from the Pollinator Partnership's publication Selecting Plants for Pollinators: Eastern Broadleaf Forest (Oceanic) Province (said physiographic province being the one containing all of New Jersey), the following is a list of native pollinator-friendly plants that are NOT claimed to attract bees, for my own reference:

• Aesculus pavia (red buckeye) -- ( Read more... )

so apparently even throwing money at good things I want to see stick around is no guarantee of their survival now?

I say this because I've thrown a fair deal of money over the past year or so at ShrubBucket, only to be greeted with this message on their front page today:
"ShrubBucket is facing tremendous financial difficulties and we are consulting ( Read more... )

http://www.aquilinestudios.org/plantsdbthe above is Scintilla's Plant Database, which represents 3.5 months of my time with no help from anyone else re-learning enough PHP, learning enough Ajax, and poring over upwards of a dozen independent sources, to compile the most complete and objective information I could get on (so far) almost 500 plants ( Read more... )

Plants of mine that sustained no animal damage whatsoever this year

• Lavender
  
• Daphne
  
• Camellia (japonica)
  
• Crapemyrtles
  
• Giant sequoias
  

and now, since I haven't done this anywhere else, my thoughts on all of the various nurseries from which I've bought plants.

Condursos Garden Center (NJ)
Plants bought: Shamrock Inkberry, Dwarf Fothergilla, Lil' Ditty Viburnum, Winter Gem Boxwood, Northern Bayberry x2, Bloomerang Lilac
Thoughts: I have come to expect a few things from the local garden ( Read more... )

with the first frost behind us and very little time left for any more meaningful top growth, let's review how all of my plants (photos and more info at link!) fared in the 2020 growing season:

Died outright

• Autumn Higan Cherry (Prunus x subhirtella 'Autumnalis'), presumably insufficient sunlight and drainage in its pots.
  
• Hoptree/Wafer-ash #1 (Ptelea ( Read more... )

Plants I should grow for fragrance and attracting wildlife:

• Lindera benzoin (spicebush)
  
• Calycanthus floridus (allspice/sweetshrub)
  
• Viburnum dentatum (arrowwood viburnum)
  
• Viburnum trilobum (cranberrybush viburnum)
  
• Clethra alnifolia (summersweet)
  
• Lonicera periclymenum (woodbine honeysuckle)
  

Plants I actually desire:

• Wisteria frutescens/macrostachya ( ( Read more... )