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Aegopodium was very invasive here and I was thrilled to eliminate it.

This yarrow was the first plant given to me by the real PIRL and I treasure it.

The roots of Tardiva are numerous and many are at or near the surface. I would not plant anything around it that has deep roots or you'll struggle to dig out the plants.

It spreads quite wide but it's so easy to pluck new growth in spring and plant it elsewhere or give it to another gardener.

Not at all as the stock photo captures the color as it blooms here. Beautiful bloom but disaster if I had planted it thinking the company photo was accurate since I do garden by the color echoes theory. I'm so glad I potted it up and didn't trust the photo the company showed. I've had enough disasters with colors or names not being what they should have been.

Died the second year.

Blooms here 6/22 to 7/13.

Harlequin has many more colors to the blooms than I've posted. It's an ever changing delight in the garden.

It is meant for a larger spot than where I have it, so now and then I do give it a very hard pruning and it still blooms well.

Easy to layer as well.

Died the first year. Highly uncommon for any Asiatic to die here.

Stunning opens with quite a bit of yellow in the bloom but gradually fades to a creamy vanilla. It's beautiful all of the time and nice to see the changes happening.

Each leaf varies a bit in design.

Deer shredded them and left me with bare stems.

Had I been aware of just how large these mammoth bulbs would grow, I'd have put each one in a separate pot.

Too big for my taste. I'd love to sell it but last time I tried to take a chunk from it I had to use a saw and it took a long time.

Various sites say 'Powhatan' grows to 20' tall. I'll be 85 by the time that happens. Maybe it's grown a foot in 7 years. I do love the plant and I'm happy with it but just don't expect fast growth.

Powhatan was moved from the rose garden to the Belmont garden in 2010. That's why some captions read differently than others.

The color for Venosa Violacea is shown as purple. Is there a way to add the secondary color of near white?

True that it's not a huge bloom but each bloom is perfect. I'll measure the size next year since I know some people are obsessed by size.

2012 was a very warm spring so blooms began opening in late April to early May.