100 Species: 21-30

What is this? This is a listing of 100 species of plants within walking distance of my home that I can identify. Here is the original post.

21. Gingko biloba: the maidenhair tree. This tree has no living relatives. It is the only tree with veins that all start at the stem and move up through the leaf like a fan--all other leaves are either like maples, spreading like a hand, or like an oak, coming off a center vein like fish bones. It has stinky berries, but not every tree has them. They turn a uniform yellow in the fall. I may yet fall to temptation and plant one when I take down the silver maple, but I'll probably go for a river birch instead.

22. Acer saccharum: Sugar Maple.

23. Acer rubrum: Red Maple. I am intensely interested in oaks, but maples are probably a close second. This on is indeed flame orange red in fall. It's another street tree which may prove to be its downfall, since they have wide spreading roots. But it is hardier against harsh conditions than the silver, and definitely prettier.

24. Holly: I don't know what kind of holly my neighbor has in his front yard. But that's what it is. Not a big fan--I wouldn't plant one myself, although I think I remember they are bird friendly. Still.

25. Vinca: aka periwinkle. This is my favorite ground cover because it doesn't climb. It is a ground cover, only. And the little purple flowers are nice.

26. Liriope muscari: "Monkey Grass" as Grandma Penny calls it. All of my liriope is from her stash.

27. Stella D'Oro Daylily

28. Peony: mine is a Sarah Bernhardt, which is part of the reason why I planted it.

29. Sempervivum ("live forever") Various little succulent plants around my garden. I have Autumn Joy pink ones and little yellow flowered ones that my grandmother calls hen and chicks but the noble internet disagrees.

30. Hosta. Hosta, hosta, hosta.