how does my garden grow

here's the list of things in our garden. mostly to help me remember what we planted and how to care for them in the years to come.

stonecrop sedum (info) sedum spurium fuldaglut (picture)
evergreen ground cover with showy crimson flowers in summer. and apparently it's slightly poisonous. green and purple

althea rose of sharon (info) - hibiscus syriacus 'amplissimus'
double red blossom - summer, prune late winter early spring

dwarf english boxwood
prune to keep compact - evergreen

ballerina blush (info) - gaura lindheimeri (picture) - mine didn't like the transplant, but i really like this one. bloom late spring to fall. to prune cut to ground in the winter. pink and white blooms

iresine 'purple lady' - not sure this will survive the winter. low growing purple leaves

bee balm
wild flower which attacts humming birds and butterflies, blooms july and august - red

purple coneflower
attracts birds, midsummer to autumn blooms

firewitch dianthus
magenta pink bloom spring to fall with dead-heading, apparently some parts are poisonous

crimson pygmy barberry
purple red leaves, deciduous shrub


big blue lily turf
blue, purple flowers in summer, cut back late winter

butterfly weed
pink and white, spring to summer, attracts butterflies

butterfly bush purple emperor
ours will only grow to 4-5 ft and attracts butterflies prune back in spring
butterflies and humming birds

mystery yellow flowers