Pacific Northwest Gardening: Mistakes I have made in my gardens, 1 by Rarejem

Rarejem wrote:
Now I will have to plant a cobaea for sure this year. Who can resist a plant that calls for googly eyes? Pixy, I would love to try Royal Plum as well (told you I am a sucker for things that climb!) My last attempt was most likely not in enough sun to thrive. I have a wonderful hot tub gazebo that I do morning glories on every year, but like to mix it up a bit as well. It collapsed in the snow several years ago, so DH built a new roof for it and now it would hold an elephant, so I am not worried about what I plant on it, and would love to have something that went crazy!

Jnette, I have a lot of gardens under cedar trees because it's either that or not have enough gardens. I am surrounded by forest made up mostly of cedar, with a few hemlocks, fir, and lots of maple tossed in. It tore my heart out to take down the trees that we had to to build, so I refuse to take any more away.... I just incorporate them into my landscape.

This is a sample of my "edge" gardens. All are under some kind of a tree or another, but many are in full sun most of the day, and all do fairly well.