In the background of the first picture, from 3:00 to 6:00 is several puny Peony plants slowly being strangled by Virginia Creeper and Goldenrod. If you could move those to full sun that would be a good thing. Most people suggest moving Peonies in fall but now would be better for those particular plants, they aren't going to bloom in the state they are in now anyway. The middle picture in the Rose montage suggests Rose Rosette Disease, the side shoots coming from the main stem are enlarged and hyper prickly. That's a serious disease that's lethal to the Rose and spreads quickly. If you have other Roses in the collection you'll want to read up and RRD and remove any infected plants. I don't know if anyone has mentioned it yet, the Star-of-Bethlehem is a weed. Congrats on your new garden. Hopefully the previous gardener got to take starts of her favorites with her. I'm looking forward to seeing more pictures.

In order on your website: 1. not sure, need a closer picture 2. L. angustifolia, but only an expert herbalist could tell you which variety 3. Santolina 4. I think an abutilon 5. possibly an acorus 6. Solanum rantonnetii 7. There are two species of Moraea grown, one with yellow flowers, the other with lavender. 8. Geranium "biokovo" on the right. The one on the left looks like a common weed species of geranium, but I'd need to see the flower to be sure 9. A Pittosporum of some kind The flowers look like Ipheion, but the foliage looks more like some sort of irid. If the foliage smells like an onion, it's the Ipheion. Podocarpus you're right Euonymous japonicus "microphyllus" Sedges and grasses are very hard to identify. You might try posting a picture again when it blooms, that really helps Arum italicum pictum a jasmine of some sort could be some sort of camellia, but just guessing Hopefully, I didn't miss one and get the order mixed up! You owe me one, girl ;-).

journey and sunnysmiles never sent any info, so they will be omitted from this rr. Maybe next time. Here is the list of partners: efrosty & nynative rosebud_2050 & araillia takingroot & ilovefarac gardeb_fever_girl & nightnurse1968 sweety13 & hummingbirddaisy I tried to pair everyone up according to zone. I will e-mail everyone their partners info yet tonight, and tomorrow and beyond is open game!!! I hope we all have fun sharing our gardens! Post when you send and receive. Thanks so much for signing up. Enjoy, Tina

my local library just hosted a edible food guru.. and a local mushroom hunter ... if you have interest in either..... i suggest you find local sources.. and watch them eat stuff first ... rather than relying on stranger on the WWW .... [you did well, asking first ... this is for other readers as well] the nightshade family is rather toxic in all its aspects ... ken