davissue,

I'll bet these plants LOVED our cold spell this winter...

My denial is more in the territory of accepting that I have a mostly shade garden. I gave away three roses this spring that just couldn't get enough sun to be as glorious as I know they can be...

BettyN

OOOOOH! *envy* *envy* I LOVE your lily of the valley! Oh, I wish I had some shade! :) Maybe under my weeping cherry. So cool!

Sue,
I have rarely had any luck with any plant I have ever bought up in Washington state, and have learned my lesson even when sorely tempted by all the goodies Dan Hinkley was growing. I wish you good luck with your plants, and am impressed that you succede even with additional problems with boron, on top of the heat, lack of humidity and proper winter chilling. On second thought, a Davis winter comes much closer to proper winter chilling than here by the bay.

I find I do so much better with the high elevation tropical cloudforest plants and mediterraneans, so I stick with what I can actually keep alive and get to grow, (until we get that next killer freeze, which fortunately this winter was not it!)

So lovely! That Paeonia is gorgeous, as are all of the other plants!

I know it's probably very common, but I'm wondering about that plant in the next to last pic with the lilies, upper left, with the leaf veining. I was given a clump recently, but I know not what it is. :)

Brenda

Brenda, the plant you are asking about is
Yellow Archangel
Scientific Name: Lamiastrum galeobdolon

I thought Brenda was talking about the arum italicum

Sorry for the delay in clarification! I was talking about the Arum. I have some Lamium, and I love it. I'm now glad to have the Arum, too. :)

Brenda