Hi folks!!! I came to the best looking for some help. My work does this every year - we pick an organization that is in need of repairs inside and out. I was asked to look after the yard stuff - wow I was honoured. Of course I am a little nervous now. I haven't seen the location yet - however I am still trying to get some ideas. I need small shrub, bush, and perennial ideas...probably easy to care for plants as welll since I am guessing that even after the work is done they probably don't want to bother doing a lot of maintenance work on it. Here are my questions...
What bushes, shrubs or flowering perennials would be perfect for a sunny location? Here is what I have so far in my mind which isn't a lot - that is why I need help!
- day lilies - stella doro
- coreopsis
- are there any hostas that do well in full sun???
- potentilla
- weigela
How about for shaded areas??
- hostas
- astilbe
- ferns
- bleeding hearts
I am in zone 4 - any help would be appreciate!!!!! Please help me out for a good cause. :)
Need help - for "Helping Hands" project!!
Add some Siberian Iris, Spireas, some dogwoods, if there's room (silverleaf), maybe dwarf mugo pine. There are other long blooming daylilies like Stella now - Happy Returns (softer yellow), Rosy Returns, Purple D'Oro to name a few. Asiatic lilies are easy, unless you have lily beetle in your area.
For shade, you could add lamium, Pulmonaria, hardy Geraniums (some like shade or sun)
I'm sure you will get lots of ideas.
diablo nine bark for foliage colour, heucheras of all colors, nesting spruce, dwarf lilac (non suckering yeah), flowering almond, spurges for ground cover, sweet william, (all of these grow in my north facing back yard)
For sun there's also Coneflowers and Black-Eyed-Susans. Yuccas, Sedums and Euphorbia polychroma are also great for sun and need next to no matinence.
For shade theres lamium, lamiastrum, from personal experiance I've found 'Palace Purple' is the toughest coral bell for shade aside from the original green variety with red flowers which also works great!
Steven