"Lovely iris... beautifully photographed."

"Dahlias are good"

"i love it"

"What are those gorgeous flowers in pictures 1 and 4?"

"Marigolds and Cosmos do very well planted from seed when the soil's warm. You'll have flowers by the end of summer and through the fall until a hard frost. You can also try Sweet Pea and Morning Glory, especially if it's by a fence…"

"Those look like wild black-cap raspberry canes. They set underground runners and unless you yank them out you'll have a thriving patch of black raspberries in no time! Nice for the birds and yummy for jam if you don't mind a prickly hedge.…"

"Peonies don't like being transplanted at all. Mine have finally started to bloom 5 years after my father-in-law dug his out and gave them to me. They were planted at the right depth, grow bushy and set buds but never bloomed until this year.…"

"All my coral bells and astilbe are in forest loam and leaf litter mulch, and seem to do really well. Yes, they have very shallow roots. In fact, sometimes the coral bells divide themselves and then seem to climb up onto each other. I moved four…"

"If the area gets maybe half bright sunlight a day, try some lupines. The soil may be too acidic for many kinds of shade lovers unless you sweeten the soil with lime, dig in a load or two of composted soil or build a raised bed around the base of the…"

"May Apples are funny... leave them alone and they'll multiply like rabbits. Especially if you allow leaf mulch to cover them in the winter. But if you knock them down, they die and won't return. I have a large patch under very tall oak and…"