Perennial plants include variegated liriope, a dwarf spruce, native violets, a pink tiger lily, a Louisiana Iris 'Thanksgiving Feast' (Dad's birthday was Nov. 23rd), a 'Goldmound' spirea, a pussywillow, and a couple of yellow roses I got in a trade on Dave's Garden www.davesgarden.com   On over towards the corner of the house are a large, old-fashioned hydrangea, a pink hollyhock, some lavender Bee Balm, large lavender iris, a climbing miniature double pink rose, and about 15 daylilies.

Our home is a late 60's Greek Revival, with dentil trim under the soffits, 10" wood columns, and an ornate front door casing.  The half-round window in the porch gable now has a stained glass insert made by my talented brother-in-law, Steve Landrum, of Mountain Home, AR, doing business as  Thunderbird Stained Glass   Check out his work!

  The grassy areas are ever-shrinking, and thanks to the removal of two large, mis-shapen and bird roost infested 'Southern Magnolia' trees, much sunnier, as the house faces northwesterly.  The circle bed in the center of the yard on this side (pictured above) was put in fall 2006, and includes close to 50 cultivars of daylilies.  The oval bed that the lamp post is in includes tall garden phlox, a large pastel dahlia, a smaller purple dahlia, some old-fashioned early blooming white iris, some siberian iris, crocosmias, and about a dozen daylily cultivars.

Also in the front yard, a gift from the faculty for which I am secretary at Arkansas State University for Christmas '05.... a HUGE metal arch with built in bench seats, which holds my "tall shrub/short climber" hybrid tea rose 'Aloha' bred in 1949 by Eugene Boerner when he was employed by Jackson & Perkins.  This is a MOST fabulous rose!  Fragrant, 75+ petals, spring flush with all-season rebloom... it'll knock your socks off!

Along the driveway on the west end of the house, is my Water Garden Bed.  The concrete bench is also (in addition to the metal arch) compliments of the faculty at work, but this was for Christmas 2006.  This bed includes about 40 cv's of daylilies, and perennials such as artemesia, running elephant ear, papyrus, some unknown canna hybrids as well as canna 'Tropicanna Gold', Japanese Kerria, a lorapetalum 'Burgundy', and roses 'Hot Cocoa' and 'Double Delight.'  The salamander on the wall was a souvenier (2007) from my trip to Tana's in May.  The two water features include a young girl fountain (under left window) and an in-ground faux stone pond 4'x6'x3' with a waterfall feature (centered between windows). 

Now this is a nice place to sit in the afternoon!

The east end of the house (left) and the back foundation bed (right) are somewhat shadier than most areas and house my small hosta collection (about a dozen cultivars, some named, some not).  There are a couple of clematis, more old-fashioned hydrangeas, 'Palace Purple' heuchera, sedum, columbine, and other perennials here.

The back yard is somewhat divided in half, with the front half (closest to the house) reserved for recreation, such as my grandaughter's swing set, BBQ grills, a picnic table, and such.  The back half contains the Canna Garden, seedling bed, and two beds along the back edge.  Approximately 15 canna hybrids are in the Canna Garden, planted in color groups.  The garden has four entrances, two arches, a swing bench, and a 3-tier strawberry bed made of old painted tires.  There is  a yellow section, pink section, orange section, red/purple section, and a daylily section, but of course, ALL sections contain daylilies somewhere!  In all, this garden has approximately 100 cultivars.

Another view of the Canna Garden, with my dog Jetta trotting through!  The left front is the daylily section, right front is yellow section, rear left is red/purple, far end is orange, and right rear is pink.  The arch from the previous photo can be seen in the far right corner.  The paths converge and form a square/diamond around the strawberry tires, which I think adds visual interest.  Below are some photos I've taken around the gardens....

  
This new area will house the approximately 75 cultivars presently potted and patiently waiting their turn to shine.  The area in the left photo already contains over 30 cultivars as single plants or small clumps.

Our gardens are a hodge-podge of gifts from friends, neighbors, kin-folks, and of course, purchases from many places, and the future will see more new garden areas developed!