And more plants

Yesterday we did more plant trading. I got Purple Homestead verbena, purple Siberian iris, yellow flag, white lunaria (money plant) and Polygonum cuspidatum "Freckles Mexican Bamboo" (which is not in the bamboo family). Also I added some fern leaf "Coronation Gold" yarrow. I am expecting to get a hardy tapioca from the same gardener. This will be a lovely tree like annual that I can put in a large pot, on the patio.

I am wondering if it is possible for me to have too many iris. I may have to dig another bed for the new ones.

I thinned out some crinum lilies and canna.

More trading

We've been doing more plant trading. My latest acquisitions are cleome (spider flower), black eyed susans, purple coneflower (mine just didn't come back this year), more yarrow and coreopsis. I've also put in basil, squash, cucumbers and a grape tomato. I'm still negotiating for more things, and hoping to find a home for some canna that are behind a gardenia, which is going to shade them too much this year.

The south side of the house has been a problem for me. It is out of the way and has been a mess. This year we tilled the area, and I've planted much of it with liriope (monkey grass0, black eyed susans and four o'clocks. We also added several azaleas along the property line.

More pictures soon. Some of the perennials that did nothing last year are looking very nice now.