Perennials, shrubs and pathways

I used to love a lush overflowing look to my gardens...but, once again, my tastes have changed. Now I like a specimen to pop and not be crowded. Like this 'purple passion' heucera.

Now to totally contradict what I just said. There are always a few exceptions to the rules, right? Here are wild violets surrounding a hardy cyclamen with a semisefuga in the upper right hand corner. The sefuga blooms these spikes (in the summer) that look like cotton tufts and smells like grape kool-aid.

This is the little native spot. Trillium in the back, bleeding heart to the right, (which hasn't bloomed it's pink flowes yet), annenome and a non-native lungs wart on the bottom. I love this because it's one of the first spots of color in late winter.

This is the shrub that Tim can name...it was a joke for a while because I would quiz him every time we would walk by it. 'Pierris Japonica' I love the new growth on the variegated leaves.

So proud. My 2 pathways made with my own 2 hands...it'll never get old seeing them. My favorite is the cobble stone one veering to the upper left. I just flashed back to the flagstone backache. They are really heavy and I was impatient and couldn't wait for help so I leveled them and put them in alone...and what happened? That's right, the second time in my life I threw out my back...the horror!