Mixed Border Garden
Below is a list of what has been planted in the bed over the years. The plant names with a strike through have not survived. Plants highlighted in yellow were removed because I didn't like them.
Plant Inventory
| Amaranthus | Annual |
| Asiatic Lily 'Agrippa' | Bulbs/Tubers |
| Asiatic Lily 'Lollipop' | Bulbs/Tubers |
| Asiatic Lily, 'Salsa' | Bulbs/Tubers |
| Aster 'Happy Face' | Perennial |
| Astilbe 'Prumila' | Perennial |
| Balloon Flower | Perennial |
| Bearded Iris 'Bountiful Harvest' | Bulbs/Tubers |
| Bearded Iris 'Happy New Year' | Bulbs/Tubers |
| Bearded Iris 'Lo Ho' | Bulbs/Tubers |
| Bearded Iris 'Ocean Pacific' | Bulbs/Tubers |
| Bearded Iris 'Total Recall' | Bulbs/Tubers |
| Bearded Iris, Yellow Unknown | Bulbs/Tubers |
| Bellflowers 'Bavaria Blue' | Perennial |
| Bleeding Hearts, Pink | Perennial |
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| Candytuft, White | Perennial |
| Centaurea | Perennial |
| Clematis 'Duchess of Edinburgh' | Perennial |
| Clematis 'Florida Sieboldi' | Perennial |
| Clematis 'Huldine' | Perennial |
| Clematis 'Nelly Moser' | Perennial |
| Clematis 'Polish Spirit' | Perennial |
| Clematis 'Princess Diana' | Perennial |
| Clematis 'Ernest Markham' | Perennial |
| Coleus 'Dipt in Wine' | Annual |
| Coleus 'Kong' | Annual |
| Columbine 'Blue Angel' | Perennial |
| Columbine 'McKenna's Giant' | Perennial |
| Columbine 'Pretty Bonnets' | Perennial |
| Columbine 'Songbird Cardinal' | Perennial |
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| Coneflowers 'White Swan' | Perennial |
| Coneflowers, Pink | Perennial |
| Coneflowers, Magnus | Perennial |
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| Cosmos, Dwarf Fuchsia | Annual |
| Cosmos, Seashell Lavender | Annual |
| Daffodils | Bulbs/Tubers |
| Dahlia | Annual |
| Daisy 'Snowdrift' | Perennial |
| Day Lily 'Chorus Line' | Perennial |
| Day Lily 'Mary's Gold' | Perennial |
| Day Lily 'Olive Bailey Langdon' | Perennial |
| Day Lily 'Red Magic' | Perennial |
| Day Lily 'South Seas' | Perennial |
| Day Lily 'Stella D'Oro | Perennial |
| Day Lily 'Thumbelina' | Perennial |
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| Digitalis, Foxglove | Perennial |
| Dogwood 'Kousa' | Tree |
| Dwarf Spirea Unknown Variety | Shrub |
| Elephant Ear | Bulbs/Tubers |
| Gaillardia 'Goblin' | Perennial |
| Gaillardia 'Oranges and Lemons' | Perennial |
| Geranium 'Johnson's Blue' | Perennial |
| Geranium, Pink | Annual |
| Geranium, Red | Annual |
| Gladiolus, Hardy | Bulbs/Tubers |
| Goatsbeard, White | Perennial |
| Hibiscus, Hardy | Perennial |
| Hollyhocks 'Romance Mix' | Biennial |
| Hydrangea 'Limelight' | Shrub |
| Leopard's Bane | Perennial |
| Liatris 'Floristan Violett' | Bulbs/Tubers |
| Lilac 'Miss Kim' | Shrub |
| Lilac 'Sensation' | Shrub |
| Lilies, Asiatic | Bulbs/Tubers |
| Lilies, Oriental | Bulbs/Tubers |
| Lobelia 'Cardinal Flower' | Perennial |
| Lobelia 'Kompliment' | Perennial |
| Lobelia Purple | Perennial |
| Meadowsweet Filipendula hexa | Perennial |
| Morning Glories 'Milky Way' | Annual |
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| Musk Mallow 'Alba' | Perennial |
| Nicotiana | Annual |
| Ninebark 'Diablo' | Shrub |
| Penstemon 'Husker's Red' | Perennial |
| Penstemon tubaeflorus | Perennial |
| Pieris Japonica 'Mountain Fire' | Shrub |
| Poppies, Alpine | Perennial |
| Potentilla Cinquefoil 'Goldfinger' | Shrub |
| Primrose, Cowslip | Perennial |
| Primrose, English | Perennial |
| Redburd, Eastern | Tree |
| Rose 'Arctic Flame' | Shrub |
| Rose Hybrid Tea 'Charlotte Brownell' | Shrub |
| Rose Hybrid Tea 'Helen Hayes' | Shrub |
| Rose Hybrid Tea 'Lily Pons' | Shrub |
| Rose Hybrid Tea 'Senior Prom' | Shrub |
| Rose of Sharon | Shrub |
| Rudbeckia 'Cherokee Sunset' | Perennial |
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| Rudbeckia, Black Eyed Susans | Perennial |
| Rugosa Rose 'Hansa' | Shrub |
| Salvia | Perennial |
| Sedge, Weeping | Perennial |
| Sedum 'Golden Stonecrop' | Perennial |
| Sedum 'Summer Glory' | Perennial |
| Sedum 'Tricolor' | Perennial |
| Sedum Yellow | Perennial |
| Smokebush 'Golden Spirit' | Shrub |
| St. Johnswort 'Albury Purple' | Perennial |
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| Sunflower 'Autumn Beauty' | Annual |
| Sunflower 'Moulin Rouge' | Annual |
| Sunflower, Giant | Annual |
| Tiger Lilies | Bulbs/Tubers |
| Trumpet Lilies | Bulbs/Tubers |
| Verbana, White | Annual |
| Violas | Biennial |
| Yarrow 'Cassis' | Perennial |
| Zinnia, Mix | Annual |
After a year growing plants in the new garden I found the clay soil on the left side of the garden to be quite challenging. I've been adding organic matter whenever possible and mulching with shredded cedar, but it's a slow process and this clay is like nothing I have ever seen before. I can place two plants, one on either side of the garden, and the plants on the right side where there is more of a sandy loam, grow 2-4 times bigger than the plants on the left side. It's really amazing.
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