New perennials we are trying out this year (vegantheoryclub.org)

submitted 2 months ago by Arcanepotato@vegantheoryclub.org to c/gardening@vegantheoryclub.org

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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 💕

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 🤦‍♀️)
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 2 months ago

Awesome choices 😍 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 2 months 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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