I was going to tell you that it is Daucus carota but now I'm thinking that I shouldn't.

I agree that the white blooms would probably not look the best against our pale yellow house, but since I was looking for a smaller H. I didn't realize I'd have many other choices. I like the idea of blooms on new and old wood. It seems a relatively safe bet that there will be blooms on it at some point. Also I want to make sure of hardiness, although I will have no problem protecting it with a good mulching before winter. I also think some color would be nice. The Pee Wee I was thinking about, I believe was an oakleaf and I thought I read that it's leaves change color in the fall? But hardiness could be a problem, especially with the northern exposure it will get. The paniculata Pee Wee says it gets white blooms that age pink and into fall until frost. It seems an appropriate size at about 5' x 5' and is more hardy to zone 4, so should not be a problem here. Does anyone have any experience with any of the above H's I mentioned that may be available at the nursery? 'All Summer Beauty' or 'Color Fantasy' both are macrophyllas and supposedly hardy here and they look lovely in the pictures. Thanks everyone for all your suggestion and ideas. Janet

I don't know what quack grass is, so with that in mind .... In one bed that is up against a fence and on the other side wilderness with invasive virginia creeper, I buried plastic flashing. I used a fiskar's edger shovel, worked great. But then I'm digging in sand. A year later, and past the "OMG it is taking over the yard time", the flashing is doing the job. In the front, I contend mostly with St Augustine that spreads along the top of the ground. What I have been doing is a multi-step kind of time consuming thing; but hey - beats fighting weeds. First, I mound up dirt where my border will be. I use either rocks or logs for borders. Then I try to settle the dirt. Second, I layer newspaper over my mound. Third, I lay plastic over the newspaper. Fourth, I put my border material on top the plastic. And lastly, I come back around the front side of the border with a 6" or so strip of newspaper then plastic then cardboard topped with mulch up to the border. You can see in the photo above a garden that is partially complete. On the right is finished on the left I'm still working on the 6" strip. For grass/weeds that spread by underground runners you can dig out a 6" wide and 6" deep moat before you layer on the mulch. Hope this gives you some ideas and help, ~dianne

The second one is definatly Commelina communis. Hugely invasive. They sell this plant at garden centers and I made the mistake of planting it. It seems to have jumped to other beds or ran undetected through the lawn to my other beds. It grows in the sidewalk and asphalt cracks. It is viney and just horrible. Try pulling it out of rose bushes. It seems to be easy to pull but you can pull it up in one place and it pops up elsewhere. Also if you pull it up and leave it on the ground it reroots itself readily. I learned that mistake and wasted a lot of time and back breaking work. This plant is as evil as Chameleon Plant and Purslane. Sure the true blue flowers are pretty and the trailing effect it has makes it seem perfect for planters but if you have cracks in you planters it will escape. It is known to be Round-Up (glycophosphate) resistant. Herbicides containing flumioxazin are recommended but have not helped me out one bit. Good luck.