Perennials: "New" gardener's new pix, 1 by ShadePlant

ShadePlant wrote:
The other side of the steps is a small five-by-five patch that was already planted with an iris I haven't yet identified, orange daylilies, gladiolus Priscilla, and Queen of the Night tulips. Oh, yeah, and most of the front yard was also overtaken by a thuggish bulb called Spanish bluebell. They shoot up in early spring, bloom like crazy for weeks, then die back, still in early summer, and their strap-shaped leaves disintegrate into a nasty, slimy mess. I dug up as many as I could, but there were ENORMOUS underground colonies. Ugh. I'm sure I'll see them again next spring.

Anyway, I planted oxalis 'Zinfandel' and dwarf jewel nasturtiums. I'm planning this fall to dig up most of the bulbs and re-plant them so the patch doesn't look so out-of-control. The iris and gladiolas all needed to be staked. Some of them just fell over and brioke off from their own weight. I don't think I would have planted them.

Last photo for now.