I'm wondering if this is a Ludwigia. The buds look right. I don't know any of them personally. I hope Jay sees this post.

ETA now I'm wondering about Calylophus. I've never seen any of them either.

Thanks Jay. It was wonderful of your neighbor to do what she did for the kids and the plants. I grew up in an urban setting and I didn't learn any of this until I was in my twenties.

The seeds pods aren't right for Diplotaxis muralis or tenuifolia.

More likely it's Bermuda grass. Definitely not nutsedge, which doesnt have runners, but crowns that spring from tuber-like nutlets.

Bermuda grass. The common one, not the improved varieties. Pest. It can climb under, over, and through anything. The least little piece left will root.

Makes a sturdy grass for lawns, but invades flower beds.

Ah thanks, Texas Dandelion (Pyrrhopappus carolinianus), duh! I just didn't recognize it because it grew so leggy in the shade...

Henry, it may not happen most winters at your location, but Erica could have hardiness issues when the temp dips much below 0F if it's on an exposed site. See this old thread from the Heaths and Heathers forum: Winter damage in the northeast

Ive had problems with fruit flies in my promix. I bought some BT to kill them. I can't say for sure they came from the promix? My beef about the promix is that it dries out too fast. Adding vermiculaite would help. I like the fact that promix has michorizae. I could cook my promix in the oven, but that would also kill all the michorhizae.

Sorry mxk3, I meant to say fungus gnats. Coffee hadnt kicked in. I better brew some more Lol. 😴☕️😳

^^ I deleted that comment, it wasn't meant toward you, Jay, but I can see how you might have felt it was.

A person in your heatzone can't be 2 zones above you simultaniouly? Plant venders don't give the zone information, because they make a lot of money, from people who aren't wise enough, to match the plant's they buy with their zones. Venders try to exagerate a plant's virtues, and conseal it's downside. For years, I bought supposedly hardy Gaillardia cultivars, that were claimed to be hardy to zone 5, and for years those weak, sickly cultivars never survived the winter. I tried growing the native Gaillardia aristata from seed, and it bloomed nonstop from April to late November. Not only is it winter hardy, it also self sows itself. I now have way more everblooming, hardy Gaillardia than I have room for. Be careful what you wish for. I've noticed that many times venders sell plants that they don't scientifically label, and there are many people who are impressed with fancy cultivar names who buy them without ever knowing the species. I've had a few plants that seem to be in a microclimate next to the south side of my house. Mirabilis jalapa and Verbena bonariensis. I figured I could grow jasmine in that microclimate, but unfortunatly it didn't work. There are zone maps all over the internet. Some maps are about half a heat zone off compared to other maps. That shouldn't be enough to make a difference. It's always good to research multiple sights like gardenweb to hear people's personal experiences.

We do have an advantage over St Louis as their summers are way hotter than here since it is farther south but more inland so that it has the same winter temps (we’re even slightly warmer). We can grow cooler climate plants here such as larch trees and other ones that would otherwise not grow in St Louis.

TLDR version of the above: the heat zone map is hard to find and seldom used, and the industry would rather you not use it anyhow because they'd prefer you to waste money on plants that aren't actually suited to your climate.

To that I would add that # of days above 86F is surely not the best and most scientific way to have designed such a metric. I don't have time to elaborate RN but that's my story and I'm sticking to it.

Am keen to try callirhoe digitata. Have had a much faster germination on the c.bushii (unlike involucrata which took months and months so yep...will be watching. Also found 2 errant nepetas but not s sniff of the one I was most looking forward t - n.nuda 'Romany Dusk - just a dessicated rootmass (suspect it has been thugged by an enormo-apple and a very large Portland rose in the vicinity).

Sorrel grows itself on my allotment but I've never made soup. We don't eat many soups but I have used it in salads.

I've pulled up a bunch of barberry volunteers in Maine.

Barberry is an increasing problem in the natural areas in Canada as well. I personally just don’t get that plant, so I am predisposed to be negative about it, but now it is certainly on the invasive lists so my dislike is justified.

A shasta daisy of sorts?

Thanks! I originally got the Zig Zag goldenrod because I understood it to be less aggressive; but then I remember last year one of my friends who is a gardener at a local butterfly garden suggested that I get another variety, as he thought Zig Zag was pretty spready as well.

Passiflora lutea and Passiflora affinis both get those splotches? There aren't any keys to ID them using leaves and stems. The only way to know for sure is to go see it when it's in bloom. Affinis and lutea have very variable leaves can be confusing.

Passiflora lutea with bizarre leaves.

Wow, that poor tree looks like its been stripped at the base by mice or something.

The silver veining and conduplicate leaves shows Geum canadanse. The markings on Hydrophyllum virginianum look more like paint splotches

Thank you all. I found a photo of Geum Canadanse that look identical to mine, with the silvery-blue-ish coloration of the bottom leaves and silvery veins.

I did see mentioned that it grows with a tap root - but the one (a larger one than in my photo) that I dug out didn't have one, or at least not yet - it had a thick mat of fibrous roots.

Lupinus perennis is the only host plant used by the endangered Karner Blue Butterfly. Sometimes Lupinus polyphyllus is sold erroneously as L. perennis.

https://www.fws.gov/species/karner-blue-butterfly-lycaeides-melissa-samuelis

There are quite a number of hardy Shefflera species that would easily survive most winters in VA. But the plant pictured is not one of them.

I imagined that arboricola was the one meant by the OP, since that's the one widely known as a common house plant. It's a z.10+ plant.

Ratibida species, perhaps?

LBJ Wildflower Center says Ratbida has leaves on the lower portion of the stem that are feathery and deeply cleft. Don't see that here.

My first and instant thought was "coreopsis", though I won't make a stab at the species. But Jay is correct much more than he is wrong, lol.

@Jay 6a Chicago I hear a lot of small frogs - tree frogs? - in my yard & have many birds since I’m surrounded by trees & we feed the birds. They don’t seem to be doing the job. Chickens might do it but I’m not up for having them. They are indiscriminate about which plants they eat I think.

There are many different V. odorata cultivars with some matching this color. Adunca flowers are all the same color.

Mowed! Sin of sins to mow wildflowers.

I’ll have a sniff today to see if i can differentiate.

Our sprig is now 5 and growing like a weed.

She is a beauty mac!!! Yes I am referring to your little gal not your very cute Viola lol!

The basal leaves aren't reliable for identification. The seedpods,(silicles) of Lepidium densiflorum are wider above the middle. The seedpods of Lepidium virginicum are widest below, or right at the middle. The seedpods look widest at the middle, so this fits Lepidium virginicum imo.

^ Wow damn, awesome detective work! Native Lepidium virginicum (Virginia Peppergrass) sounds good to me, thanks!!!

Looks like Yucca, they are many species all over N. America native from Massachusetts to Texas and on south

Floral, those are beautiful! I've never seen hellebores in person, and I had no idea that snowdrops made good cut flowers! It's early spring here and I currently have crocus and snowdrops blooming, so I need to go cut some... :)

This is from July 2018, memorable because I picked it for my friend's daughter's wedding... she liked it and brought it to her reception days later. As I was driving it over I had realized I left out the light blue delphinium, which was her wedding color so I went back to add that but it's not pictured..