Friends from Maggie's garden

Rarely am I delighted when a student doesn't show but today that is just what I needed as I had a bunch of plants that needed planting ASAP.

On our trip to Boston to celebrate my friend Rocky's 60 birthday I stopped by my cousin's Rustam and Maggie's who have a wonderful house and garden in Cambridge. Maggie took me through her garden with a bunch of pots and a spade.
What I love best is to have plants with a bit of a story like the Irises from the lake of Geneva. They came from Jean Flügel, now 84 and in a Senior home in Geneva, she had a fabulous garden while her husband Felix dealt with antiques. She couldn't figure out what species these particular Irises were so she called in an Iris expert to identify them and he didn't know either - so Maggie relayed the story. I hope they are going to take to their Southern location and I will post a picture if and when they bloom next spring.
Along with the Irises came some pink Anemones, a little peach tree, some Sheffield Mums still in their pink bloom, Painted Fern that landed in the shade bed near the fence, some creeping thyme from Rustam's kitchen garden which I planted close to the kitchen and hardy Silphium that grow to 8 ft. I was warned that they are really invasive so I pulled some holes in the ivy and planted them towards the neighbors house, a side that could use a bit of bright yellow happiness....we'll see. I also sprinkled some Baptisia seeds in various locations.

Some of my perennials joined this moving party, Ballon flowers, Anita's Fire Lilies, a really tall Aster with a snow fall of little white blossoms also still in bloom and some little mumish looking white flowering plant in bloom have to find out what it is.