Thanks, Veronica.

Found perennials with variegated leaves have grown on me.

You likely know the species, Siberian Bugloss/False Forget-Me-Not (Brunnera macrophylla).
That cultivar above is 'Dawson's White'.

There seems to be a bit of confusion, on-line, re 'Dawson's White' and 'Variegata', which may well be the same plant.
The other similar looking Brunnera I'm aware of is 'Hadspen Cream'.

I've not tried it, but re dividing 'Dawson's White': apparently a portion taken off the plant is likely to revert to full green leaves.

Yesterday. Quite sunny.

Especially like the first photo but I have no idea what it is. The blue flower?

Nice touch with the yellow and red tulips with the blue bells. The shape of the tulips adds to the interest.

It's trumpet (stemless) gentian, Arlene.
= Gentaina acaulis Group (latter because horticultural G. acaulis is of hybrid origin).

First time that particular plant has bloomed.
Was planted around 3 years ago.

Thanks I really liked that Virginia bluebell-tulip combination too.
But it's partly the result of chance (what has been left after other spring plants/bulbs died back or were deadheaded).

Some of my best groupings are quite by chance! As I look at my new garden (planted last fall) I am trying to figure out which plants need to be moved this fall to make more pleasing groupings. Some plants are a lot taller than I though and were planted at the beds edge so will have to be moved.

I definitely find the same, Arlene.

Today.

All are lovely and those little irises are so charming.

I know you've probably told me before, but what are the yellow flowers to the left of the tulips? They are pretty. I especially love the short irises! Oh heck, they're all so pretty!!!!

Thanks, Arlene.

We don't have a very good garden for irises,
but the dwarf ones fit in at the front of beds.
(Suspect more sun and better drainage).

Sorry Arlene missed the question.

That's a Trollius (globeflower).
Apparently some of the best known garden ones are well established hybrids of several Trollius species.
Personally, I particularly like the more orange flowered ones like 'Golden Queen' and 'Orange Crest'.

That one is probably T. europaeus and not a named cultivar.

Have found Trollius to be one of the more long-lived perennials in our garden.
The garden's sunny, has organic material added yearly and we don't let it dry out.
These are all things globeflowers like.

They bloom here in later spring, and if deadheaded, a small number of individual plants rebloom in summer.

Today.









Just planted.

So lovely and so natural looking...just as it should be.

Thanks, Arlene.
The plants do get a lot of support from me, but in the end it's really left up to the plants themselves!

Today.

Those top two would certainly be a color match made in...Canada! Love them. Is the second one Bergenia?

Wow. These photos are beautiful. I love the way flowers in northern locations look so fresh in summer. They start to suffer in June and July here.

Thanks.

Some similarities, Arlene, but that's a Japanese primula ('Miller's Crimson').
Find Japanese primula are the easiest of the candelabra primula to grow in our mixed perennial beds.
You're likely noting it blooms after the more common primulas.

Interesting comment, Clint.
I think northern locations, with their strong seasonality, can be ideal for mixed perennial gardening.
For instance, you couldn't plan for a mixed perennial garden, starting with spring bulbs and continuing through a succession of perennial seasonal blooms, in Florida.

The garden gets higher and higher through the growing season.
By July the spring perennials like primulas are completely shaded by the tall perennials that bloom in summer.
I cut back perennials after blooming for several reasons, including for light to get through to the spring plants during our long falls.
They do well around the fall monkshood, fall asters, etc.).

We do also pay constant attention to watering thoughout summer.

Yesterday.

All the flowers look so pretty. Your pictures are nice, Charlie.

Great color there love the painted daisies they are so bright.
My trollius did not bloom this year

Charlie - love all the photos.