I started my flower journal in a paper bound book in 2017, but decided it was time to take it digital because I would have more success in keeping it digitally than in written format, attempting to print out the photos. I loved the hard book and seeing it on the table, but I was always trying to catch it up. I needed to create it in a way it was more do-able for me. My initial goal was to simply record the date of first bloom each year and to adhere a photo. Now I will be able to expand to add more photos and more information on each page. I live in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, which is in Zone 6b. These pages are my digital flower journal. Click through the pages and be surprised or see the index below.
I have been putting video snippets of my gardens on YouTube (see My Flower and Patio Haven playlist) since July 10, 2011! I invite you to go back and watch how my gardens have transformed and changed over the years. Some years I did weekly snippets because my gardens change every week! They are always evolving. My plan is to begin filming short videos of each flower to add to the individual pages.
This index is listed by scientific name alphabetically, but each listing also has the common name second. There is also an index by Family Name which is interesting to see which plants are alike under the same Family Name. In addition, the second index has a section to learn about scientific plant names, a height quick reference guide, and scientific name pronunciation helps.
Aesculus pavia L. | Red Buckeye, Scarlet Buckeye , Firecracker Plant (shrub, tree) 82
Agastache 'Black Adder' | Anise Hyssop (perennial) 58
Allium Siculum Hanging Bell Flowers (Bulb) 20
Allium 'Globemaster' | Ornamental Onion (Bulb) 48
Amsonia tabernaemontana ' Storm Cloud' | Blue Star, Blue Dogbane, Woodland Bluestar (perennial) 78
Anemone blanda 'Blue Shades' (Balkcan) | Windflowers (tuber) 9
Armeria pseudarmeria 'Ballerina Lilac' | Thrift 'Ballerina Lilac,' False Sea Thrift (perennial) 19
Callirhoe involucrata| Purple Poppy Mallow | Winecup (perennial) 24
Campanula rapunculoides | Creeping Bellflower (perennial) 54
Canna indica 'Indian Shot" (rhizome) 45
Celosia argentea Cristata ‘Variegata’ | Cockscomb Variegated (annual) 70
Cercis canadensis | Redbud, American Redbud, Judas Tree (tree) 10
Claytonia Virginica | Spring Beauty, Grass Flower, Fairy Spud (corm) 85
Coreopsis | Tickseed (perennial) 29
Daucus Caruta | Queen Anne's Lace | Bird's Nest (perennial) 36
Dianthus barbatus x Chinensis | Dianthus (perennial) 6
Echinacea purpurea | Purple Coneflower (perennial) 42
Erysimum allionii | Siberian Wallflower (biennial or perennial) (94)
Fagopyrum esculentum ‘Takane Ruby Buckwheat’ (annual) 67
Gerbera jamesoni | Gerber Daisy (annual) 47
Heliopsis helianthoides | False Sunflower | Ox-eye Daisy | Mock Sunflower (59)
Hemerocallis fulva | Ditch Lilies 56
Hemerocallis | Daylily –Peach (perennial) 28
Hibiscus Syriacus Althaea or Althea | Rose of Sharon (bush) 33
Heuchera sanguinea | Coralbells, Alumroot (perennial) 81
Hyacinthoides hispanica | Spanish Bluebells, Wood Hyacinths (bulb) 74
Hyacinthus orientalis | Hyacinth (bulb) 3
Impatiens balsamina | Garden Balsam, Rose Balsam, Touch-me-not, Spotted snapweed 68
Iris laevigata | Bearded Iris (rhizome) 18
Lagerstroemia indica x fauriei "Pocomoke' | Pocomoke Crapemyrtle | Crape Myrtle (bush) 40
Liatris pycnostachya | Prairie Blazing Star Liatris | Kansas Gayfeather (corm) 37
Syringa pubescens subsp. patula 'Miss Kim' | Lilac Miss Kim, Manchurian lilac (shrub) 14
Lilium 'orange joy' | Asiatic Lily 57
Lilium Lancifolium | Tiger Lily (bulb) 31
Liriope Spicata | Monkey Grass (perennial) 41
Malus domestica | Apple Tree (tree) 88
Mertensia virginica | Virginia Bluebells (perennial) 86
Muscari armeniacum | Grape Hyacinth (bulb) 52
Narcissus | Daffodils, Jonquil (bulb) 2
Narcissus telamonius plenus | Van Sion Daffodil (bulb) 87
Nepeta x faassenii 'Walker's Low' | Catmint (perennial) 65
Nephrolepis exaltata 'Bostoniensis' | Boston Fern | Hanging Basket Fern (perennial?) 38
Oenothera Speciosa | Pink Evening Primrose | Pink Ladies | Pink Buttercups (perennial) 22
Ornithogalum umbellatum | Star-of-Bethlehem, Grass Lily (bulb) 15
Packera obovata | Roundleaf groundsel, Squaw Weed, Roundleaf ragwort (perennial) 79
Phlox divaricata laphamii | Wild Sweet William, Woodland Phlox, Wild Blue Phlox (perennial) 12
Paeonia lactiflora | Peony (perennial) 23
Phlox paniculata | Tall Phlox (purple), Garden Phlox, Summer Phlox (perennial) 43
Phlox Paniculata Peacock Cherry Red | Garden Phlox, Summer Phlox (perennial) 63
Phlox Subulata | Moss Phlox (perennial) 13
Primula | Primrose – Evening (perennial) 49
Prunus x subhirtella 'Pendula Plena Rosea' | Double Weeping Higan Cherry (tree) 55
Puschkinia scilloides | Striped Squill (blub) 62
Rudbeckia hirta | Black-eyed Susan (perennial) 32
Redbueckia laciniata | Cut-leaf Coneflowers (perennial) 34
Rhododendron 'Rosebud' (Gable Hybrid) | Rosebud Azalea (bush) 21
Rose (climbing and yellow) (perennial) 17
Salvia horminum 'Blue Monday' Sage (annual) 66
Salvia Nemorosa 'Balyriclu' PP22919, Lyrical Blues Salvia | Meadow Sage (perennial) 25
Salvia yangii ( previously Perovskia atriplicifolia) | Russian Sage (perennial) 26
Scilla Siberica | Blue Squill, Spring Beauty (bulb) 62
Sedum spectabile | Sedum (perennial) 44
Silene Caroliniana | Wild Pink, Carolina campion, Sticky Catchfly (perennial) 11
Spiraea prunifolia | Bridal Wreath (bush) 4
Spotted Dead Nettle (perennial) 46
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae | New England Aster | Michaelmas daisy (perennial) 71
Tulipa gesneriana | Tulip (bulb) 8
Vinca minor | Vinca Vine, Lesser periwinkle, Running Myrtle (perennial) 5
Wisteria frutescens 'Amethyst Falls' American (perennial) 53
Woodland Spiderwort (perennial) 51
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