Week 21 Plant ID

Leucanthemum vulgare “Oxeye daisy”

Evergreen perennial - noxious weed

Full sun.

Can be somewhat controlled by mowing - doesn’t disturb the basal growth but it can remove the seeds.

Astrantia major “Masterwort”

Herbaceous perennial

Part shade is best - can take full sun in milder climates.

Easy care - no fuss. Deadhead to prolong the bloom.

Baptisia australis “Blue false indigo”

Herbaceous perennial

Full sun to slight shade.

Best not to disturb, do not divide.

Campanula persicifolia “Peachleaf bellflower”

Herbaceous perennial.

Full sun to light shade.

Tends to seed itself inside other plants.

Lavandula angustifolia “English lavender”

Evergreen shrub.

Sun best to scant shade.

Mulch with rock or gravel.

Dasiphora fruticosa “Shrubby cinquefoil”

Deciduous shrub.

Best in full sun but can take part shade - too much shade = fewer flowers.

Prune early spring, trimming flowering stems to shape. Avoid going into old wood.

Holodiscus discolor “Ocean spray” “Arrowwood”

Deciduous shrub.

Part shade to full sun.

Pruning best done after flowering, blooms on old wood.

Philadelphus coronarius “Mock orange”

Deciduous shrub

Full sun to part shade.

Blooms on last year’s wood.

Rosa x odorata ‘Mutabilis’ “China rose”

Deciduous shrub.

Best in full sun, can take slight shade.

Remove spent flowers by nipping off the finished flowers - no need to go to the next 5 leaflet leaf axil.

Stewartia pseudocamellia “Japanese stewartia”

Deciduous tree.

Sun to part shade.

Pink to red-brown and grey peeling bark.