Lecture Extras

Many audience members have asked for easy access to plant lists to accompany my lecture A Connecticut Cottage Garden: Adapting a Classic Garden Style to New England. I’m happy to oblige. If you’ve attended the program, these lists should be self-explanatory. If you have any questions, you’re welcome to contact me using the form on my Contact page.

PLANTS FEATURED IN THE PROGRAM
Asclepias tuberosa *
Butterfly weed
Aster novae-angliae and A. novi-belgii *
New England and New York aster
Buddleia ‘Pink Perfection’
Butterfly bush
Chasmanthium latifolium *
Northern sea oats
Clematis recta or C. r. ‘Purpurea’
Bush clematis
Dendranthema ‘Sheffield’
Chrysanthemum
Echinacea purpurea *
Purple coneflower
Eupatorium rugosum ‘Chocolate’ *
White snakeroot
Heliopsis helianthoides *
Ox-eye sunflower
Hemerocallis cultivars
Daylily. I have ‘Bertie Ferris’, ‘Chicago Princess’, ‘Fall Festival’, ‘Happy Returns’, ‘Ivory Sprite’, ‘Little Wine Cup’, ‘Moorea’, ‘Prairie Blue Eyes’, ‘Premier’, ‘Strawberry Hill’, ‘Suzy Wong’, ‘Zagora’ and others.
Ligularia przewalskii
Ligularia
Lobelia syphilitica *
Great blue lobelia
Monarda ‘Gardenview Scarlet’, ‘Marshall’s Delight’ and ‘Scorpion’ *
Bee balm
Persicaria polymorpha
Giant fleeceflower
Phlox maculata ‘Rosalinde’ and ‘Alpha’ *
Wild sweet William
Rheum rhubarbarum
Rhubarb
Rosa Cl. ‘American Beauty’
Rose (climbing, once-blooming type)
Rudbeckia fulgida *
Black-eyed Susan
Stachys byzantina
Lamb’s-ears
Stachys macrantha
Betony
Stachys officinalis
Betony
Veronicastrum virginicum *
Culver’s root
 

OTHER PLANTS IN THE GARDEN
Adenophora, unknown species
Ladybells
Alchemilla mollis
Lady’s mantle
Amsonia tabernaemontana *
Bluestar
Astilbe cultivars
Astilbe
Cephalaria gigantea
Giant scabious
Cimicifuga ‘Hillside Black Beauty’
Bugbane
Dahlia—exact identity unknown
Dahlia
Dicentra spectabilis
Old-fashioned bleeding heart
Geranium ‘Claridge Druce’
Geranium
Heuchera, unknown cultivar
Coralbell
Hosta, unknown cultivars
Hosta
Hydrangea arborescens ‘Annabelle’ *
Hydrangea
Kniphofia, unknown yellow cultivar
Red-hot poker
Leucanthemum ‘Becky’
Daisy
Lonicera x heckrottii
Honeysuckle
Miscanthus, unknown cultivars
Maiden grass
Nepeta cataria
Catmint
Paeonia, unknown cultivar
Peony
Panicum virgatum ‘Prairie Sky’ *
Prairie switchgrass
Pennisetum alopecuroides
Fountain grass
Phlox glaberrima, probably ‘Morris Berd’ *
Smooth phlox
Phlox paniculata ‘Starfire’ *
Tall garden phlox
Rudbeckia ‘Herbstsonne’
Cutleaf yellow coneflower
Salvia ‘East Friesland’
Sage
Sanguisorba, possibly S. obtusa
Japanese burnet
Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’
Sedum
Spiraea x bumalda ‘Coccinea’
Spirea
Thalictrum rochebruneanum ‘Lavender Mist’
Meadow rue

* Native to Eastern North America, or selections or hybrids of plants native to Eastern North America

 
FEATURED SELF-SOWING PLANTS **
Aquilegia, crosses of various tall species and cultivars
Columbine
Impatiens balsamina
Balsam impatiens
Myosotis sylvatica
Forget-me-not
Perilla frutescens
Shiso, beefsteak plant (can be too aggressive for some gardeners)
Tanacetum parthenium ‘Aureum’
Golden feverfew
Viola tricolor
Johnny jump-up

** By their very nature, plants that self-sow have the potential to become invasive; control their spread and confine them to your garden!

 
FEATURED ANNUALS
Ageratum ‘Blue Horizon’
Tall ageratum
Antirrhinum ‘Sonnet Rose’
Snapdragon
Impatiens walleriana
Common impatiens
Petunia ‘Carpet’ series
Petunia
Salvia ‘Victoria’
Sage

 
FEATURED PLANT SOURCES
The Antique Rose Emporium
http://www.antiqueroseemporium.com/
800/441-0002

Bloomingfields Farm
http://www.bloomingfieldsfarm.com/

R.I.P.
Achillea millefolium ‘Moonshine’
Anthemis tinctoria ‘Wargrave’
Artemisia ‘Valerie Finnis’
Aster ‘Mönch’
Aster novi-belgii ‘Alice Haslam’
Caryopteris x ‘Worcester Gold’
Coreopsis ‘Moonbeam’
Delphinium
Dianthus ‘Old Spice’
Echinops ritro
Gaillardia
Geranium ‘Johnson’s Blue’
Helenium autumnale
Helenium ‘Moerheim Beauty’
Lychnis coronaria ‘Alba’
Papaver orientale ‘Turkenlouis’
Pennisetum alopecuroides ‘Moudry’
Persicaria virginiana ‘Lance Corporal’
Phlox paniculata ‘Orange Perfection’
Rosa ‘Betty Prior’
Rosa ‘Bonica’
Rosa ‘Cherry Meidiland’
Rosa ‘Coral Meidiland’
Rosa ‘Martha’s Vineyard’
Rosa ‘Topaz Jewel’
Sambucus racemosa ‘Plumosa Aurea’
Saponaria x lempergii ‘Max Frei’
Veronica ‘Sunny Border Blue’
Veronica ‘White Icicle’