the bedding plants

It was a lovely day of work in the dirt to set out the new plants in my back flower bed. I guess it will be a flower bed! I bought most of these because I found their foliage attractive, but really they are sold for the flowers. Here they are:

I arranged them first by final height estimates. The plant with a kind of round, spiky shape front right in the group pic is one I missed when taking individual photos later- it's Argyranthemum 'sassy pink'.

Heartleaf Brunnera 'jack frost'. It has delicate blue flowers but I got it for the stunning leaf pattern.

Columbine Aquilegia. This specimen is a lot bigger than the one I transplanted last year and it has lovely blooms. Not sure if the smaller one will come back this year...

Three varieties of Astilbe- 'purple candles', 'little vision in pink' and 'peach blossom'.

I really love the foliage of this Heucherella, foamy bells 'tapestry'. (What an odd name).

Lupine- all I've ever known of these were their flowers. I had no idea they had such pretty leaves.

Bee Balm, monarda didyma.

Larkspur Delphinium 'new millennium'- I think the foliage of this plant is really cool, too. I put this in the back of the garden area- label says it could get six feet tall!

Another new favorite for its silvery blue-green leaves is this 'Beaujolais' Lysimachia. I have to keep an eye on this one- I place it on a slope where the ground is drier, because in damp areas it can get invasive.

They look so insignificant across the expanse of still-naked ground. I hope some of them will get big enough that I can divide and spread them in a year or two.

While planting I found a few fiddleheads coming up from my ferns which I thought had died last year!

And these two are not in the general bedding area, but against posts flanking the little garden plots. I've always wanted to have clematis, and hope they are not too finicky. These are both purple varieties with people names- 'H.F. Young' and 'Mrs. N. Thompson' which I will never remember unless I look at this post again.