My Garden - Front meadow
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Legend
Canopy
1. black cherry (prunus serotina), planted Apr 30, 2025)2. Chestnut (hybrid)
3. some kind of maple
Understory
4. Lilac5. Flowering cherry (non-native)
6. Eastern redbuds
X. Japanese maple (felled)
f. False holly (non-native)
h. American hornbeam
?. Not sure what this tree is
Shrub
e. elderberryr. red osier dogwoods
Herbaceous
a. hemp dogbane (Apocynum cannabinum)1b. eastern bluestar (Amsonia tabernaemontana)1
c. mistflower (Conoclinium coelestinum)1
g. wild geranium (Geranium maculatum)1
i. blue flag iris (Iris veriscolor)1
l. sundial lupine1
M. common milkweed
m. butterfly milkweed
o. obediant plant1
S. sweet goldenrod (solidago odora)1
t. Ohio spiderwort (Tradescantia ohiensis)1
V. Virginia pepperweed1
w. Japanese wineberry (non-native)
Groundcover
p. American plantain1s. spotted spurge
v. common blue violet2
y. yellow woodsorrel
Other
◘ - lamppost
1. Seeds planted in fall 2025; yet to see how they do.
2. In addition to plants, I spread dozens of seeds in front of the plants.
Blog posts related to this area of the garden:
Stone border added along road
January 11, 2026
planting log,
herbaceous
Fall 2025
January 11, 2026
planting log,
trees,
herbaceous,
seed collection,
wildlife,
seasonal review
Japanese maple felled
October 16, 2025
trees
Summer 2025
September 29, 2025
trees,
shrubs,
herbaceous,
vegetables,
fruit,
lepidoptera,
seasonal review,
planting log
Blue jays in lilac
September 22, 2025
wildlife,
observations
Monarch caterpillars
August 23, 2025
wildlife,
lepidoptera,
observations,
milkweed
Possible monarch butterfly
July 26, 2025
wildlife,
observations,
lepidoptera,
milkweed
Spring 2025
June 22, 2025
trees,
vegetables,
fruit,
wildlife,
herbaceous,
shrubs,
seasonal review
Lilac tree blooming
June 1, 2025
trees,
observations
Deer
April 21, 2025
wildlife,
observations
Winter 2024/25
March 21, 2025
seasonal review
Elderberry cuttings planted
February 2, 2025
fruit
Second Chestnut Planted
December 10, 2024
trees
Started holly hedge (again)
October 19, 2024
shrubs
American hornbeam planted
May 11, 2024
trees