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2 hours last night and 4 hours today working the patch of yard I'm doing next. I haven't swung a pick or shovel that long since high school and I feel it *everywhere*. Sown lobelia and hibiscus and praire blazing star along the house line, got some flax and spiderword and hyacinth and winecup sown, going to do the clover come spring (did plant two that I got at a plant sale). Got a drier blazing star sown too.
Has anyone ever mixed some of the shade, drier, mistflowers with pigeonberries before? I've got a lot of turks cap and I like the stuff (putting more in slowly) but I'm wondering if my plan to mix those will work. If it does I think it'd both look cool with good contrast between the plants, and attract a wide variety of wildlife, but that's the question...will it work? The turk's cap has exploded since I put it in in April, so it's definitely fine.
Getting a solid half dozen pigeonberries in with my turks cap and mistflower out front tonight; that should make a really great patch for birds and pollinators.
Comment by UntakenUsername48753 at 15/09/2019 at 13:29 UTC
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Sown lobelia and hibiscus and praire blazing star along the house line
Which lobelia and blazing star have similar light/moisture requirements?
I'm excited to plant cardinal flower and syphilis flower, and hope some of them actually bloom next year! I have an extremely moist, partly shaded spot that I hope will be perfect.