No clue on the first. Second one, the flowers look like mustard, the leaves not so much - but maybe something in the brassica family?

Last two I would vote for amsonia, or maybe one of the milkweeds.

The white one could be achillea "The Pearl."

No clue on the yellow.

I vote for butterfly weed or milkweed. My butterfly weed looks just like that emerging from the ground.

cheers,
Norabelle

Could the first one be some kind of iberis?

Second one is bugging me because I know I've seen it but can't place it...

Dee

I will be happy if the third one is a milkweed. Maybe I need to bury it a bit, to cover the bulbous-looking thing? I am thinking the other two are things I did not plant, which means they are either weeds or visitors from someone else's garden. I am always afraid to pull things out because I think "did I plant that last year?"

Becky

becky, i'm pretty sure teh second pic with the yellow flowers is a weed--- i think it's the same thing that grows everywhere around my house. do you have a close up of the flowers?

i do the same thing-- sometimes it's impossible to tell what i planted and what is a weed, and no matter how careful i try to be about notes, they are never right LOL

No help on the first two, though think the white flowers are cute.

Could the last two be platycodyn (balloon flower) or echinops? Seems like I have seen those shiny leaves before though can't remember which plant. I didn't see anything like that when I was cleaning up the flower beds this week but it is too early for some of the perennials here. I couldn't tell if that was a bulb at the base or part of last year's old grizzled stem.

Could the last ones be Baptisia? Mine looked a lot like that when it first came back up this spring.

I can't help with the IDs but I can tell you the people in the Name That Plant forum are very good, helped me ID a salvia last year. You may have better results asking over there.

Here is a link that might be useful: Name That Plant

my guess is the second picture is a weed,sorry.
cAROL

The first one looks similar too...
Myoporum floribundum? I was cruising around the web this morning and remembered the photo from last night and happened upon a photo of the Myporum this morning the two look similar...not sure though the leaves look slightly different..? Purely a guess on my part!
'happy gardening'
bgrow_gardens

Okay, I thought the yellow one was a weed but just wanted to be sure. I am going to yank it today before it goes to seed, LOL. I have no idea what the first one is, but it would have to be something native to the U.S. because almost everything I have is native.

I am just going to have to wait on the last one. I have baptisia, I have milkweed, I have platycodon, I have echinops. None of them have had the bulbous growth on the bottom in the past, that I have noticed. I am going to predict that it will be some sort of milkweed, because I did plant a variety of seedlings a couple of years ago, and some were just starting to grow well last year. I will report back with a new picture when it reveals its true identity!

Thanks for all of the suggestions, and happy gardening! I only did a little wintersowing this year, so have fewer containers to plant out this spring. But it is still exciting watching my babies grow up.

Becky

My mystery plant number 3 is starting to bloom - tiny blue flowers. It is amsonia! I don't know which variety, and I don't know why I only have one. But it is going to be a beauty.

Becky