Those are beautiful pictures, Randy! When I saw your pictures, the plant reminded me of a native plant that grows on my property in the bottom of the hollow where it's wet. Most of the plants have bloomed out, but I found one still in bloom - I had forgotten the name of the plant, so I looked it up, and it's pluchea foetida/stinking camphorweed. I've never seen any butterflies use the flowers, but then I don't go to the bottom of the hollow that often. The picture of pluchea purpurescens/salt marsh fleabane in my wildflower book looks just like your pretty pink flowers - I'm sure that's what yours is. Sherry

Funny, the flowers look something like what she planted last year but the foliage I have growing is nothing like the pic! I have buds on a few plants so maybe by weeks end I will have a flower I can take a picture of. thanks.

The first one is a redbud tree, Cercis canadensis. Number two - that is incredible, I've not seen anything like it. Where is this located (city,state)? Are the leaves really silver colored? Otherwise it reminds me a bit in structure of wax myrtle. Number 3 is a wild Rubus, something like blackberry. Four, I am not sure, what does the foliage look like? Five looks like a Baptisia, as does #6.

Thank you for your input! Flowers sure seem to put them in the genus, though I'm still hitting a road block on the species. Will have to keep searching!