using the GW system for pix.. one pic per post ... is all that is allowed ... if you want to get fancy... you need something like flikr or photobucket ... IMHO ... your first lesson as a newb ... is to learn about the mulch.. and learn to maintain it so as to keep weeds at bay ... if you did nothing else this season ... just mulch ... and second.. they are not children.. you wont need to ever feed anything.. key word being NEED ... a little of this or that wont hurt.. but dont get it in your head.. they will die w/o food.. besides .. note that with a properly applied mulch.. one of its functions.. as it breaks down.. is to build the soil .. which ... is really all a plant needs.. a good soil ... the first is a shrub.. i may see you in that forum .. the second is a perennial ... i might see you in that forum ... good luck and welcome to GW ken ps: learning how to water ... would be the next best thing.. to learn this season ... and it has nothing to do with wetting down the leaves every evening.. after dinner ... and it is rarely an automated system.. for anything other than the lawn ...

A think that's Abelia, probably A. grandiflora. Sometimes it's easier if you post a separately for each plant.

It's a Rhododendron

I have firespike but none have trunks near this thick, Irma. I think it is probably night blooming jasmine. I cut it back, lots of dead stems/trunks, as far as I could with my loppers. Some stems were just too thick. I'm sure the new growth will quickly cover up the stems that were too big to cut.