How does your garden grow?

For the last couple of weeks I've been working on getting our yard whipped into shape. Every year I say that I'm going to do this, but every year it doesn't actually happen. Logo's grazing and Harry's digging don't make it any easier, either. A couple of years ago I did actually plant flowers, but Logo uprooted the plants before they were in the ground, frustrating my early attempts.

Either way, I decided that greyhound or no greyhound, this was the year. Four years ago I dug the beds out, last year I lined the beds with rocks, and this year I decided to make a potted garden.

The earlier post illustrates what happened to my choice of deer-resistant flowers, here are some of the others that seem to have lasted so far:

This is a Dwarf Coreopsis. It's in a basket now because Logo ate all the flowers the first time I planted it in a pot:


This one is May Night "Slavia." I just think it's cool:

This one is pretty, but I mostly liked the name... Geum "Lady Stratheden Grecian Rose."


I bought this one mostly for the name--Tasmanian Tiger Spurge:


This is "Frosty Morn" (no idea what the fancy name is). I picked it up at Fred Meyer because it was cool:


Another Fred Meyer impulse purchase because I liked the color. I don't know what it's called because it doesn't have a tag. Anyone have any guesses?


Are you ready for the big reveal??? Here it is... the first ever not-sucky yard of the Cook-Book household!