First one is Tulipa hageri, I believe. See the link. If the second one has long strap-shaped leaves that are present for most of the winter, I think it is Tulipa saxatilis. If not, it might be T. bakeri. Here is a link that might be useful: tulipa hageri

I haven't tried any of the cultivars or hybrids just the common species R. hirta. Those are usually about 100% germination when I've sown them. I really don't need to because they do a pretty good job self-sowing on their own in the prairie bed, but I have done it (2 years running to make it easier for placement in the regular flower beds). For those not getting germination. Are you winter or spring sowing them? Rudbeckia should germinate it's best after a period of cold stratification...especially if they are not sown as soon s harvested; also do not cover seed. I've never wintersown them later than Dec. 25th from saved seed and are one of the first to germinate....this year it was 3/15. My very first ones were sown around Thanksgiving by broadcasting into the newly prepared prairie bed in 2003 and these I've been saving seed from every since for trades. Your welcome to some this fall if you don't mind non-fancy but cheery yellow ones :D

? ? ? ? ? I did not see any plant on the chart that bears 'all season' and don't see how I implied it in my post. The one that bears the longest on the entire chart is squash and it only bears for 3 months in her area according to the chart. What the chart does help with is figuring out what to plant and when so you can have a variety of things in your garden at all times. Even the chart isn't the answer to everything under the sun. As an example, my local ag. office says we can plant bush beans here from May 1 - Aug 15 in 2 week succession plantings with harvesting June 21 - Oct 15 (and even plant as early as April 1 using row covers). But if you look at the zone 7 chart (my area), it only shows planting May 15 - July 15 and harvesting July 1 - September 1. BUT, the chart is certainly better than nothing and I think the chart is a good start to figuring out what & when. Especially for a beginner like me who had no idea that broccoli should not be grown in the heat of July in my area. I am growing for immediate consumption, not for storing, so I also did not want gallons of bags of beans (or squash or tomatoes or whatever) ready at one time. I wanted a little bit of a bunch of different things ready each week. I did not want to have beans for dinner *every* night !! One thing I had to figure out was what was the recommended number of plants for 2 people to be able to consume the harvest. Also what plants are a once and done plant and what plants would be able to be harvested over a long period from one plant. For example, squash are harvested for a long period from one plant, but bush beans are for approx 2 weeks. Carrots, obviously, once you pull the carrot out, that plant is done ... no more producing carrots from that plant, LOL. So ... 1 or 2 squash plants might be enough for 2 people for the whole time squash produces. But 20-80 carrot plants (depending on how much you like carrots) split up into succession planting of 4-10 carrots every week from Feb 1 - Mar 1 would give you 4-10 carrots ready every week once they start producing, rather than 20-80 carrots all ready at one time. I also think 40sf is a good size. Our garden is 36sf (11 feet of that is trellised) and I have open squares that I am not using right now. But as soon as I am able to plant fall crops, I will have room to start them early without pulling a summer plant. Then as the summer plants are done I can start pulling them and planting more fall crops in those newly emptied squares to extend the harvest. The one thing I would like is a little more trellis for my summer plants (or I need to cut back on my tomatoes some!!). I would like to have some honeydew on the trellis and more cantaloupe, and maybe have moved my watermelon to the trellis(?). As it is now, my trellis is divided as follows ... each square is 1 plant per square except the cucumber ... 6 squares tomato (2 each of 3 kinds), 2 squares cantaloupe, 2 squares squash, 1 square cucumber (2 plants in 1 square). However, in the fall, the only thing I have planned that will be trellised is peas. I doubt I need 11 squares of peas !!! That being said, this is my first ever garden and I am very excited about it so far. I have read a lot on the internet, but I am not an expert ... I haven't even eaten my first veggie yet !!

The pictures are on the link from the post. I had pictures of the living room, the carpet and swatches of the new furniture. if you read the post , I am appreciative of the answers but I had them stumped a bit. They all liked the rug but not on the wall to wall. I just wanted to get a few opinions from a Pro since I have to take an expensive rug back. Sorry if I offended