Texas Gardening: What to put here ???, 1 by sublimaze1

sublimaze1 wrote:
I have this rather unsightly area on the edge of my property.

It is along the fence, and adjacent to the alley. I don't see it from day to day yard activities, but do when I drive up to the house from work. (I don't see it in the morning because my vocational choice has me doing more before 9am than ....

Well, anyway, I have put some cannas under the ground ... did that about two months ago. I am zone 7b. The cannas have not started to break the soil ... okay, one of them has, but I am not optimistic. You see, if you take a look at the picture, because of the drainage in the area, this particular portion is like a marsh. Granted, in the summer, this will end, as we will hit a drought and it will be bone dry. But it does get the runoff from both my french drains and the back yard of the neighbor beside me.

Enuff yappin. Any suggestions on what (else) to put here? Remember, I have the cannas, but I am not holding my breath. And it is wet now, but at the most, it will be moist come July and August.

Thanks
W J