Daffodils
Allium
Tulips
2010
November:
Planted double pink Elodie lily I received from Aunt Robyn’s garden.
October:
Planted Allium purple sensation.
purple sensation allium
2009
May:
Planted hardy Hibiscus (ordered from Cottage Gardens via QVC.) Shared 1 with my neighbor.
Added a couple more Foxglove plants.
October:
Planted bulbs — Daffodil mix, Tulip mix,, purple Crocus
tulip
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