The following pages show photos and a short description of the wildflowers we grow or have grown in the past. They’re arranged alphabetically by Genus — often by the traditional Genus rather than the updated ones that don’t match my reference materials.
DEFINITION OF TERMS:
- KEYSTONE means they are listed by National Wildlife Federation as core plants for a wildlife garden in my ecoregion (Ecoregion 8).
- NOT QUITE NATIVE means they are slightly out of range but adjacent to NYS as determined by GoBotany and NY Flora Atlas.
- Otherwise the plant is a NY-native or native to the area noted.
Our trees are described on the following pages:
- Acer rubrum – Red maple ‘Armstrong’ KEYSTONE
- Acer saccharum – Sugar maple KEYSTONE
- Gymnocladus dioicus – Kentucky coffee tree [SE/MIDWEST(up to PA) NATIVE]
- Prunus serotina – Black cherry tree KEYSTONE
- Quercus rubra – Red oak KEYSTONE
- Juniperus – Some kind of juniper we bought before we kept track of species
- Juniperus virginiana – Eastern red-cedar
- Thuja occidentalis – Arborvitae
- Tsuga canadensis – Canadian hemlock KEYSTONE
- Amelanchier canadensis – Eastern serviceberry KEYSTONE
- Amelanchier canadensis – Serviceberry ‘Glenform’
- Amelanchier x grandiflora – Apple serviceberry
- Amelanchier laevis – Smooth serviceberry KEYSTONE
- Cercis canadensis – Redbud [SE/MIDWEST(up to PA) NATIVE]
- Cornus alternifolia – Pagoda dogwood KEYSTONE
- Cornus florida – Flowering dogwood ‘Cherokee Princess’ KEYSTONE
Reflections
In the woods we return to reason and faith. There I feel that nothing can befall me in life—no disgrace, no calamity (leaving me my eyes), which nature cannot repair.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Forests precede civilizations and deserts follow them.
~ Chateaubriand
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The next best time is now.
~ Chinese Proverb
He that plants a tree loves others beside himself.
~ Thomas Fuller
The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.
~ Nelson Henderson