Plant Graveyard
Bishop’s Weed
Aegopodium p. 'Variegatum'
Reason: I figured it was only a matter of time before this aggressive plant escaped its confines, and I’d be really sorry when it did. I removed it and planted hardy geranium in its place.
Dwarf Fetterbush
Leucothoe fontanesiana 'Nana'
Reason: One of my first plants. Being a beginning gardener I think I failed to properly open and water the compacted rootball.
Emperor I Japanese Maple
Acer palmatum 'Emperor I'
Reason: This beautiful tree up and died back to within 3 inches of the soil line. I don’t know why, but just in case I replaced it with a completely different tree, a Tricolor birch.
Goatsbeard ‘Misty Lace’
Aruncus hybrid 'Misty Lace'
Reason: I was never really impressed with this plant so I let it be bulldozed along with the rest of the plants that met their doom in the great vacant lot clearing of 2019.
Golf Ball Pittosporum
Pittosporum Tenuifolium 'Golf Ball'
Reason: The north facing side of the shrub died due to frost. What a bummer, I love this shrub! Sadly I removed it, and will think twice about planting shrubs that are only hardy into zone 8.
Hardy Impatiens ‘Silver and Pink’
Impatiens omeiana 'silver and pink'
Reason: The combo of aggressiveness and lackluster appearance prompted me to pull this plant completely. Well almost completely – I’m still pulling volunteers but it’s on its way out.
Kieffer Lime
Citrus Hystix
Reason: Limped along until I gave it away after which I think it died. Probably a common fate for citrus in the Northwest!
Loganberry
Rubus × loganobaccus
Reason: I most likely accidentally pulled this guy thinking it was a bramble. Whoops!
Lupine Hybrid
Lupinus hybrid
Reason: These were always beset by aphids and leafminers by mid summer, I think because their home beneath the Douglas fir was too dry – so I pulled them out.
Micro-miniature Cattail
Typha minima 'Europa'
Reason: Sadly this plant just sort of disappeared. And I never actually saw cattail ‘sausage’ form before it died.
Mountain Pepper
Drimys lanceolata
Reason: Both specimens did terribly – eaten by root weevils and then lost most leaves over winter. If I try this one again I’ll likely put it in a pot on the deck, possibly sheltering it in the sunroom over winter.
Profuse Flowering Clematis ‘Serious Black’
Clematis recta purpurea 'Lime Close'
Reason: Grew too leggy so I pulled it. At the time I planted it, our garden was much more shaded – perhaps I will try it again someday!
Speedwell “Georgia Blue”
Veronica p. 'Georgia Blue'
Reason: If I remember correctly, slugs decimated this plant.
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