Various blossoms: the first is the really pretty impatence in a hanging basket behind the house. The second are something that came with the tree we planted shortly after we moved in - they bloom at the base; they're very delicate and pretty. The third are some of the additional salvia plants I put in this week. The front of the house is fairly long, and although we're getting quite a collection of plants there are many which appear only once, so it looks a little ecclectic. I think the salvia, planted in twos along the length of the house, will help to make the garden look a little more planned and a little less random. And it seems like a sturdy, easy-to-grow perennial, judging by the frequency with which I see it in public planters.