READER PHOTOS! More from Jane’s garden in Prior Lake, Minnesota

We featured Jane Horn ’s drive garden in Prior Lake , Minnesota , in theGPOD ’s second birthday post , but today we feature another , riotous constituent of her garden . She sent these photos in with the next information : “ yearbook add up welcome color to the shade garden but may not fit your budget year after year . The two morose royal plant in the foreground of this photo areOxalis triangularis(purple shamrock ) . They are annuals in my Zone 4 garden but can easily be dug up and overwinter in my cellar in a sleeping state . No water is required . In mid - April , I begin watering them and move them outdoors to the sun in mid - May . They readily lead off grow and I return them to the garden when they look good enough . The same discourse also apply to the elephant ear , although they are slower growing . ”

But really , we need to have it away more , do n’t we ? I begged Jane for plant IDs for more of the works in this awful garden , and she so nicely reply with a plant tilt . Yay ! I ’ve put her I.D. in the first legend .

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Front row: Purple shamrock (Oxalis triangularis, USDA Hardiness Zones 6-10) and yellow corydalis (Corydalis lutea, Zones 3-9)Second row: Japanese painted fern (Athyrium niponicum ‘Pictum’, Zones 4-8), Hosta ‘Cheatin Heart’ (Zones 2-8), and two plants improperly sited–annual vinca (Catharanthus roseus ‘Jaio Dark Red’) and Russian sage (Perovskia atriplicifolia, Zones 4-9; I do like the wispy look in the shade)Third row: Astilboides tabularis (Zones 4-7), a pot of coleus (cultivar unknown) and elephant ears (Colocasia esculenta, Zones 9-11)Fourth row: Hydrangea paniculata ‘Grandiflora’ (Zones 3-8) and a variegated dogwood (Cornus alba ‘Ivory Halo’, Zones 3-7). 2 WAYS TO ENLARGE!Click directly on the photo to enlarge in a pop-up, or click HERE to see this image, larger, in a new browser window.Photo/Illustration: Courtesy of Jane Horn