Could be quack grass or goose grass as well. Whatever it is, I just spray it with Acclaim from Lesco. Sometimes it takes two applications though. I started seeing this exact thing popping up when it was too early for crabgrass. The only thing with Acclaim is it's about $80 for a 16oz bottle. But, at least for me and how much I'd have to spray, I only use .50oz per gallon, and usually only use one gallon twice per season at the most. So that 16oz bottle will last me for quite a long time theoretically. Long enough to average out and have it be worth the cost.

I am looking around here for pics of gardens. I discovered the Cottage Garden Forum in June, and post there a lot. When I first saw this, I recognized the flower someone had planted in a bed I took over gardening at church. It was my favorite flower in the patch, and then someone informed me I was growing a plant that is illegal to grow. I was very sad. I now have a couple of Russian Sages that love the area, and get very full, too. Sue

It does look like a maculate Aloe (saponaria is probably the most common), but if the leaves have a hard, glossy, smooth feel to them, I suspect it is actually Aloe hemmingii (sometimes tagged as A. harlana). Mine grows slowly, and blooms in late summer or early fall with some direct sun outside.

Thank you very much for the ID's. The first one is near the spot where I saw the bad-looking P. mugo subsp. rotunda about which I asked an ID too. At first I though they were both the same species because they looked similar, but when I went too look closer then I could see the cones were definitely different. Funny part is that someone else suggested in that thread where I asked for an ID that it could be P. thunbergii. So I guess both trees are similar looking indeed. The second one I think comes from a hedge close-by that was (I think) never trimmed and therefore started producing cones. The third one is almost a miracle to me. Closest Abies koreana that I'm aware of is at least a few hundred meters away from where I found it. I'm very glad I dug it out too because A. koreana was also on my wanted list. :)