Plant Species of My Personal Garden

I am a botanist in training, so I have an ornamental garden.  This is not an ordinary garden, however, for  I have a garden that has a plant species native to every continent in the world.  (Shameless self-promotion)

I do like native plants, but I also enjoy finding rare gems from other countries (eg.  Saruma henryi)  that grow perfectly well in a Midwestern garden.  The amount of variability in the weather, of course, determines what will grow.  Illinois has a sort of climatic schizophrenia that we call weather, which helps to rule out a great number of plants.   But, there are still many left.

The full list, unsorted, lies below.  The names in bold are native plants.

Plants I Grow Currently, as of January, 2016
Corydalis “Canary Feathers”
Cyclamen hederifolium
Arum italicum- Italian Arum
Asplenium trichomanes- Maidenhair Spleenwort
Thelypteris decursive-pinnata- Japanese Beech Fern
Polystichum acrostichoides - Christmas Fern
Athyrium felix-feminia “Cristata” - Crested Lady Fern
Matteuccia struthiopteris- Ostrich Fern
Asarum europaeum-  European Wild Ginger
Asarum canadense- Wild Ginger
Erythronium albicans- White Dogtooth Violet
Polemonium reptans- Jacob's Ladder
Pieris japonica
Oxalis spp..
Aquilegia hybrids, especially with Aquilegia canadiensis- Columbine
Osmundastrum cinnamomeum- Cinnamon Fern
Galium oderatum- Sweet Woodruff
Cimicifuga racemosa/Actaea racemosa- Bugbane
Cymbalaria muralis- Kenilworth Ivy
Aster divarica- White Wood Aster
Ligularia “Bottle Rocket”
Helleborus hybrid- Lenten Rose
Ipheion unifolium- Spring Star Flower
Muscari spp.- Grape Hyacinth
Anemone blanda, various
Narcissus hybrids- Daffodils
Maianthemum canadense?- False Lily of the Valley
Viola riviniana- Labrador Violet
Polygonatum oderatum “Varigatum”- Solomon's Seal
Pulmonaria spp.- Lungwort
Carex spp.- Sedge
Dicentra hybrid- Fernleaf Bleeding Heart
Lamprocapnos spectabilis- Bleeding Heart
Ornithogalum nutans
Viola sororia- Common Blue Violet
Tricyrtis hirta- Toad Lily
Kniphofia spp.- Red Hot Poker
Trillium luteum
Claytonia virginica- Spring Beauty
Myosotis verna- Forget-me-not
Viola spp. -Yellow Violet
Itea virginica “Little Henry”- Little Henry Sweetspire
Trillium recurvatum
Trillium sessile?
Iris germania spp. - Yellow Bearded Iris
Iris germania spp. #2- White Bearded Iris
Silene regia- Royal Catchfly
Chrysanthemum hybrids
Belamcanda chinensis “Mellow Yellow”- Yellow Blackberry Lily
Dodecatheon meadia “Alba”- White Shooting Star
Epimedium spp. -Barrenwort
Hosta hybrid
Hosta plantaginea
Disporum cantoniese “Moonlight”?- Chinese Fairy Bells
Hypericum spp.- St. John's Wort
Oenothera fruticosa- Sundrops
Isotoma fluvatilis- Blue Star Creeper
Campulana poscharskyana- Serbian Bellflower
Bellium miniatum?- Miniature Daisy
Clematis hybrid
Saruma henryi?- Chinese Yellow Ginger
Spigelia marilandica?- Indian Pink
Corydalis buschii?
Leucanthemum hybrid- Shasta Daisy
Lilum hybrid- Asian Lily
Lilum hybrid - Different Asian Lily
Lycoris squamigera- Suprise Lily
Crocus X verna- mixed
Crocus spp.
Allium caeruleum- Blue Onion
Tulipa hybrids- Tulips
Sedum spp? -Wild Stonecrop
Iris verna- Dutch Iris
Allium schoenoprasum- Chives
Scutellaria incana- Skullcap
Monarda spp.- Bee Balm
Allium cernuum- Nodding Onion
Semiaquilegia spp
Platycodon grandiflora “Astra Pink”- Pink Balloon Flower
Tiarella spp.- Foamflower
Ruellia humilis- Wild Petunia

Geranium xcambrigense