Tropaeolum majus 'Jewel' (Nasturtium)

Helianthus annuus 'Mammoth' (Russian Mammoth Sunflower)

Here's some of our sunflowers from this season. After the flower petals fade, the face of the plant kind of starts to roll up. Maybe because of the weight of the seeds? We harvested about a half a dozen flower heads this weekend, and got about 1.5 lunch bags (the brown paper kind from school days) full of seeds. Yum!

Bacopa

Acer rubrum (Red Maple)

This tree has been moved to Chris's Bonsai garden.

Cornus florida (White Flowering Dogwood)

This tree has been moved to Chris's Bonsai Garden.

Euphorbia dulcis 'Chameleon' (Purple Spurge)

April 2008

Planted 2 in Fall 2007. Location: Under Hawthorn and just outside master bedroom window.

Papaver orientale (Oriental Poppy)

I bought a pack of mixed colors, so we'll see what colors I end up getting. It's too bad that the foliage of this plant looks so much like a weed!

Tulipa 'Queen of Night' (Tulip)

Well, so much for accuracy in labeling. The first picture might be 'Queen of Night', and maaaaybe the second, but the others aren't, that's for sure. I'm putting them all in this post, though, since I have no idea what they might be. They were all taken in May 2008.



Planted 20 in Fall 2007. Location: West beds near the gate.

Single Late Group. Late Spring.

Tulipa praestans 'Van Tubergen's Variety' (Tulip)

Planted 20 in Fall 2007. Location: Under the big Maple. 2008 blooms: April 3-15. Very small, about 6" tall.

Helenium autumnale 'Helena Gold' (Jackpot Sneezeweed)

September 2007

Planted 6 in fall 2007. Only 2 survived. Location: One near the big maple and one east of the cherry tree.