Bellagio Hotel & Casino

you could smell hyacinths the minute you stepped into the hotel.

Zagreb coreopsis

 Coreopsis verticillata 'Zagreb'
A threadleaf coreopsis that has a long season of bloom.  Darker yellow flowers than 'Moonbeam'
Grows to a foot tall in full sun and spread by rhizomes.  Zone 3.

Pulmonaria rubra 'Red Start'
Pulmonaria (pull-mon-nay-ree-uh) Lungwort in the Borage Family (Boraginaceae)  A European perennial with spotted, hairy leaves and funnel-shaped flowers in cluster.  Blooms early in the spring and can be grown in sun with enough moisture but best grown in shade in ordinary garden soil.  Zone 4.

Debs front yard in the snow.

Seeds are being planted.

Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Karl Foerster

2001 Perennial plant of the year in the Poaceae family.

A hybrid of C. epigejos x C. arundinacea found in the Hamburg Botanical Garden and introduced as C. epigejos 'Hortorum'

The name Calamagrostis comes from the Greek kalamose which means reed and agrostis which means grass.  It was introduced to U.S. in 1964.  Needs to be cut back early in the spring because it starts to grow early and blooms early.  A serrated knife works well for cutting it back.  It grows well in moist fertile soil but will grow in clay soil in full sun to part shade.  It is a long lived perennial that grows 5 to 7 feet tall.  The seeds are sterile so for propagation it must be divided.  It is a "thriller" or for containers can be used as a "pillar" since it will grow in zone 2.

Clif brought in lots of his metal art for the Olli class.