Northeast Gardening: Today's Weather in Your Garden - 21, 1 by bbrookrd

bbrookrd wrote:
Nanegoat66, feeder fish??? Does that mean that they are bait fish for bigger fish and I should feel good if they like the deep end for the summer, but not cry when they don't survive the winter as at least I didn't feed them to a big koi?
The end does not ever drain and is about 6" deep and 8' x 3' or so. Here is a picture of part of the end that always has water in it, even when the falls are turned off.

Victor here are a few that come to mine. Montauk Daisy, Nippon Daisy Nipponanthemum nipponicum http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/97532/
It is my go to for a filler that blooms very late, but looks great as a big mound for the whole summer. 21/2 feet plus more when in bloom.

Also I love big patches of Common Sage, Salvia officinalis and it does well in full to part sun for me. It looks great into the winter. I whack it back in the late fall and it has grown well for the last 25 years. Plus it is great for the stuffing. Mine gets to about 2 1/2 feet plus more when blooming.

This is another big bush perennial that has late blooms but looks great now and through the summer. Lespedeza thunbergii 'Gibraltar'. 4 to 5 feet

Baptisia australis is another that has great presence in a garden all summer, plus the deer don't like it and it can take part sun. It is hard to move once it is settled kind of like your grass. Or at least it was for me. 4 feet Patti