Perennials, it makes sense; buy something once and have it come back year after year. Circa 2015 I became a new home owner and inadvertently stumbled across two plants; globe thistle and dead nettle. These plants kicked off a love affair as I attempted to make the area around my house as beautiful as possible. Here are the plants I have worked with to varying degrees of success in Zone 6b.
- Blackberry
- Blazing Star
- Bleeding Hearts (Dicentra spectabilis)
- Chinese Astilbe
- Chinese Lanterns (Physalis alkekengi)
- Columbine (Aquilegia)
- Coral Bells
- Dead Nettle
- False Spirea (Astilbe arendsii)
- Forget Me Not
- Garden Phlox (Phlox paniculata)
- Ghost Fern
- Globe Thistle
- Hosta
- Hycinth
- Hydrangea
- Ice Plant (Delosperma)
- Japanese Painted Fern
- Oriental Lily
- Masterwort
- Peony
- Raspberry
- Rose
- Rose of Sharon*
- Sage
- Sea Holly (Erynium x zabelii)
- Speedwell
- Tickseed (Coreopsis)
- Tulips
- Yarrow (Achillea Millefolium)*
- Yucca
*Plants gifted to me by awesome people