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MAISON CHENAL & LACOUR HOUSE PROPERTIES & COLLECTION A Louisiana French Creole Tout Ensemble
BULBS AND RHIZOMESA
Cannas
Crinums (Crinum sp., milk and wine lily; C. erubescens, and C. americanum, Swamp Crinum; Crinum asiaticum, Giant Crinum)
Daylilies, Orange tawny; Yellow, Hyperionnums
German Iris, Bearded Iris (I germanica)
Gingers, White Butterfly (Hedychium coronarium), Yellow Butterfly
(H. flavescens), Hidden lily, Pineapple ginger (Curcuma petiolata),
Giant Hidden Ginger; Shell Ginger (Alpinia zerumbet)
Hurricqne Lily (Lycoris radiata)
Iris, (Giant Blue, Iris gigaticaerulea; Zig-Zag, I. brevicaelis; Southern
Blue flag’ I. virginica; Copper Iris I. fulva; Yellow Flag, I. pseudacorus
Jacob’s Ladder (Gladiolus byzantinus)
Montbresia (Crocosmia pottsii)
Naked Ladies (Lycoris)
Narcissus, Paper Whites, Butter and Eggs, various Daffodils
Oxalis (Oxalis violacea)
Parrot Gladiolus (Gladiolus natalensis)
Peanut Lily, Parrot Lily (Alstromeria)
Rain Lilies ( Zephyranthes citrina, yellow ;
Z. candida, pink; Z. grandiflora, white) Saint Joseph Lily
Snowflakes (Leucojum vernum)
Spider Lily (Hymenocallis occidentalis) Star Flower (Iphecon uniflorum)
Tiger Lily (Lilium tigrinum)
Trillium (T. cuneatum)
POTTED PLANTS
Asparagus Fern
Maid of Orleans (jasminum sambac) Napoleon Plume
Ornamental Orange
Rose Geranium
Yellow Water Lily (Nymphaea mexicana) Yesterday-Today –and-Tomorrow
(Brumfelsia australis)
TREES AND SHRUBS
Althea
Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum)
Banana Shrub (michelia figo)
Bay (Laurel nobilis)
Bay Magnolia (Magnolia virginiana)
Camellias, Purple Dawn; Professor Sargent; Pink Perfection Cape Jasmine (Gardenia jasminoides)
Cherry Laurel (Prunus caroliniana)
Chinaberry Tree (Melia azedarach)
Crape Myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica)
Flowering Quince (Chaenomeles speciosa)
Kumquat (Fortunella margarita)
Live Oak (Quercus virginiana)
Loquat (Eriobotrya japonica)
Magnolia grandiflora
Mimosa (Albizzia julibrissin)
Native Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana)
Night Blooming Jasmine
Olive Trees
A “jarre de Provence” is listed as part of 1808 inventory of Holden-Poydras House (Maison Chenal).
Pecan
Red Bud (Cercis Canadensis)
Red Mulberry
Roses, Mutabilis (Rosa chinensis mutibalis);
Seven Sisters; Rosa multiflora platyphyla; Duchesse De Brabant; Louis Philippe, Clotilde Soupert,
Natchitoches Noisette, Old Blush; Swamp Rose (Rosa palustria scandens); Cherokee Rose;
Several unidentified old roses
Sassafras
Sasanqua (Camellia sasanqua)
Sweet Olive (Osmanthius fragrans) Tulip Poplar (Liriodendrom tulipifera) Tung Tree
Vitex (vitex Agnus-castus) Water oak
Wax Myrtleucca
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