Tanks valentine..... I too both Iris and Foxglove
I also grow White Iris as well. The Foxglove grows wild here in the PacNW along the roads mine is not a wild one though.


Lainey I designated one side of my yard for my perinial bed ( the ny side ) allthough I did also do a Shade garden on the shady side of the house where I planted several Astible... Hosta's Bleeding 's etc....

I will say the TALL ones are my faves as I've also grown many a Hollyhock over the years ... had one get bout 6-7 feet tall once

Your garden looks really nIce lots of variety

 

Lainey here is another nIce TALL perinial you may want to incorporate into the back of your beds... Tiger Lillies they get bout 4-5 feet tall




&
are gorgeous for cutting

< my shade garden

note the Tree is a REALLY variety called Peely Bark Maple

for this reason>
it does need to be a bit mature to actually start the peeling process but when it does its very fun to see!

 

Hey those flowers are as tall as I am. ! I'm only 5', maybe that's why I like short compact plants. Our flower garden is not too wide, and we have those large hedges that border the yard, so I don't plant too many tall flowers....they look a bit odd in that area. Also, I've not had great luck with some of the perennials, except for the cone flowers.

That peeling bark tree is

 

[QUOTE=Lainey8484,Jul 11 2008, 04:57 AM] Hey those flowers are as tall as I am. ! I'm only 5', maybe that's why I like short compact plants.

 

I agree, vtecmom, it is a great hobby. My foxglove has never done as well as yours is doing, so I moved them this year. I don't have a good place for hollyhocks though, but they are also some of my faves. I have lambs ear and LOVE to go out and feel the leaves . They are reallllly neat. This has not been a very good year for growing things here. It was cold too long and then suddenly got scorching hot. The tender little plants had a tough time. I didn't plant many annuals, but I'll try to get some pictures of the vinca major. Its doing well. Otherwise, I don't have as many flowers as usual.

 

Sometimes Foxglove's can be a bit testie Someday I'm gonna go pull a few of the wild ones just for fun n see how they do

Yeah Hollyhocks are gorgeous till its time to cut them down still worth the work though IMO!

Too bad bout your weather.... hope you can salvage the rest of the summer's growth

I don't do too many annuals mostly just in my pots and a few Snaps.

Enjoy the rest of the season & I will look for your photos

 

Love the lamb's ear, though I don't have any planted.

Took these pics tonight while we were out walking near the ocean.

The hydrangeas seem to do really well near the ocean. We have one at home which blooms (not quite ready yet) and another which just won't seem to bloom. It's about to get chopped down!







Hope to take some current pics of our own flowers soon.

 

[QUOTE=Lainey8484,Jul 11 2008, 07:02 PM]Love the lamb's ear, though I don't have any planted.

Took these pics tonight while we were out walking near the ocean.

The hydrangeas seem to do really well near the ocean. We have one at home which blooms (not quite ready yet) and another which just won't seem to bloom. It's about to get chopped down!

 

We live on the east cost in Massachusetts.

Our "non blooming" hydrangea has had three season of either one bloom or no blooms. It's taking up a lot of space in the garden and not showing any color. That's not allowed!

We had another one that did the same thing. The guy at the garden shop told me that that is not uncommon, oh and we leave the dead sticks alone at the end of the season as we know that's where much of the growth and blooms come from in the next season, but still no luck.

I think the nail in the ground thing is to change the iron content, which will change the color of the blooms.

 

Ok I thought maybe you were on the East Coast... I'm on the West

Guess since you've given it 3 seasons yeah go ahead n yank it

Correct on the nail operation
I've never needed to do it though