Pacific Northwest Gardening: Share your "MUST HAVE'S" and "MONEY WASTERS", 0 by Rarejem

Rarejem wrote:
One of the reasons that I love this forum is that it reinforces the fact that I am not alone in my obsession with plants and playing in the dirt. I KNOW that I am not the only one leafing through garden and seed catalogs and making lists of all of the things that I MUST try this year. For that reason, I thought it would be fun to share some of the plants that we feel are a "must have" in our PNW gardens. What are some of the things that you treasure in your garden? If people are looking to add a rose, a clematis, a hosta, a shade plant, a grass, a bamboo.... what would you highly recommend? Along the same lines, are there plants out there that may look good on paper but after growing (or killing) them, are there things that you would definitely avoid? What have you been disapointed with?

********NOTE, I LIKE'D GWEN'S REQUEST TO PUT THE MONEY WASTERS IN ANOTHER THREAD so I am starting another thread for that.*******

I for one am adding clems (thanks Katie and Katye for the push.....) and would love to add some carix and grassy/bambooy plants. Anything that people would recommend?

I have a few that I will add as time permits today. The first that I will start with is the Trollius europaeus "Globe Flower". I have seen this in very few gardens, and I just love it. It is such a glorious color, about 1 1/2' tall, and the seed heads are really cool as well. It likes sun and moist soil, and the only downside I have found is that the slugs enjoy it (not enough to decimate it though if you bait).

This message was edited Feb 12, 2010 4:13 PM