We are located 3-1/2 Miles East of Jamestown, and 4-1/4 miles West of Interstate 71, on Old Route 35.
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Plant Lists

We really do try to keep the plant lists as current as possible.  They are probably at least 98% accurate.

Undoubtedly, there are more plants in the ground that are not in either list than there are plants on the lists which are not in the ground or in a pot somewhere on the property.  The separation by category, i.e., trees, shrubs, roses OR herbaceous is, we hope, fairly obvious.  Even though some shrubs benefit from being cut back to the ground each spring, they are categorized as shrubs and not herbaceous.  Likewise, some of the herbaceous plants probably don't die back to the ground in some climates, but we don't care.  They are herbaceous here and thusly categorized. 

We make no promises as to botanical nomenclature accuracy in all cases.  We don't always keep up with nomenclature changes and sometimes, if we don't like the sound of the new name, we just ignore them.  Please bear with us; we are gardeners and plant-lovers first and foremost and Latinists only as a secondary function (being also a church musician).  We try to keep this stuff straight and really do prefer accuracy but would rather spend the time making the garden interesting than spending hours on plant identities that are not immediately obvious to us. 

Sometimes it just doesn't matter how hard one tries:  last fall, a kind and generous friend offered help and was set about with instruction on planting every one of the new (and, I must add, unfamiliar) hemerocallis on the plant list.  Each plant was placed precisely where it was supposed to go and he knows how we like things planted here: where the pots are placed, not six inches to any side; holes dug two to three times wider than the plant pot and one and half times as deep, with lots of organic matter mixed in with the native soil, and thoroughly watered in.  Imagine my reaction when, upon returning from erranding, we discovered all of the plant labels placed neatly in a pile on the work bench!  What would go through someone's mind that would tell them to NOT keep each label with the plant is utterly beyond me, but there it is.  With luck, they will be named correctly (or not) during blooming season.