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Weerobin wrote:
Woodspirit, the 1st pix is veronica georgia blue, which looks like your plant?
Georgia Blue hugs the ground and spills out nicely between rocks, as in your picture.
But it needs at least half sun, at least around here.

Thanks for the comments guys, but you've definitely got me wrong!
You'll notice you never see a full 'garden' picture of my yard, just individual plants.
From the street, my yard looks like the woods everywhere else.
I have to get vicarious enjoyment of the real gardens of other DG'ers.
They're the real gardeners. (You know who you are...)
As for me, I have 2 acres of wooded property here in suburbia.
So naturally I focus on woodland plants which of course aren't as well known.
In the spring, they're often ephemerals which as KyWoods notes don't hang around long.
Which is why this time of year, you'll find me crawling around on hands & knees with a camera.
Here's a few more from last weekend.
#1 is the veronica peduncularis Georgia Blue, mentioned above. Full bloom right now!
#2 is a spring flowering bulb which looks great in the woods, chionodoxa.
#3 is an ephemeral corydalis, corydalis stenantha. It's really little (few inches).