Thank you both! Between what you gave me to work with and the botanic garden's plant database, I've been able to nail down the ID to Potentilla fruticosa 'Snowbird'. Many thanks for your assistance!!

My Mom LOVES baby's breath, so I wanted to plant some for her (perennial), but her soil is way too clay. I found a great Achillea that looks very much like baby's breath. It's Achillea ptarmica which comes in a regular size of 2 feet: 'Angel's Breath'. And, it also comes in a smaller size at 1 foot: A. p. 'Ballerina'. I've had great luck with both. So, if your soil doesn't drain well enough for baby's breath, you may want to try these. Also, they look great together. They can be a little assertive in my garden, but never aggressive. Happy gardening!

Lovely little piece of Kansas you've got there, Larissa! We've got about 5 times that amount of snow... and yesterday was so cold that I tried to shovel the sidewalk, and gave up after about 10 feet, or so! I headed for the warmth of the house so my ears and face could thaw out! We were below zero... WITHOUT the windchill! It was so cold yesterday, that the dogs were limping on three legs after being out long enough to relieve themselves! Frostbitten pads on paws are a real danger in this kind of weather! I spent all day, and half of the night, rearranging the Jungle and doing some deep cleaning... sucking up cobwebs and furballs, washing windows and dusting... it's amazing what you can get done when your husband isn't underfoot! :-)

Thanks Ragna, I appreciate the input. For now I ended up eating them whole/intact. I tried pressing the pulp/juice vesicles but the yield was negligible. (Like trying to squeeze juice out of a single pomegranate bit that's mostly seed and skin and gelatinous fiber.) I baked some at 350 for a short time but that didn't help much. I think the ultimate would be in a slow cooker or crockpot for 12+ hours, to where they are softened enough to "pop" or burst in the mouth with only gentle pressure. But the temperature is low enough so there's no carmelization or dehydration or other added flavor artifacts. I suppose another motivation is that the birds eat most of the edibles I grow (tomatoes, strawberries, blackberries, grapes). This is the only edible they haven't beat me to (as of this morning anyway). So even if I only get a couple dozen "pods" that produce 1/4 cup of pulp the entire month, by golly I'm not passing it up. For a while in the 1990s there was a passionfruit flavored frozen lemonade concentrate made by Minute Maid or someone that really hit the spot for me. They no longer sell it and I haven't been able to recreate it but that sparked my initial interest in the passion fruit plant. Now that I'm growing one I also appreciate the GF butterfly connection and the visual complexity of the flower (so many features, absolutely ridiculous, in a good way of course).