Thanks SparrowHawk for all of your insight. Great Stinging Nettle tips. Since I found out what the plants were [thanks to Redneck_Grower] I've researched about them and found a tremendous amount of uses for it. Very wonderful! Wonderful to have the Rhubarb confirmation! Broadleaf dock: Very interesting because the leaves from the dock plant are supposedly known for their ability to relieve the pain from the stings of common nettles Urtica dioica. How ironic is that!? I'll have to keep my eye on the smaller one. :) I'll also have to just keep my eye on number 4 as well and see what happens with it. Thanks for the help :)

lycopus - Yes, of course I will double check with my father-in-law before ingesting it. He's an expert on plant identification, but I haven't had him over for a visit for awhile. He'll be coming next week, so I'll ask him then. Thank you for the warning :) jaynine - Thank you! You got it. I read the description of the plant and it states that it starts off pink and then turns purple/blue. That is exactly what I have going on in my garden. I thought the pink ones were a different variety, but now I see that they are the immature form of it.

Let the Hyacinth Bean seed pods dry on the vine then harvest and save for planting out next year. They will sometimes reseed on their own but cover your bases and start some in seed-starting mix four or five weeks prior to your average last frost day in the spring. The pink flowers are Anemones. Rosie

I would love to grow that Maple but alas, no room. :o( The ground cover amongst your Violets is Wandering Jew...a weed. Can cause skin allergies on dogs. It is hard to get rid of because anything left will grow back. Vigilance is needed. The garage wall has Ficus pumila, creeping fig. It is pretty and useful but if not kept under strict control, can turn into a monster....you might want to Google information about it before the trouble begins. The small plant with the shiny leaves is Coprosma. Considered a weed in Melbourne. An untidy bush that is hard to keep to a decent shape and reseeds everywhere. I would pull it out now while it's small. Sorry to be so negative, just being honest. Dee.