I went up to Camano Island last weekend to Karla Matzke’s gallery and sculpture garden. I wandered around the garden and got the following photos of some nice plants Karla has in the borders around the garden.
Last leaves on Karla’s Aralia elata, and the attractive seed stems in a light pink-mauve. 
Another view of some seed stems. 
And a close-up here. I did pull some seeds off the stems. I don’t know if they are viable at all, but I’ll give them a try.A 
A brilliant barberry shrub in one of Karla’s borders. 
More brilliant shrubs around the sculpture park. 
This smoke bush at Karla’s had seeds, so I picked a few out of the “smoke” and will try to grow them. 
Fall color on the smoke bush. 
This Yucca stood out on a short, sunny day. 
Heleborus argutifolius, I think–Karla has several of these perennials that look almost shrub-like as we head into winter. 
Another huge hellebore. 
Some glorious yellow maple leaves sparkling in the afternoon light. 
Intersting sculptures among the sword ferns. 
More yellow foliage. 
A red-leaved Japanese maple in Karla’s border.