Woodies, Perennials & Short Lived Perennials 

I started building a shade garden, mostly because I love gardening. But now I´m filling the area with good cutting plants like Salomons seal, Astilbe and Hellebores. You can easily shade out an area with for example Ninebark, Smokebush and Hydrangeas in layers and then the shade perennials behind 🙂

awesome!🌻

My Veronica blooms from the 2nd week of June till the middle of July. I also get a smaller 2nd flush in the fall. I am in zone 8b in Tacoma Washington. I purchased mine from Farmer Bailey. They are in their 4th year and are doing fantastic. I am getting 30-40 stems per plant in the first flush. I have it interplanted with yarrow (also in it's 4th year) and my David Austin Roses.

I’ve gotten so many great shrubs for my landscape (and some cuts) in the clearance area of my favorite nursery. A gallon lilac for $8, gallon panicle hydrangeas for $5, boxwoods for $5, etc etc. I love it.

Yay!

Oregano will naturalize. I believe it is ready in summer months.

One perennial that’s a must for fall foliage is ninebark.

American Cranberry is Viburnum trilobum. I have it in my landscape (Redwing cultivar). It’s been a vigorous grower so far! This is my first year with flowers and, I hope, berries!

Winter sowing perennials outdoors in milk jugs is so easy! If it can be grown from seed, it's hard to imagine passing up this method for buying plugs if time allows.

Deer loves raspberries and blackberries just FYI 😅

Love all this! Hornworms can be spotted with a black light aka black light flashlight at night! Jessie- what’s the name of the group? Searched inter planting for flower farmers and nodda?

Goose eck loosestrife is great

Have you ever tried ladies mantle. It’s a great little spring filler flower. Low maintenance perennial. I have used it now for 2 years and super happy with it. I started mine from geo seed. Super easy to start.

Can you share the Green Leaf website that was mentioned?

I've also gotten so many from clearance sales! Things I'm currently trialing are a purple and a chartreuse smoke bush and I bought a primrose yellow lilac that I'm super excited for. False spirea puts on the most beautiful foliage in time to pair with tulips and I would like to learn more about the timing and mechanics of forcing pussy willows and fruit tree branches to go with tulips. I experimented this year with forcing apple blossoms and it went well. On the other side of the season I love Erin from Florets experiments with crab apples and I just bought an heirloom rose called Ballerina specifically for the hips. (although I adore single flowering roses so much too). A surprise that came back in force for me this year was hops vine. It's currently taking over my fence. It can be used green or dried and the dried flowers are probably a florist dream. Had to work this morning but this is one of those that would have been fun to read all of the inputs in chat. Thanks as always. ❤

What shrub is Jordon talking about at 36:30? I couldn't quite make out the name. Thanks! 😊

Where are you getting these perennials wholesale? I have an account at Leo Berbee, Ball- where else?