I don't know... that looks an awful lot like aster foliage to me... I haven't seen any asters that are true blue, though. I hear that October Skies are pretty close. Is the foliage hairy like a centaurea? Does it bloom in the spring/summer or fall?

Duh... at first I wondered why you needed an ID to create your screen - ah ha! you want to be able to buy more! Donn, I wonder if it might just be Miscanthus sinensis 'Variegatus' - I'm not basing my guess on the leaf colouration. In my experience the var. condensatus cultivars aren't particularly vigorous in zone 5. The grass in the pic looks QUITE vigorous. Whatever the cultivar ... fpozani, it looks like some of your grass is reverting back to solid green or there is a self-sown Miscanthus growing up in the centre. Either way, if left to its own devices, the solid green could eventually outgrow the variegated bits. If you were to mark the solid leaves (string, twine ...?) before they turn tan in the fall. In the spring when you are cutting your grass back leave the 'marked leaves' uncut. Then, when you divide your grass you can either discard those bits or start up a whole new 'un-variegated' plant. just at thought, A.

Well, someone commented that it looks like daylilies next to the crinums. I don't know if that's what they are but there is something on either side of the crinum. Something different than the crinum and I don't recall them blooming, either. But that area is full sun so shade wouldn't be the issue with them. To get to the crinum bulbs, I might have to dig up the daylilies, right? They're all clumped together so I'll have to be careful but I don't think I can carefully dig the crinum bulbs without moving the daylilies first. Or am I looking at this the wrong way? I think I need to dig them all up and replant them, giving them more space. Is that correct? Slicing them on purpose? Ohhhh, that just sounds scary! Thanks for your help, everyone!

It has a nettle sort of look about it...if it's gotten that tall without any significant flower buds forming, I would assume it's a weed and out it goes.