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Alan I am impressed, beautiful gardens. What are the red thistle like flowers?

I agree! beautiful gardens!

I wanna know when I can move in????

I love the crocosmia...

And the one picture, looks like the front of the house with the raised bed, rock border one,
reminds me of my grannies... she had a raised bed, with stones around it that was the same shape..
Very cool to have that in the front like that..

Yummy...I want to know what the red thistle like flower is too...

Alan you place is wonderful!!! Thanks for sharing a bit of heaven.

The red thistle like flower is beebalm. They are great to have and come in several colours.

You're right..it's Bee Balm. I have red, pink, purple and coral. It also comes in white and various light and dark shades of the other colors mentioned. Here's one of my purple ones:

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e47/alankhart/DSCF0777.jpg

Do you have to thin yours out Alan?
I have a clump, I never did much with it,
but our summers are sooo humid, it gets a
bad case of powdery mildew at the end of the season..

Yours looks very close together, was just wondering???

Alan when are you comming to visit me and organize my clay slope for me. I think you would have it looking great in just one year. I have over 160 species to plant I just can't seem to figure out how to make it look good lol.

I do thin them out every few years because they can spread alot. After they flower I usually cut them back so I get fresh foliage free from powdery mildew.

tkhooper: if I'm ever in Virginia I'll look you up and see if I can help. :-)

Alan, what are the plants with the yellow button type little flowers? And I love the purple bee balm. Was all that from last spring. Very gorgeous.

The yellow flower is Moonbeam Coreopsis. It's a great perennial that blooms for weeks and will even rebloom if you cut it back. Yes, they are all from last spring/summer.

I have coreopsis. It looks so different in your picture. I like your moon yard art too.

Sheri,
What #picture is the yellow flower you're talking about??
Just curious??????

This is the one I'm talking about. Is this coreopsis?

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e47/alankhart/DSCF0058.jpg

That's what I was thinkin' when you answered the
last post....
I don't think that those are not coreopsis either.....

Wait until Alan comes thru again...
He's got to know!!

They caught my eye too, I seem to think I've seen them in my travels *in catalogs* but can't recall what they are.....

Alan are you using mulch around your plants as weed control? If so what do you use? You have a very beautiful garden!!!

Oops! I was looking at the wrong photo when I answered your question about the yellow flowers. Those are an annual flower but I can't think of the name at the moment...I'll get back to you. It's rather unique...it looks like a yellow button with a green eye.

Comfrey: I use hardwood mulch one year followed by compost the next.

OK...sorry it took me so long. The plant is called 'Peek A Boo' Spilanthes. If you do a google search you can see a better photo and see just how odd it really looks. I just happened to run across it at a local nursery that I usually don't shop at, but I was in the the neighborhood and thought what the heck I'll stop by and see what they have. It's available in Burpee's seed catalog, but I don't know how easy it is to grow from seed.

That is such a cool plant.

I have seen those before, they're not your
run of the mill plant, and that makes them
very neat looking....

like little gumdrops or something..

Wow! I know this thread is old but I just had to reply! What stunning pictures! What is the name of the pink/white flowers above your Shasta daisies (in the 2nd picture)? I love them! Thanks for sharing these pics!

It is very beautiful. What kind of daisies are those? And is acanthus the same as bears breech?

Oh alan - how absolutely beautiful! Does anyone know what the purple foliage is in the last picture link?

daylily77- those are gladiolas, but I'm not sure what cultivar they are.

gailo- those are shasta daisies "Alaska', and yes it is the same as bear's breeches

rainie- the purple foliage is perilla

perilla - do you have a source for it, I did a google search and can't find it online, not even at bluestone perennials - I noticed it was in the mint family, so I'm assuming it must spread pretty well?

I got a ton of hits on Google by searching for Perilla. Here's information and at the top of the page, there are links to two vendors that have it for sale.

Thanks tulsa rose!!