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We still have frost risk but decided perennials should probably be okay so we spent wantonly at the garden centre. I always make lists for myself so that I can remember what the hell everything is so I thought I would share it here too ๐Ÿ’•

Full to partial shade:

  • Hellebore (very non native but I love them)
  • Lungwort
  • Toad Lily (which I mistook for trout Lilly, which is a native ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™€๏ธ)
  • Red Toad Lily (which is a Triulium and is native)

Part shade to full sun:

  • Northern Sea Oats
  • Columbine
  • Zagreb Tickleseed (lol)
  • Ornamental Rhubarb
  • Forget me nots
  • Black Lace Elderberry

Full sun

  • Iceplant (with deep red flowers)
  • Opuntia humifusa (Prickly pear cactus endangered in Ontario???)
  • Hollyhock
  • Siberian Iris

We're zone 5a (Canada)

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[-] quercus@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago

Awesome choices ๐Ÿ˜ Prickly pear is my absolute favorite. Gorgeous flowers, but weeding around them is tricky. I'm a few years in with them and have some glochids in my fingers right now lol.

Prickly pear in bloom

Sea oats are beautiful, too. I have a patch in sandy soil in partial sun and another in clay in full blazing sun, mid-Atlantic 7b. Love watching the seed stalks sway in the breeze.

[-] Arcanepotato@vegantheoryclub.org 2 points 1 month ago

I'm so excited for the sea oats. The are parts of the garden that are stupid dry and others that are soggy, so we have a wide variety of conditions to play with it's fun!

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