Identify all the plants in my yard

I live in north Georgia, and in my backyard there are several spots that are growing this peculiar plant. I would like to know what type of plant it is. Here are some details I have noticed: 1. It tends to grow in clusters. 2. It seems to like to grow near trees or next to and between rocks.

I started doing this when I took a range management class a few years ago. It was eye-opening for me to know that the scrubby urban lawn with little grass was a diverse place! I think it’s a totally worthwhile goal and I have gone further down the road, studying native/naturalized plants of my area. It’s a good thing!

these are lovely.

Someone walked around my property with me last week and we made a wonderful discovery – a Fringetree, Chionanthus virginicus – growing on my lake shore. This photo isn’t my tree, but it looks just like it. I was so happy!

May not be the exact kind of holly in my front yard, but it’s at least close

If you are in the Oklahoma or Texas area (and maybe other places), then this website should help to identify plants

http://www.noble.org/imagegallery/

This is something new I recently bought. – It says “An outstanding late-season bloomer that attracts butterflies. Upright, heavy stems support large, dense pink flower clusters. :-)

This can be a tough one to transplant. Sometimes it takes a couple years to flower. I just discovered one in my garden the other day hidden in a big bunch of other flowers when I was thining them out. Butterflies like these, although with all the different flowers I have in my yard, I still don’t get many butterflies :-(

http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/wildseed/20/20.2.html

http://www.em.ca/garden/per_malva_zebrina1.html

This is one of my favorite flowers in my garden. I got it from my mom but she didn’t know the name. I found it just recently in a seed catalog I was looking through :-)