On to the woodland garden. I have way too much Lyre Leaf sage, it's really become a thug so it will be in every picture.

Texas Gold Columbine

Salvia Farinacea 'Augusta Duelberg'

Egyptian walking onions, also a thug, but at least it's edible :-)

A couple of really sweet little Huechera that came from last spring swap ( I can't remember whether it was Linda, Ruth or Darlene that brought it)

Looking good, Pam, and I love the bedframe....................makes quite a statement. Everything at my house has been slower than usual this year. Things will begin to pop after this nice rain and the warmer nights just ahead.

Mmm, everything looks so lush and pretty! You have a lot of plants I’ve never tried, I’m getting inspiration. :)

Don’t you love the rains we’ve been getting? Everything I planted this year is just thriving with the moisture and cool weather.

Love the headboard, too!

are you referring to the Turks Cap or salvia when you say you would yank a bunch out if the hummers didn't love it so much? I have the same feelings about Turks cap so i bought two new ones last week!!!

It's the salvia that spreads like wildfire!

Miz_G, I try to stick mostly with native plants to save water and make my life easier. They aren't as showy but I really enjoy them.

The headboard trellis is awesome. Do you Think kitty was eating hesperaloe blooms or it just wasn’t blooming? Did you know there’s one that blooms yellow and also a pink?

I treated my gulf coast penstemon really badly and it left me.

my August duelberg was out of control so I yanked it out, planted it in a large pot and sank it. Everybody’s happy.

sure do love that hinkleys Columbine. Have never heard of Egyptian onion. Will ck it out.

Does your little blue stem get red in fall? Xeric?

BossyVossy, yes that little bluestem goes very purple when it starts cooling down. Very xeric, was picked up from a field with owner permission, so it's a wild one. That part of the garden gets water once a month in the hottest part of the summer if we've had no rain. It's kind of like the Mexican Feather Grass, water phobic. I worry when we get too much rain that it will die. I love my feather grass.

If you ever get Egyptian walking onions, you will always have walking onions. Get my drift? :-) I have plenty to mail if you want, but you can be sure that they'll spread.

ETA ... the hesperaloe did get moved forward last spring so it could get more sun and I think that is what spurred the bloom. Heres the thing, we used to grow this plant (the same one from 20 years ago) in a giant pot and it bloomed like mad in our previous sunny yard. Fast forward to being home owners with a super shady yard. I divided it into 8 plants! It's been witholding blooms since that big change maybe 6 years ago.

The neighbor's cat Sarge spends more time here than in his own yard. He loves our two kitties and begs for them to come outside. He got locked in our garage last week on accident. We didn't know that he'd gone in there. His human mom texted me early the next morning that Sarge didn't come home and would I check our garage...happy ending!