Specialty Gardening: Fall flower fillers?, 1 by sempervirens

sempervirens wrote:
Pagancat,
The birdbath came from my neighbors yard. I asked to buy it twice, once when they moved in and again when they sold the house. They said no both times then at the last minute they gave it to me. I have seen them new for sale but mine has a nice patina with age. Unfortunately it also has many cracks.

The Japanese anemone is a pretty fall flower for a shaded garden but I would site it carefully because it spreads and overwhelms its neighbors (there is also one that flowers pink). The little green balls appear after the petals fall and remain for quite a while. I pulled all those anemones out of my shade garden because I am trying to switch to a more native plant garden and my spring ephemerals would have no chance. The photo is from my neighbors garden that I planted and maintain in exchange for house repair.This is a tough garden to keep going because of the extensive root systems of trees. He completely restored most of my little screened gazebo that was rotted at minimal cost. Sometimes gardens pay for themselves, but not often.
In the photo you can see a part of that garden with the anemones and toad lilies near the fence. I threw in mums and pansies for color recently.