Thanks for your help with the two wildflowers. Indeed, they were blue vervain and a clover. Have to check the various types of red clover yet to see just where mine fits in. Here are three garden plants my daughter-in-law has in her garden which we do not know. I'm sure they are quite common, so this should be easy. Thanks again. Taya
#1 is Heliopsis helianthoides 'Lorraine Sunshine', as suggested by the green-white variegated leaves. #2 is a late-blooming helenium, probably Helenium autumnale, of which there are many selections. #3 is Malva moschata.
Not sure about #2 being Sneezeweed. I couldn't find any genus that looked like the photo. Are you sure? Thanks for the other two. I figured #3 was mallow, just not sure what type. Taya
Yes, I'm pretty sure it's a Helenium (genus), and the likely species is H. autumnale - though having said that, I wouldn't rule out that it may be another late-blooming species which with I'm not familiar. Try comparing flowers/leaves with the attached Google image search: http://http://images.google.com/images?client=safari&rls=en&q=helenium%20autumnale&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi Bear in mind that there are a large number of selections of H. autumnale, chosen for slightly different flower colors, flower size, height, etc., so you may not see one that exactly matches yours. Anyway, just a thought... See what the experts say.
I do not know anything about the two sunflower family plants but I do not believe that #3 is Malva moschata even though the family is right. The form of the leaves is wrong. The closest I could think about is Lavatera thuringiaca (see e. g. one of my images from Austria: http://www.flogaus-faust.de/e/lavathu0.htm) but I cannot properly see the outer calyx which should be three-tipped and fused as in http://www.s-weeds.net/familjer/teenies/malvaceae/laveterathur.html.
OK I concede that it is sneezeweed ;-). I finally found one photo that really resembles it, right down to the leaves. See below (my pictures are #1 and #3). But I do agree with Robert about the mallow. I don't think it is musk mallow Malva moschata, but looks much more like Lavatera thuringiaca, or tree mallow (same family)... Thanks, all. Taya