That sounds good Sandy! I think most of my plants are for shade anyway, except for the hydrangea. It gets big snowball blooms, that go from green to white, and then turn pinkish in the fall before drying nicely to overwinter.

I looked up bleeding hearts and they sound great! I could use them as fillers for the back of my shade garden. Planted among hostas is supposed to be a good way to use them.

BTW, don't feel bad about not knowing the names. I took some horticulture classes about 12 years ago so I learned a lot from that. Before that, I didn't know much at all, and I used to mistakenly plant the wrong things in the wrong places, lol. I did that a lot. And my garden didn't look all that great, so if yours looks good, you're batting a thousand I say!

Well, I finished with my yard work tonight. I just typed a long reply and lost it with a CTRL-V.

I planted a new dogwood, cornus 'Kousa', also a Rose of Sharon in lavender. My serviceberry tree is history (long story). But the yard looks nice. I'll try to take pics if it isn't pouring rain tomorrow.

Next time that happens Wiz, try CTRL Z to get it back.

I bet your yard looks great!

I'll be going out to take some pics before the rain starts today. BTW, in my above post where I said most of my plants are shade, I meant most of my plants are sun plants. I tried to edit but it was too late last night when I tried.

Ok, I took pics, and added an album to my profile. It shows the spots where we did the most work.

DocJohn is awesome for providing this ability to us here!

nice Wiz you have been busy,

was looking at the cat too, talk about a slacker lol

Thanks Frank,

That's the baby. He's also smart, he pulls out the drain plugs and stuffs things down there. Also, he likes to chew electric wires (um, maybe not so smart?) He'll be 2 on 9/12.

I went shopping at Menards today also. I got a hydrangea tree (awesome!) for the front garden, and some groundcover plants for the back; bugleweed, and euonymus (sp?) Now I hope all this stuff survives the extra cold and snowy winter we're supposed to have? That's according to my hairdresser who quoted the Old Farmer's Almanac.

Wiz, you guys did a lot of work! Wow, it looks great!

Wiz, it looks great! Kousa Dogwood is great. You know it doesn't have pretty bracts/flowers like most dogwoods. The bracts/flowers are a greenish white and barely noticeable. It's most noted for it's foliage.

You did a lot in a very short time! It was great that your neighbor took all your sod! When we take up sod, we cut it off in 5 foot pieces and roll it up. Makes it easier to haul.

Thanks Cheryl,

On the tree tag it shows white flowers. Oh well, the tree has so many other good qualities I don't care if they aren't showy.

I also planted a Pink Diamond hydrangea. I'm going to love that one.