The wheels. There are lots of things growing here, from left, lemon balm, bee balm, the pot with the woodbine and pineapple coleus, more bee balm, and Golden Alexander.
Close-up of the new pot (a gift) with coleus and woodbine in it. (This would be formatted a lot better, if I knew more about how blogger works.)
UPDATE! It's common scurvy-grass, cochlearia officinalis! Thanks to ValRay Town for the ID!
They say the flowers are good in salads if you remove the main stem. It's said a tea of the root can be used as a fever reducer. It ALSO says it likes moist woods, which answers my question on why it's not really big after 6 years. I have full sun, little shade, and it has done well each year, but not enough to divide or harvest. Learn something new every day!
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The plant in question looks to be Inland Ceanothus, from the Buckthorn family, a relative of New Jersey Tea. "blossoms occur in a showy, dense cluster called a panicle. The leaves are ovate, or egg-shaped with fine serrations" What do you think?
http://www.celtnet.org.uk/recipes/ancient/wild-food-entry.php?term=Common%20Scurvy-grass
Not totally sure. Should have taken a plant and pressed it.
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