Garden color scheme
love the dense waxy leaves
use japanese forest grass instead of hosta
Dense plantings
japanese painted fern, athyrium niponicum var. pictum likes shade but will tolerate sun with moist soil
create drama by limiting the plant palette and install large quantities
Native serviceberries, amelanchier spp white flowers in late spring and loads of red to purple berries in summer
wild ginger, moist shade or wild geraniim maculaaturn quick spreading ground cover and loves dry shade
Hosta alternative, solomons plume, maianthemum recemosum
allium, ornamental onion globemaster, this pink looks better with maroon leaves
brunnera jack frost brightens shade
white lilys, garden phlox & smooth hydrengeas
subtle color variations
Hakonechola macra all gold - japanese forest grass in intense yellow more then aureola
Golden Elderberry, sambucus racemosa southern gold - likes wet shade
7. Chinese Dogwood (Cornus kousa) Chinese dogwood is absolutely covered in white flowers in spring. It is also known for its ornate shape and 1-inch red berries that ripen in summer (they’re edible but bland).
1. Fringetree (Chionanthus spp.)
Glow Girl Birchleaf Spirea (Spiraea ‘Tor Gold’) full sun to partial shade
Bigleaf aster, sun or shade
Wild hydrangea, blooms on new wood, anibell
Bush morning glory, zone 8
Pacific Trillium
Camellias to cover back fence trained as small trees, come in white and pink also
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