Okay, I searched some more and found one photo of feverfew that looks like my plants. Makes sense, my mom suffered from migraines and feverfew is apparently good for treating migraines. She planted alot of things with medicinal or culinary uses. Thanks again.

Wow, what great responses! The picture is of a Piet Oudolf planting that just came up in a Google image search. I really love the textures-- it feels like a very emotional planting. I can recognize a few of the plants, but many are unknown to me. Thanks for the great suggestions-- I have a lot to look up and plan out. I had a mullein grow in the middle of the bed this year, and it had seeded a bit by the time I identified what it was. The foliage looked a lot like foxglove, just humongous. The flower spike was prehistoric looking, very dramatic, so I was sad to find out that it had to go. Once I identified it I discovered that it can be quite the reseeder, and the seed is viable for a very long time. I appreciated seeing it grow and flower because of its strangeness, but I might feel a whole lot differently at this time next year... I found some astilbe at a plant sale this spring, and the flowers have just started. It is quite lovely and delicate. My purple vitex bush grows these incredible feather-like flowers, although it died back to its base after our cold spells this winter. The vigorous leafing that started in early June (frighteningly late-- thankfully I read someone's post on GW and didn't pull it for dead!) should produce some flower this year. So many grasses are invasive, and many others that I like are not hardy in my zone. My bed is sloped and quite well draining, but Pittsburgh's climate has a lot of precipitation in the spring and fall, and longer dry spells in the heat of the summer. I'm trying a dracula lily in there this year and hoping the good drainage will hold it through the winter. I lost my agastache and spurge this winter. I've also had no luck with lupine, although I'm trying again this year. Wish me luck! Elisabeth This post was edited by yutopia on Mon, Jun 23, 14 at 0:46

Thanks Tiffy - I moved them on Sunday and none too soon because we have had buckets of rain since then. It's been so dry here I've been watering every day, now it's so hot and humid - there's no happy medium. Thanks again. Northerner.

You're welcome. I didn't grow the lupine from seed, but bought two bareroot plants at the Seattle flower and garden show last year. One of them didn't survive the winter. I think it's a specific color of Russell's but I'm not sure. I also think Germania might have the individual flower color seeds, but once again, I'm not sure. I don't remember whether there was a photo on the package, but I've seen photos of it before, somewhere. Jeanne