If those dry, woody stalks emerging from the root crown are any indication, it was growing there last season :-) Do you recall what was in this location last summer? It looks vaguely sedum/hylotelephium like to me.......

No sedums or Hylotelephium planted there. It sure does look like a returning perennial but I’m at a loss to remember which. Last fall I made a mental note to myself: “Label all plants!” Did I do that? Nooooo... Well, rather than being frustrated I’m just going to put this in the category of “surprises and delights to look forward to at such time when they make themselves known to me.”

I wish I could say it does. :-( I haven’t planted any Lysimachia. At least not knowingly. I’m trying to think of what other Primulaceae I might have planted.

Did someone say gardening is full of mysteries?

Slice up a milk jug with scissors to make free garden markers for it this year.

I even have a very nice Brother label maker. I just didn't get around to making all the labels I needed last fall. This is what happens when you have more plants than energy to keep up with them. It reminds me of stories about people who have too many children and have begun to forget their names, or even never knew some of them.

Or maybe just forgot what they looked like when they're going.

if you had not done such a good fall clean up ... then we could try to ID last years refuse ... eh...lol

I know what you mean. There were five of us boys and my mother constantly called me Rodger by mistake. LOL.