Help (!) with identifying a whole garden full of plants

oops! Looks like I cross-posted with Pardalinum... At least it seems we agree, lol!

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Well, sort of, anyhow. Guess I type slower.... ;)



This message was edited Jul 16, 2007 10:03 PM

Thank you, Lucy...beginner's luck! :-)

Pardalinum, Suzy...thank you sooo much!

I just threw that rose in there to show it to you all. I'm doing something right and it's so much fun to watch it grow! :-)

With heartfelt gratitude,
Ottie

Erysimum 'Bowles Mauve' - cut this back to the new growth and it will just keep on blooming. Mine were blooming in February - and they have not slowed down at all. Erysimum are not long-lived, but it will perform stunningly until it poops out!.
Phygelius: keep an eye on this - it can go rampant, and if it fancies the soil conditions, will be EVERYWHERE it wants to be. But I really like them - I rip out anything that gets unruly.
Besides, the Hummers love them, as do the bees.
The grass looks like a Miscanthus - too hard to tell which.

Thanks very much, Katye, I appreciate that!
I am printing this all out and will use it :-)

I took another picture of the tall grass. I have two more grasses I don't know. One may be an Elizah Blue? Took a closer picture of that one too.

Elizah Blue?

And this one...that'll be the last for this garden...lol. :-)

Elijah Blue Fescue - could be this one. Hard to tell. size of clump?
The last one looks like a Phormium, but I have no clue which one.

I dont think # 2 is snow in summer I have it and it has more silverly green leaves.
And them I could be wrong mine only gets afternoon sun that could make a diff.

This message was edited Jul 17, 2007 5:57 PM

The little blue grass is a little more than a foot in diameter, they are all like that. The highest being maybe 8 inches.

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wow you guys are good. Ottie your yard looks great . Whoever landscaped it did a fine job. Right pant right place.. Very Nice. Heidi and Dragonfly

My guess on the little blue grass would be Blue Oat Grass (Helictotrichon sempervirens)

If you have Elijah Blue - it's a fescue, which stays on the small side, maybe 12 -15".
Helichtotrichon is much larger, 2' or more.

Right Kayte, under 8 inches is too small for helichtotrichon, must be a fescue