In the garden by the front door

Took some pics of the plants near by front door. The first is the view from the front steps.


Lamium is the low white and green leafed plant, which is spreading quite a bit. It looks fine though, and in the spring it has nice yellow flowers. Joe Pye is the tall plants behind the lamium with flat topped aster to the right. The blue flowered plants are Balloon Flowers, and their flower is quite striking.

There are some hostas in there too, although I think I need to move them as they're getting crowded out by the lamium. You can hardly see them. Celendine poppy is the name of the plants with little yellow flowers that are also spreading about.



This is fireweed, which is to the left of the sidewalk in the first photo. I'd like to make a little sitting area at this point, so I'm probably going to move these plants in the fall.



There's some Philadelphia Fleabane at the front of this part of the garden by the evergreen tree. It's a nice little plant.



These are tall coneflowers that are near the front of the yard - in the background of the first photo. They are quite tall - over four feet, and seem to spreading a bit too, which in this case is a good thing indeed. Colourful and long lasting blooms. I'm putting some more of them elsewhere in the yard.