Does your garden have a name, mine does.

[Nyboy]

Yes yes clematis thread !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[aftermidnight]

@thistlebloom , the best I can describe it is a long handled trowel only a little bigger, great for using in tight spaces. Here's a little description of what they were originally used for.
http://www.leevalley.com/en/shopping/techinfo.aspx?p=44346
I don't have any mukdenia, wish I did. Are we talking first picture second row, the blue in the front is Centaurea montana, a weed, I pull it out by the yard. The pink is Persicaria superba.

 

[thistlebloom]

In the second group of pictures, the top left. There is a plant to the right of the grass that has a scalloped leaf and some pink blooms above it. The leaves make me think of mukdenia, but I didn't think it got tall like that. Never know about you BCers and your exotic gardens though, haha!

I recognized your Persicaria and your Centaurea. I have Centaurea volunteers everywhere too. It was gifted to me by a client. I guess I'll never be able to forget her.

 

[thistlebloom]

Interesting bit of history to your spade! You'll have to show us a picture of it when you get the weeds pulled away from it.
And yes to the clematis thread1

 

[aftermidnight]

@thistlebloom , oh, the picture of my tree stump bed, the one with the brugmansia (not blooming), that's Astrantia, 'Haspens Blood', the little spreading pink ground cover in front of the grass is Phuopsis stylosa a relative of Sweet Woodruff.

 

[thistlebloom]

@thistlebloom , oh, the picture of my tree stump bed, the one with the brugmansia (not blooming), that's Astrantia, 'Haspens Blood', the little spreading pink ground cover in front of the grass is Phuopsis stylosa a relative of Sweet Woodruff.

Ah, Astrantia! Boy those are sure big healthy leaves. I like those dark Astrantias the best. I'm going to look up the Thuopsis. I'm looking for a pink groundcover, and yours is the first Cardiocrinum I've seen. It's a beautiful lily.

 

[aftermidnight]

@thistlebloom , a little more about the Phuopsis, I picked up my first plant at a U.B.C. plant sale, I have never seen it for sale in any of the nurseries at least up here. It does give off a bit of a musky odor at times, but I don't find it unpleasant. If you are still interested and you can't find it I could collect seed for you in the fall. It loves the sun but also does well in part shade in my garden. Grows well in poor soil and good for dry locations.

 

[aftermidnight]

I should have added some pics of the Cardiocrinum foliage so here's the foliage of the two different ones I have.

These are the leaves of the one above.


These from the other one I have, and the flower on this one has slightly different markings.



The seedpods make quite a statement well into the fall.

For those in colder climates, they can be grown successfully in tubs/half barrels if removed to a unheated garage for the colder part of the winter.
Annette

 

[thistlebloom]

@thistlebloom , a little more about the Phuopsis, I picked up my first plant at a U.B.C. plant sale, I have never seen it for sale in any of the nurseries at least up here. It does give off a bit of a musky odor at times, but I don't find it unpleasant. If you are still interested and you can't find it I could collect seed for you in the fall. It loves the sun but also does well in part shade in my garden. Grows well in poor soil and good for dry locations.

Oh, I've just been reading on the Phuopsis. It sounds like a great fit for the area I had in mind. I'll check around and see if I can locate it or have a nursery order it in for me. If that doesn't work I would definitely be interested in some of your seed. Thank you Annette!

 

[canesisters]

Wow.... Yall's gardens are what I'm hoping to get close to one day. BEAUTIFUL!!!

Since my veggi garden is in or near the chicken coop, it's named 'Bushel & Peck'. Still looking for a sign that I like enough to hang up back there.